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Gruetli-Laager is a small town of 1,480 people in Grundy County, Tennessee. It's about 31 miles from Chattanooga, TN and 79 miles from Nashville, TN, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 84°F and winter highs 46°F, with about 4 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $155k and rent runs about $773 a month.
1,480people
$155kTypical home
$773/moRent
84° / 46°Summer / winter
4"Snow
231Sunny days
140Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,480
- Part of a metro area
- About 117 people per sq mi
- 79 mi to Nashville, TN
- 31 mi to Chattanooga, TN
- 23 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $155k (≈$976/mo)
- Median rent $773/mo
- Median household income $47k
- Property tax about 0.4% of value
- 8.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 84°F
- Winter highs around 46°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 66°F)
- 231 sunny days a year (89 totally clear)
- 134 cloudy days a year
- 45 of 90 winter days are gray
- 140 days a year with rain or snow
- 4" of snow a year
- 2 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 6 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- About average violent crime (412 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (782 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 51
- 23% of households have kids
- 22% are 65 or older
- 11% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 2% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 38 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 34 mi to CHA airport
- 78 mi to BNA (major hub)
- 145 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 77% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1979
- 85% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 1,880 ft
- 337 mi to the ocean
- 90 mi to a big lake
- 14 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 56 mi to the nearest ski area
- 4 mi to the nearest campground
- 7 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 112 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 23 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 3 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 20 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 15% of Tennessee districts (reading)
- 9 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 20 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 30 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 24 mi to the nearest vet
- 24 mi to the nearest dog park
- 9 congregations per 10k people
- 20 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Grundy County: R+69 in 2024
- Tennessee: R+30 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Low wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Low drought risk
- Low winter storm risk
- Very low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk