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Fincastle is a small town of 1,374 people in Campbell County, Tennessee. It's about 30 miles from Knoxville, TN and 150 miles from Louisville, KY, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 86°F and winter highs 45°F, with about 6 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $215k and rent runs about $716 a month.
1,374people
$215kTypical home
$716/moRent
86° / 45°Summer / winter
6"Snow
224Sunny days
130Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,374
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 376 people per sq mi
- 150 mi to Louisville, KY
- 30 mi to Knoxville, TN
- 22 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $215k (≈$1,358/mo)
- Median rent $716/mo
- Median household income $52k
- Property tax about 0.3% of value
- 5.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 86°F
- Winter highs around 45°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 64°F)
- 224 sunny days a year (83 totally clear)
- 141 cloudy days a year
- 48 of 90 winter days are gray
- 130 days a year with rain or snow
- 6" of snow a year
- 2 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 5 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (91 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (292 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 45
- 29% of households have kids
- 19% are 65 or older
- 14% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 1% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 33 min
- 0% walk or take transit to work
- 41 mi to TYS airport
- 41 mi to TYS (major hub)
- 137 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 84% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1982
- 88% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 1,125 ft
- 323 mi to the ocean
- 134 mi to a big lake
- 5 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 53 mi to the nearest ski area
- 6 mi to the nearest campground
- 5 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 74 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 24 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 9 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 14 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 11% of Tennessee districts (reading)
- 6 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 1 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 33 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 8 mi to the nearest vet
- 17 mi to the nearest dog park
- 10 congregations per 10k people
- 11 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Campbell County: R+70 in 2024
- Tennessee: R+30 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Moderate 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
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.