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Cumberland Gap is a tiny town of 309 people in Claiborne County, Tennessee. It's about 34 miles from Morristown, TN and 154 miles from Louisville, KY, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 85°F and winter highs 44°F, with about 9 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $203k and rent runs about $1k a month.
309people
$203kTypical home
$1,149/moRent
85° / 44°Summer / winter
9"Snow
225Sunny days
140Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Tiny town of 309
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 939 people per sq mi
- 154 mi to Louisville, KY
- 34 mi to Morristown, TN
- 34 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $203k (≈$1,280/mo)
- Median rent $1,149/mo
- Median household income $43k
- Property tax about 0.5% of value
- 3.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 85°F
- Winter highs around 44°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 64°F)
- 225 sunny days a year (82 totally clear)
- 140 cloudy days a year
- 48 of 90 winter days are gray
- 140 days a year with rain or snow
- 9" of snow a year
- 4 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 6 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Low violent crime (182 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (530 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 36
- 21% of households have kids
- 23% are 65 or older
- 33% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 21% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 27 min
- 6% walk or take transit to work
- 57 mi to TYS airport
- 57 mi to TYS (major hub)
- 139 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 73% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1969
- 86% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 1,450 ft
- 323 mi to the ocean
- 141 mi to a big lake
- 8 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 52 mi to the nearest ski area
- 2 mi to the nearest campground
- 3 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 38 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 6 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 2 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 25 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 17% of Tennessee districts (reading)
- 2 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 4 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 49 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 12 mi to the nearest vet
- 33 mi to the nearest dog park
- 7 congregations per 10k people
- College in town
Politics
- Claiborne County: R+70 in 2024
- Tennessee: R+30 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Low tornado risk
- High wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Low drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Very low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk