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Wartburg is a small town of 1,191 people in Morgan County, Tennessee. It's about 37 miles from Knoxville, TN and 119 miles from Nashville, TN, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 86°F and winter highs 46°F, with about 4 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $192k and rent runs about $478 a month.
1,191people
$192kTypical home
$478/moRent
86° / 46°Summer / winter
4"Snow
224Sunny days
134Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,191
- Part of a metro area
- About 1,057 people per sq mi
- 119 mi to Nashville, TN
- 37 mi to Knoxville, TN
- 19 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $192k (≈$1,211/mo)
- Median rent $478/mo
- Median household income $48k
- Property tax about 0.5% of value
- 9.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 86°F
- Winter highs around 46°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 66°F)
- 224 sunny days a year (83 totally clear)
- 141 cloudy days a year
- 48 of 90 winter days are gray
- 134 days a year with rain or snow
- 4" of snow a year
- 2 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 6 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Low violent crime (183 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (351 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 37
- 32% of households have kids
- 19% are 65 or older
- 14% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 2% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 30 min
- 6% walk or take transit to work
- 39 mi to TYS airport
- 39 mi to TYS (major hub)
- 139 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 57% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1977
- 78% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Mountain country
- Elevation 1,296 ft
- 326 mi to the ocean
- 118 mi to a big lake
- 4 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 21 mi to the nearest ski area
- 5 mi to the nearest campground
- 10 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 84 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 19 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 10 museums within 25 mi
- 1 brewery or distillery within 25 mi
- 2 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 6% of Tennessee districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 12 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 12 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 15 mi to the nearest vet
- 17 mi to the nearest dog park
- 9 congregations per 10k people
- 19 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Morgan County: R+75 in 2024
- Tennessee: R+30 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Moderate tornado risk
- Moderate wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Low drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Very low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.