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Rutledge is a small town of 1,676 people in Grainger County, Tennessee. It's about 14 miles from Morristown, TN and 168 miles from Charlotte, NC, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 87°F and winter highs 48°F, with about 7 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $154k and rent runs about $626 a month.
1,676people
$154kTypical home
$626/moRent
87° / 48°Summer / winter
7"Snow
225Sunny days
128Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,676
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 303 people per sq mi
- 168 mi to Charlotte, NC
- 14 mi to Morristown, TN
- 14 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $154k (≈$974/mo)
- Median rent $626/mo
- Median household income $50k
- Property tax about 0.4% of value
- 7.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 87°F
- Winter highs around 48°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 64°F)
- 225 sunny days a year (82 totally clear)
- 140 cloudy days a year
- 48 of 90 winter days are gray
- 128 days a year with rain or snow
- 7" of snow a year
- 3 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 3 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (87 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (330 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 47
- 25% of households have kids
- 23% are 65 or older
- 14% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 32 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 41 mi to TYS airport
- 41 mi to TYS (major hub)
- 116 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 59% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1979
- 78% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 981 ft
- 300 mi to the ocean
- 117 mi to a big lake
- 21 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 39 mi to the nearest ski area
- 6 mi to the nearest campground
- 13 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 114 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 21 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 7 museums within 25 mi
- 1 brewery or distillery within 25 mi
- 14 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 19% of Tennessee districts (reading)
- 11 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 11 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 28 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 12 mi to the nearest vet
- 12 mi to the nearest dog park
- 7 congregations per 10k people
- 11 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Grainger County: R+74 in 2024
- Tennessee: R+30 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Low tornado risk
- Low wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Low drought risk
- Low winter storm risk
- Very low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk