Living in Huntland, TN
Huntland is a small town of 1,532 people in Franklin County, Tennessee. It's about 34 miles from Huntsville, AL and 76 miles from Nashville, TN, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 88°F and winter highs 49°F, with about 2 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $183k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,532people
$183kTypical home
$1,015/moRent
88° / 49°Summer / winter
2"Snow
234Sunny days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,532
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 1,005 people per sq mi
- 76 mi to Nashville, TN
- 34 mi to Huntsville, AL
- 22 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $183k (≈$1,155/mo)
- Median rent $1,015/mo
- Median household income $66k
- Property tax about 0.6% of value
- 2.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 88°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
- 2" of snow a year
- 1 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 30
- 45% of households have kids
- 18% are 65 or older
- 17% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 31 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 41 mi to HSV airport
- 77 mi to BNA (major hub)
- 111 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 87% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1967
- 81% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 922 ft
- 311 mi to the ocean
- 49 mi to a big lake
- 11 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 98 mi to the nearest ski area
- 10 mi to the nearest campground
- 9 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 91 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 3 bars within 25 mi
- 23 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 7 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 13 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 18% of Tennessee districts (reading)
- 14 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 11 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 30 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 15 mi to the nearest vet
- 13 mi to the nearest dog park
- 11 congregations per 10k people
- 22 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