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Ridgely is a small town of 1,796 people in Lake County, Tennessee. It's about 55 miles from Jackson, TN and 84 miles from Memphis, TN, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 89°F and winter highs 45°F, with about 6 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $83k and rent runs about $560 a month.
1,796people
$83kTypical home
$560/moRent
89° / 45°Summer / winter
6"Snow
243Sunny days
107Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,796
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 905 people per sq mi
- 84 mi to Memphis, TN
- 55 mi to Jackson, TN
- 16 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $83k (≈$525/mo)
- Median rent $560/mo
- Median household income $24k
- Property tax about 0.7% of value
- 7.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 89°F
- Winter highs around 45°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 69°F)
- 243 sunny days a year (111 totally clear)
- 122 cloudy days a year
- 42 of 90 winter days are gray
- 107 days a year with rain or snow
- 6" of snow a year
- 3 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 1 day a year over 100°F
- 3 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Low violent crime (212 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (635 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 36
- 38% of households have kids
- 22% are 65 or older
- 12% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 2% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 24 min
- 3% walk or take transit to work
- 56 mi to MKL airport
- 89 mi to MEM (major hub)
- 61 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 63% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1973
- 73% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 292 ft
- 391 mi to the ocean
- 74 mi to a big lake
- 27 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 170 mi to the nearest ski area
- 8 mi to the nearest campground
- 7 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 44 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 10 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 4 museums within 25 mi
- 2 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 17 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 3% of Tennessee districts (reading)
- 7 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 13 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 17 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 15 mi to the nearest vet
- 6 mi to the nearest dog park
- 11 congregations per 10k people
- 16 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Lake County: R+55 in 2024
- Tennessee: R+30 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- High earthquake risk
- Moderate flood risk
- Low drought risk
- Low winter storm risk
- High heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk