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Huntsville is a small town of 1,814 people in Scott County, Tennessee. It's about 44 miles from Knoxville, TN and 125 miles from Nashville, TN, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 85°F and winter highs 45°F, with about 6 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $201k and rent runs about $668 a month.
1,814people
$201kTypical home
$668/moRent
85° / 45°Summer / winter
6"Snow
224Sunny days
129Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,814
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 219 people per sq mi
- 125 mi to Nashville, TN
- 44 mi to Knoxville, TN
- 31 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $201k (≈$1,268/mo)
- Median rent $668/mo
- Median household income $31k
- Property tax about 0.4% of value
- 2.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 85°F
- Winter highs around 45°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
- 129 days a year with rain or snow
- 6" of snow a year
- 2 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 8 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (167 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (516 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 32
- 30% of households have kids
- 12% are 65 or older
- 14% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 5% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 32 min
- 5% walk or take transit to work
- 51 mi to TYS airport
- 51 mi to TYS (major hub)
- 152 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 54% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1985
- 91% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 1,368 ft
- 339 mi to the ocean
- 138 mi to a big lake
- 17 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 41 mi to the nearest ski area
- 2 mi to the nearest campground
- 2 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 26 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
- 6 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 22 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 36% of Tennessee districts (reading)
- 2 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 7 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 33 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 20 mi to the nearest vet
- 30 mi to the nearest dog park
- 5 congregations per 10k people
- 18 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Scott County: R+80 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