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Red Boiling Springs is a small town of 1,262 people in Macon County, Tennessee. It's about 45 miles from Bowling Green, KY and 57 miles from Nashville, TN, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 89°F and winter highs 46°F, with about 4 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $194k and rent runs about $784 a month.
1,262people
$194kTypical home
$784/moRent
89° / 46°Summer / winter
4"Snow
225Sunny days
120Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,262
- Part of a metro area
- About 721 people per sq mi
- 57 mi to Nashville, TN
- 45 mi to Bowling Green, KY
- 20 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $194k (≈$1,226/mo)
- Median rent $784/mo
- Median household income $40k
- Property tax about 0.4% of value
- 8.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 89°F
- Winter highs around 46°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 67°F)
- 225 sunny days a year (89 totally clear)
- 140 cloudy days a year
- 48 of 90 winter days are gray
- 120 days a year with rain or snow
- 4" of snow a year
- 2 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 1 day a year over 100°F
- 4 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Above-average violent crime (445 per 100k)
- Very low property crime (575 per 100k)
People
- Median age 44
- 33% of households have kids
- 15% are 65 or older
- 14% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 2% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 38 min
- 4% walk or take transit to work
- 54 mi to BNA airport
- 54 mi to BNA (major hub)
- 186 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 65% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1977
- 84% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 797 ft
- 396 mi to the ocean
- 113 mi to a big lake
- 16 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 71 mi to the nearest ski area
- 13 mi to the nearest campground
- 2 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 46 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
- 5 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 30 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 38% of Tennessee districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 8 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 30 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 19 mi to the nearest vet
- 29 mi to the nearest dog park
- 4 congregations per 10k people
- 29 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Macon County: R+74 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
- Very low drought risk
- Low winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk