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Sale Creek is a small town of 2,955 people in Hamilton County, Tennessee. It's about 19 miles from Cleveland, TN and 104 miles from Nashville, TN, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 88°F and winter highs 48°F, with about 3 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $300k and rent runs about $1k a month.
2,955people
$300kTypical home
$1,042/moRent
88° / 48°Summer / winter
3"Snow
231Sunny days
119Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 2,955
- Part of a metro area
- About 98 people per sq mi
- 104 mi to Nashville, TN
- 19 mi to Cleveland, TN
- 10 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $300k (≈$1,890/mo)
- Median rent $1,042/mo
- Median household income $54k
- Property tax about 0.5% of value
- 3.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 88°F
- Winter highs around 48°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 66°F)
- 231 sunny days a year (89 totally clear)
- 134 cloudy days a year
- 45 of 90 winter days are gray
- 119 days a year with rain or snow
- 3" of snow a year
- 1 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 2 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Above-average violent crime (457 per 100k), county-wide
- About average property crime (2,008 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 51
- 27% of households have kids
- 24% are 65 or older
- 19% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 5% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 33 min
- 0% walk or take transit to work
- 25 mi to CHA airport
- 68 mi to TYS (major hub)
- 136 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 84% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1991
- 89% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 896 ft
- 312 mi to the ocean
- 89 mi to a big lake
- 13 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 37 mi to the nearest ski area
- 4 mi to the nearest campground
- 24 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 217 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 71 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 11 museums within 25 mi
- 1 brewery or distillery within 25 mi
- 16 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 37% of Tennessee districts (reading)
- 6 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 9 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 26 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 2 mi to the nearest vet
- 9 mi to the nearest dog park
- 10 congregations per 10k people
- 9 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Hamilton County: R+13 in 2024
- Tennessee: R+30 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Low wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- Moderate flood risk
- Low drought risk
- Low winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk