Living in New Union, TN
New Union is a small town of 2,160 people in Coffee County, Tennessee. It's about 53 miles from Nashville, TN. Summer highs average 86°F and winter highs 47°F, with about 3 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $312k and rent runs about $1k a month.
2,160people
$312kTypical home
$1,249/moRent
86° / 47°Summer / winter
3"Snow
234Sunny days
130Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 2,160
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 563 people per sq mi
- 53 mi to Nashville, TN
- 53 mi to Nashville, TN
- 5 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $312k (≈$1,968/mo)
- Median rent $1,249/mo
- Median household income $81k
- Property tax about 0.4% 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
- About average violent crime (338 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,427 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 44
- 30% of households have kids
- 16% are 65 or older
- 23% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 30 min
- 0% walk or take transit to work
- 53 mi to BNA airport
- 53 mi to BNA (major hub)
- 146 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 88% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1992
- 75% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 1,106 ft
- 345 mi to the ocean
- 78 mi to a big lake
- 24 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 73 mi to the nearest ski area
- 3 mi to the nearest campground
- 6 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 126 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 42 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 8 museums within 25 mi
- 4 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 11 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 49% of Tennessee districts (reading)
- 4 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 2 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 23 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 16 mi to the nearest vet
- 23 mi to the nearest dog park
- 9 congregations per 10k people
- 25 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
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.