Living in Park City, TN
Park City is a small town of 2,813 people in Lincoln County, Tennessee. It's about 27 miles from Huntsville, AL and 70 miles from Nashville, TN, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 88°F and winter highs 49°F, with about 1 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $217k and rent runs about $795 a month.
2,813people
$217kTypical home
$795/moRent
88° / 49°Summer / winter
1"Snow
234Sunny days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 2,813
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 515 people per sq mi
- 70 mi to Nashville, TN
- 27 mi to Huntsville, AL
- 14 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $217k (≈$1,367/mo)
- Median rent $795/mo
- Median household income $95k
- Property tax about 0.4% of value
- 3.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 88°F
- Winter highs around 49°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 68°F)
- 234 sunny days a year (96 totally clear)
- 131 cloudy days a year
- 44 of 90 winter days are gray
- 1" of snow a year
- Snow days are rare
- 1 day a year over 100°F
- 2 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- About average violent crime (334 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (709 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 50
- 31% of households have kids
- 18% are 65 or older
- 16% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 28 min
- 2% walk or take transit to work
- 32 mi to HSV airport
- 73 mi to BNA (major hub)
- 109 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 93% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1979
- 84% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 997 ft
- 310 mi to the ocean
- 36 mi to a big lake
- 2 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 112 mi to the nearest ski area
- 15 mi to the nearest campground
- 7 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 158 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 24 bars within 25 mi
- 36 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 1 music venue or club within 25 mi
- 10 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 23 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 31% of Tennessee districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 6 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 27 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 2 mi to the nearest vet
- 23 mi to the nearest dog park
- 7 congregations per 10k people
- 20 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Lincoln County: R+65 in 2024
- Tennessee: R+30 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- Moderate flood risk
- Moderate drought risk
- Low winter storm risk
- Moderate heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk