It is included in the Jackson, Tennessee Metropolitan Statistical Area.

[5] 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.

There were 83 housing units at an average density of 85.3 per square mile (32.9/km2).

20.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

About 15.2% of families and 17.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 39.5% of those under the age of eighteen and none of those 65 or over.