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Blaine is a small town of 3,213 people in Grainger County, Tennessee. It's about 19 miles from Knoxville, TN and 169 miles from Nashville, TN, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 87°F and winter highs 48°F, with about 5 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $297k and rent runs about $1k a month.
3,213people
$297kTypical home
$1,008/moRent
87° / 48°Summer / winter
5"Snow
225Sunny days
113Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 3,213
- Part of a metro area
- About 338 people per sq mi
- 169 mi to Nashville, TN
- 19 mi to Knoxville, TN
- 14 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $297k (≈$1,875/mo)
- Median rent $1,008/mo
- Median household income $77k
- Property tax about 0.4% of value
- 8.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 87°F
- Winter highs around 48°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 65°F)
- 225 sunny days a year (82 totally clear)
- 140 cloudy days a year
- 48 of 90 winter days are gray
- 113 days a year with rain or snow
- 5" of snow a year
- 2 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 3 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (87 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (330 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 37
- 34% of households have kids
- 16% are 65 or older
- 17% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 36 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 28 mi to TYS airport
- 28 mi to TYS (major hub)
- 112 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 67% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1997
- 86% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 1,073 ft
- 297 mi to the ocean
- 111 mi to a big lake
- 10 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 31 mi to the nearest ski area
- 15 mi to the nearest campground
- 23 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 371 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 35 bars within 25 mi
- 109 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 1 music venue or club within 25 mi
- 25 museums within 25 mi
- 15 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 7 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 25% of Tennessee districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 13 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 18 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- Vet in town
- 15 mi to the nearest dog park
- 7 congregations per 10k people
- 12 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Grainger County: R+74 in 2024
- Tennessee: R+30 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Low tornado risk
- Low wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Low drought risk
- Low winter storm risk
- Very low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk