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Monteagle is a small town of 1,926 people in Grundy County, Tennessee. It's about 36 miles from Chattanooga, TN and 77 miles from Nashville, TN, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 83°F and winter highs 44°F, with about 5 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $310k and rent runs about $762 a month.
1,926people
$310kTypical home
$762/moRent
83° / 44°Summer / winter
5"Snow
231Sunny days
138Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,926
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 213 people per sq mi
- 77 mi to Nashville, TN
- 36 mi to Chattanooga, TN
- 20 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $310k (≈$1,952/mo)
- Median rent $762/mo
- Median household income $63k
- Property tax about 0.3% of value
- 10.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 83°F
- Winter highs around 44°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 66°F)
- 231 sunny days a year (89 totally clear)
- 134 cloudy days a year
- 45 of 90 winter days are gray
- 138 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
- About average violent crime (412 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (782 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 43
- 29% of households have kids
- 27% are 65 or older
- 29% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 2% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 29 min
- 2% walk or take transit to work
- 39 mi to CHA airport
- 77 mi to BNA (major hub)
- 131 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 76% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1989
- 90% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 1,936 ft
- 327 mi to the ocean
- 75 mi to a big lake
- 20 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 72 mi to the nearest ski area
- 6 mi to the nearest campground
- 7 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 92 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 25 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 10 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 5 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 27% of Tennessee districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 17 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 34 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 14 mi to the nearest vet
- 16 mi to the nearest dog park
- 9 congregations per 10k people
- 4 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Grundy County: R+69 in 2024
- Tennessee: R+30 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Low wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Low drought risk
- Low winter storm risk
- Very low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk