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Fairfield Glade is a big small town of 9,487 people in Cumberland County, Tennessee. It's about 52 miles from Knoxville, TN and 104 miles from Nashville, TN, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 83°F and winter highs 43°F, with about 7 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $357k and rent runs about $1k a month.
9,487people
$357kTypical home
$1,310/moRent
83° / 43°Summer / winter
7"Snow
224Sunny days
140Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Big small town of 9,487
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 412 people per sq mi
- 104 mi to Nashville, TN
- 52 mi to Knoxville, TN
- 9 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $357k (≈$2,250/mo)
- Median rent $1,310/mo
- Median household income $72k
- Property tax about 0.3% of value
- 3.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 83°F
- Winter highs around 43°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 65°F)
- 224 sunny days a year (83 totally clear)
- 141 cloudy days a year
- 48 of 90 winter days are gray
- 140 days a year with rain or snow
- 7" of snow a year
- 3 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 7 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Low violent crime (195 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (895 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 71
- 7% of households have kids
- 67% are 65 or older
- 36% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 1% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 19 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 51 mi to TYS airport
- 51 mi to TYS (major hub)
- 146 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 88% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1997
- 93% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 1,946 ft
- 331 mi to the ocean
- 118 mi to a big lake
- 16 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 8 mi to the nearest ski area
- 2 mi to the nearest campground
- 9 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 69 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 5 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 5 museums within 25 mi
- 1 brewery or distillery within 25 mi
- Farmers market in town
Everyday
- Schools in the top 44% of Tennessee districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 10 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 10 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 16 mi to the nearest vet
- Dog park in town
- 8 congregations per 10k people
- 34 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Cumberland County: R+59 in 2024
- Tennessee: R+30 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Moderate tornado risk
- Moderate wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Low drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Very low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk