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Lake Tansi is a small town of 4,437 people in Cumberland County, Tennessee. It's about 49 miles from Cleveland, TN and 94 miles from Nashville, TN, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 83°F and winter highs 44°F, with about 10 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $281k and rent runs about $1k a month.
4,437people
$281kTypical home
$1,020/moRent
83° / 44°Summer / winter
10"Snow
231Sunny days
140Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 4,437
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 503 people per sq mi
- 94 mi to Nashville, TN
- 49 mi to Cleveland, TN
- 6 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $281k (≈$1,771/mo)
- Median rent $1,020/mo
- Median household income $58k
- Property tax about 0.2% of value
- 2.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 83°F
- Winter highs around 44°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 65°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
- 10" 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
- Low violent crime (195 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (895 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 60
- 17% of households have kids
- 40% are 65 or older
- 18% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 1% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 25 min
- 2% walk or take transit to work
- 58 mi to CHA airport
- 60 mi to TYS (major hub)
- 150 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 77% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 2001
- 92% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 1,896 ft
- 333 mi to the ocean
- 115 mi to a big lake
- 6 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 11 mi to the nearest ski area
- 3 mi to the nearest campground
- 9 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 67 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 8 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 7 museums within 25 mi
- 1 brewery or distillery within 25 mi
- 14 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 44% of Tennessee districts (reading)
- 6 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 4 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 4 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 25 mi to the nearest vet
- 14 mi to the nearest dog park
- 8 congregations per 10k people
- 26 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Cumberland County: R+59 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