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Strawberry Plains is a small town of 2,669 people in Jefferson County, Tennessee. It's about 18 miles from Knoxville, TN and 165 miles from Atlanta, GA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 88°F and winter highs 48°F, with about 5 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $168k and rent runs about $670 a month.
2,669people
$168kTypical home
$670/moRent
88° / 48°Summer / winter
5"Snow
225Sunny days
119Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 2,669
- Part of a metro area
- About 637 people per sq mi
- 165 mi to Atlanta, GA
- 18 mi to Knoxville, TN
- 13 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $168k (≈$1,062/mo)
- Median rent $670/mo
- Median household income $75k
- Property tax about 0.4% of value
- 2.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 88°F
- Winter highs around 48°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 65°F)
- 225 sunny days a year (82 totally clear)
- 140 cloudy days a year
- 48 of 90 winter days are gray
- 119 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
- Very low violent crime (149 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (946 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 39
- 30% of households have kids
- 18% are 65 or older
- 14% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 29 min
- 0% walk or take transit to work
- 26 mi to TYS airport
- 26 mi to TYS (major hub)
- 105 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 66% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1981
- 90% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 981 ft
- 291 mi to the ocean
- 105 mi to a big lake
- 5 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 25 mi to the nearest ski area
- 9 mi to the nearest campground
- 24 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 473 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 41 bars within 25 mi
- 151 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 1 music venue or club within 25 mi
- 24 museums within 25 mi
- 16 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 6 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 40% of Tennessee districts (reading)
- 5 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 10 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 16 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 6 mi to the nearest vet
- 15 mi to the nearest dog park
- 9 congregations per 10k people
- 10 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Jefferson County: R+64 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