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La Follette is a big small town of 7,273 people in Campbell County, Tennessee. It's about 29 miles from Knoxville, TN and 146 miles from Nashville, TN, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 85°F and winter highs 44°F, with about 5 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $139k and rent runs about $696 a month.
7,273people
$139kTypical home
$696/moRent
85° / 44°Summer / winter
5"Snow
224Sunny days
131Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Big small town of 7,273
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 1,480 people per sq mi
- 146 mi to Nashville, TN
- 29 mi to Knoxville, TN
- 19 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $139k (≈$876/mo)
- Median rent $696/mo
- Median household income $38k
- Property tax about 0.4% of value
- 7.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 85°F
- Winter highs around 44°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
- 131 days a year with rain or snow
- 5" 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 38
- 35% of households have kids
- 20% are 65 or older
- 7% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 31 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 39 mi to TYS airport
- 39 mi to TYS (major hub)
- 137 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 66% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1968
- 74% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 1,312 ft
- 324 mi to the ocean
- 132 mi to a big lake
- Trailhead in town
- 53 mi to the nearest ski area
- Campground in town
- 3 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 82 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 28 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 9 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 15 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 11% of Tennessee districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 3 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 29 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 3 mi to the nearest vet
- 15 mi to the nearest dog park
- 10 congregations per 10k people
- 6 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