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Jellico is a small town of 1,855 people in Campbell County, Tennessee. It's about 43 miles from Knoxville, TN and 139 miles from Louisville, KY, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 86°F and winter highs 46°F, with about 9 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $127k and rent runs about $440 a month.
1,855people
$127kTypical home
$440/moRent
86° / 46°Summer / winter
9"Snow
224Sunny days
128Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,855
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 298 people per sq mi
- 139 mi to Louisville, KY
- 43 mi to Knoxville, TN
- 33 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $127k (≈$803/mo)
- Median rent $440/mo
- Median household income $41k
- Property tax about 0.6% of value
- 11.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 86°F
- Winter highs around 46°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
- 128 days a year with rain or snow
- 9" of snow a year
- 3 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 6 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 50
- 16% of households have kids
- 25% are 65 or older
- 15% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 1% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 29 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 53 mi to TYS airport
- 53 mi to TYS (major hub)
- 145 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 60% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1977
- 69% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 1,076 ft
- 335 mi to the ocean
- 145 mi to a big lake
- 13 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 63 mi to the nearest ski area
- 2 mi to the nearest campground
- 5 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 70 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 9 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 5 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 2 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 30% of Tennessee districts (reading)
- 2 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 12 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 43 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 16 mi to the nearest vet
- 29 mi to the nearest dog park
- 10 congregations per 10k people
- 12 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