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Sewanee is a small town of 2,936 people in Franklin County, Tennessee. It's about 39 miles from Chattanooga, TN and 76 miles from Nashville, TN, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 84°F and winter highs 45°F, with about 5 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $466k and rent runs about $1k a month.
2,936people
$466kTypical home
$1,173/moRent
84° / 45°Summer / winter
5"Snow
231Sunny days
129Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 2,936
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 756 people per sq mi
- 76 mi to Nashville, TN
- 39 mi to Chattanooga, TN
- 20 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $466k (≈$2,935/mo)
- Median rent $1,173/mo
- Median household income $136k
- Property tax about 0.4% of value
- 1.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 84°F
- Winter highs around 45°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
- 129 days a year with rain or snow
- 5" of snow a year
- 2 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 3 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Low violent crime (216 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (718 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 22
- 24% of households have kids
- 14% are 65 or older
- 70% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 60% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 14 min
- 24% walk or take transit to work
- 42 mi to CHA airport
- 77 mi to BNA (major hub)
- 127 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 93% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1979
- 93% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 1,926 ft
- 324 mi to the ocean
- 70 mi to a big lake
- 16 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 77 mi to the nearest ski area
- 8 mi to the nearest campground
- 7 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 96 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 25 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 10 museums within 25 mi
- 2 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- Farmers market in town
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 18% of Tennessee districts (reading)
- 5 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 12 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 36 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 10 mi to the nearest vet
- 12 mi to the nearest dog park
- 11 congregations per 10k people
- College in town
Politics
- Franklin County: R+53 in 2024
- Tennessee: R+30 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Low drought risk
- Low winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk