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Tracy City is a small town of 1,682 people in Grundy County, Tennessee. It's about 32 miles from Chattanooga, TN and 79 miles from Nashville, TN, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 83°F and winter highs 45°F, with about 5 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $136k and rent runs about $400 a month.
1,682people
$136kTypical home
$400/moRent
83° / 45°Summer / winter
5"Snow
231Sunny days
137Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,682
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 361 people per sq mi
- 79 mi to Nashville, TN
- 32 mi to Chattanooga, TN
- 23 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $136k (≈$860/mo)
- Median rent $400/mo
- Median household income $39k
- Property tax about 0.5% of value
- 8.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 83°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
- 137 days a year with rain or snow
- 5" of snow a year
- 2 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 5 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- About average violent crime (412 per 100k)
- Low property crime (1,002 per 100k)
People
- Median age 36
- 31% of households have kids
- 18% are 65 or older
- 12% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 44 min
- 0% walk or take transit to work
- 35 mi to CHA airport
- 79 mi to BNA (major hub)
- 135 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 68% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1977
- 83% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 1,857 ft
- 330 mi to the ocean
- 80 mi to a big lake
- 19 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 66 mi to the nearest ski area
- Campground in town
- 6 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 133 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 29 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 8 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 10 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 25% of Tennessee districts (reading)
- 2 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 22 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 30 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 20 mi to the nearest vet
- 22 mi to the nearest dog park
- 9 congregations per 10k people
- 10 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Grundy County: R+69 in 2024
- Tennessee: R+30 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- High 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