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Claypool Hill is a small town of 1,610 people in Tazewell County, Virginia. It's about 58 miles from Kingsport, TN and 138 miles from Charlotte, NC, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 82°F and winter highs 42°F, with about 17 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $166k and rent runs about $790 a month.
1,610people
$166kTypical home
$790/moRent
82° / 42°Summer / winter
17"Snow
210Sunny days
144Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,610
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 293 people per sq mi
- 138 mi to Charlotte, NC
- 58 mi to Kingsport, TN
- 38 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $166k (≈$1,049/mo)
- Median rent $790/mo
- Median household income $45k
- Property tax about 0.6% of value
- 2.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 82°F
- Winter highs around 42°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 61°F)
- 210 sunny days a year (66 totally clear)
- 155 cloudy days a year
- 54 of 90 winter days are gray
- 144 days a year with rain or snow
- 17" of snow a year
- 6 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 9 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Low violent crime (207 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,254 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 44
- 25% of households have kids
- 26% are 65 or older
- 20% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 25 min
- 0% walk or take transit to work
- 55 mi to TRI airport
- 121 mi to GSO (major hub)
- 63 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 77% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1981
- 93% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Mountain country
- Elevation 2,405 ft
- 247 mi to the ocean
- 110 mi to a big lake
- 28 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 50 mi to the nearest ski area
- 15 mi to the nearest campground
- 6 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 56 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- Few or no coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 3 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 28 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 2% of Virginia districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 4 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 24 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 13 mi to the nearest vet
- 41 mi to the nearest dog park
- 12 congregations per 10k people
- 24 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Tazewell County: R+69 in 2024
- Virginia: D+6 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Low tornado risk
- Moderate wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- High flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Very low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk