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Pennington Gap is a small town of 1,798 people in Lee County, Virginia. It's about 32 miles from Kingsport, TN and 163 miles from Charlotte, NC, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 85°F and winter highs 44°F, with about 10 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $93k and rent runs about $766 a month.
1,798people
$93kTypical home
$766/moRent
85° / 44°Summer / winter
10"Snow
225Sunny days
127Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,798
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 1,078 people per sq mi
- 163 mi to Charlotte, NC
- 32 mi to Kingsport, TN
- 32 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $93k (≈$586/mo)
- Median rent $766/mo
- Median household income $22k
- Property tax about 0.7% of value
- 20.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 85°F
- Winter highs around 44°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 63°F)
- 225 sunny days a year (82 totally clear)
- 140 cloudy days a year
- 48 of 90 winter days are gray
- 127 days a year with rain or snow
- 10" of snow a year
- 4 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 8 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (143 per 100k)
- Low property crime (1,142 per 100k)
People
- Median age 34
- 31% of households have kids
- 20% are 65 or older
- 14% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 2% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 33 min
- 4% walk or take transit to work
- 40 mi to TRI airport
- 84 mi to TYS (major hub)
- 119 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 76% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1965
- 80% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 1,513 ft
- 316 mi to the ocean
- 149 mi to a big lake
- 23 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 17 mi to the nearest ski area
- 7 mi to the nearest campground
- 3 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 41 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 3 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 11 museums within 25 mi
- 1 brewery or distillery within 25 mi
- 19 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 42% of Virginia districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 1 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 17 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 17 mi to the nearest vet
- 32 mi to the nearest dog park
- 5 congregations per 10k people
- 26 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Lee County: R+72 in 2024
- Virginia: D+6 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Low tornado risk
- High wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Low drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Very low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk