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New Market is a small town of 1,619 people in Jefferson County, Tennessee. It's about 16 miles from Morristown, TN and 165 miles from Charlotte, NC, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 87°F and winter highs 47°F, with about 4 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $180k and rent runs about $943 a month.
1,619people
$180kTypical home
$943/moRent
87° / 47°Summer / winter
4"Snow
225Sunny days
118Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,619
- Part of a metro area
- About 382 people per sq mi
- 165 mi to Charlotte, NC
- 16 mi to Morristown, TN
- 14 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $180k (≈$1,138/mo)
- Median rent $943/mo
- Median household income $72k
- Property tax about 0.4% of value
- 4.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 87°F
- Winter highs around 47°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 65°F)
- 225 sunny days a year (82 totally clear)
- 140 cloudy days a year
- 48 of 90 winter days are gray
- 118 days a year with rain or snow
- 4" of snow a year
- 2 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 4 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (149 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (946 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 42
- 36% of households have kids
- 18% are 65 or older
- 26% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 6% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 28 min
- 12% walk or take transit to work
- 31 mi to TYS airport
- 31 mi to TYS (major hub)
- 105 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 84% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1973
- 89% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 1,102 ft
- 290 mi to the ocean
- 106 mi to a big lake
- 11 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 27 mi to the nearest ski area
- 10 mi to the nearest campground
- 23 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 340 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 23 bars within 25 mi
- 91 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 1 music venue or club within 25 mi
- 24 museums within 25 mi
- 15 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 9 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 50% of Tennessee districts (reading)
- 4 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 5 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 21 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 2 mi to the nearest vet
- 11 mi to the nearest dog park
- 9 congregations per 10k people
- 4 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Jefferson County: R+64 in 2024
- Tennessee: R+30 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Low 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