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Cowan is a small town of 1,934 people in Franklin County, Tennessee. It's about 44 miles from Chattanooga, TN and 76 miles from Nashville, TN, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 87°F and winter highs 49°F, with about 4 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $175k and rent runs about $787 a month.
1,934people
$175kTypical home
$787/moRent
87° / 49°Summer / winter
4"Snow
234Sunny days
128Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,934
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 915 people per sq mi
- 76 mi to Nashville, TN
- 44 mi to Chattanooga, TN
- 19 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $175k (≈$1,100/mo)
- Median rent $787/mo
- Median household income $46k
- Property tax about 0.5% of value
- 9.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 87°F
- Winter highs around 49°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 67°F)
- 234 sunny days a year (96 totally clear)
- 131 cloudy days a year
- 44 of 90 winter days are gray
- 128 days a year with rain or snow
- 4" of snow a year
- 2 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 2 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Low violent crime (216 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (718 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 36
- 32% of households have kids
- 19% are 65 or older
- 16% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 29 min
- 3% walk or take transit to work
- 47 mi to CHA airport
- 76 mi to BNA (major hub)
- 123 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 77% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1969
- 83% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 978 ft
- 320 mi to the ocean
- 64 mi to a big lake
- 12 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 82 mi to the nearest ski area
- 7 mi to the nearest campground
- 6 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 92 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 25 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 10 museums within 25 mi
- 2 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 6 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 18% of Tennessee districts (reading)
- 5 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 7 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 33 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 6 mi to the nearest vet
- 7 mi to the nearest dog park
- 11 congregations per 10k people
- 6 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Franklin County: R+53 in 2024
- Tennessee: R+30 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Low drought risk
- Low winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk