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Manchester is a big small town of 12,944 people in Coffee County, Tennessee. It's about 54 miles from Chattanooga, TN and 57 miles from Nashville, TN, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 86°F and winter highs 47°F, with about 3 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $237k and rent runs about $978 a month.
12,944people
$237kTypical home
$978/moRent
86° / 47°Summer / winter
3"Snow
234Sunny days
130Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Big small town of 12,944
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 844 people per sq mi
- 57 mi to Nashville, TN
- 54 mi to Chattanooga, TN
- Has its own stores and services
Money
- Typical home $237k (≈$1,497/mo)
- Median rent $978/mo
- Median household income $58k
- Property tax about 0.7% of value
- 2.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 86°F
- Winter highs around 47°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
- 130 days a year with rain or snow
- 3" of snow a year
- 1 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 4 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Above-average violent crime (441 per 100k)
- About average property crime (1,984 per 100k)
People
- Median age 33
- 31% of households have kids
- 17% are 65 or older
- 23% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 27 min
- 3% walk or take transit to work
- 57 mi to BNA airport
- 57 mi to BNA (major hub)
- 141 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 74% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1985
- 88% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 1,056 ft
- 340 mi to the ocean
- 75 mi to a big lake
- 20 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 74 mi to the nearest ski area
- 2 mi to the nearest campground
- 7 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 134 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 34 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 9 museums within 25 mi
- 3 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 15 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 49% of Tennessee districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 3 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 23 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 17 mi to the nearest vet
- 18 mi to the nearest dog park
- 9 congregations per 10k people
- 20 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Coffee County: R+55 in 2024
- Tennessee: R+30 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Low hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- Moderate flood risk
- Low drought risk
- Low winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk