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Brownsville is a big small town of 9,622 people in Haywood County, Tennessee. It's about 24 miles from Jackson, TN and 52 miles from Memphis, TN, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 91°F and winter highs 48°F, with about 2 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $158k and rent runs about $767 a month.
9,622people
$158kTypical home
$767/moRent
91° / 48°Summer / winter
2"Snow
246Sunny days
115Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Big small town of 9,622
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 976 people per sq mi
- 52 mi to Memphis, TN
- 24 mi to Jackson, TN
- 24 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $158k (≈$997/mo)
- Median rent $767/mo
- Median household income $43k
- Property tax about 0.8% of value
- 9.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 91°F
- Winter highs around 48°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 68°F)
- 246 sunny days a year (116 totally clear)
- 119 cloudy days a year
- 40 of 90 winter days are gray
- 115 days a year with rain or snow
- 2" of snow a year
- 1 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 2 days a year over 100°F
- 2 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- High violent crime (784 per 100k)
- About average property crime (1,837 per 100k)
People
- Median age 40
- 32% of households have kids
- 21% are 65 or older
- 15% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 26 min
- 2% walk or take transit to work
- 19 mi to MKL airport
- 55 mi to MEM (major hub)
- 55 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 78% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1975
- 85% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 345 ft
- 343 mi to the ocean
- 73 mi to a big lake
- 29 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 218 mi to the nearest ski area
- 26 mi to the nearest campground
- 4 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 52 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 22 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 12 museums within 25 mi
- 1 brewery or distillery within 25 mi
- 16 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 1% of Tennessee districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 2 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 32 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 24 mi to the nearest vet
- 25 mi to the nearest dog park
- 19 congregations per 10k people
- 23 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Haywood County: Purple — split almost evenly
- Tennessee: R+30 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Low hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- High earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- Low winter storm risk
- High heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk