Medon is a city in Madison County and Hardeman County. It is included in the Jackson, Tennessee Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, Medon had a population of 189.
Geography
Medon is located on State Route 18 between Jackson and Bolivar, north of Chickasaw State Park and north-northwest of Deanburg, at .
History
By 1886, about three hundred people were living in the area of Medon, which was formed along the Illinois Central Railroad ten miles south of Jackson; a high school had been incorporated there in 1881 and the area was surrounded by a rich agricultural community. The school was incorporated into South Side High School in 1956.
Demographics
Racial and ethnic composition
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+Medon, Tennessee – Racial and ethnic composition<br><small></small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(NH = Non-Hispanic)</small>
!Pop 2000
!Pop 2010
!
!% 2010
!% 2010
!
|-
|White alone (NH)
|175
|166
|style='background: #ffffe6; |167
|91.62%
|93.26%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |88.36%
|-
|Black or African American alone (NH)
|11
|9
|style='background: #ffffe6; |12
|5.76%
|5.06%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |6.35%
|-
|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)
|1
|2
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.52%
|1.12%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|Asian alone (NH)
|1
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2
|0.52%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.06%
|-
|Pacific Islander alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|Some Other Race alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|Mixed Race or Multi-Racial (NH)
|3
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |5
|1.57%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.65%
|-
|Hispanic or Latino (any race)
|0
|1
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3
|0.00%
|0.56%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.59%
|-
|Total
|191
|178
|style='background: #ffffe6; |189
|100.00%
|100.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |100.00%
|}
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Medon had a population of 189. The median age was 46.5 years. 20.1% of residents were under the age of 18 and 25.9% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 83.5 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 101.3 males age 18 and over.
There were 85 households in Medon, of which 31.8% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 40.0% were married-couple households, 21.2% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 29.4% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 18.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
! Race !! Number !! Percent
|-
| White || 167 || 88.4%
|-
| Black or African American || 12 || 6.3%
|-
| American Indian and Alaska Native || 0 || 0.0%
|-
| Asian || 2 || 1.1%
|-
| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander || 0 || 0.0%
|-
| Some other race || 2 || 1.1%
|-
| Two or more races || 6 || 3.2%
|-
| Hispanic or Latino (of any race) || 3 || 1.6%
|}
2000 census
As of the 2000 census, there was a population of 191, with 78 households and 60 families residing in the city.