Living in White Pine, TN
White Pine is a small town of 2,565 people in Jefferson County, Tennessee. It's about 7 miles from Morristown, TN and 151 miles from Charlotte, NC, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 87°F and winter highs 47°F, with about 8 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $204k and rent runs about $797 a month.
2,565people
$204kTypical home
$797/moRent
87° / 47°Summer / winter
8"Snow
225Sunny days
136Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 2,565
- Part of a metro area
- About 893 people per sq mi
- 151 mi to Charlotte, NC
- 7 mi to Morristown, TN
- 7 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $204k (≈$1,286/mo)
- Median rent $797/mo
- Median household income $55k
- Property tax about 0.5% of value
- 4.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 87°F
- Winter highs around 47°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 63°F)
- 225 sunny days a year (82 totally clear)
- 140 cloudy days a year
- 48 of 90 winter days are gray
- 136 days a year with rain or snow
- 8" of snow a year
- 3 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 (87 per 100k)
- Low property crime (913 per 100k)
People
- Median age 42
- 32% of households have kids
- 16% are 65 or older
- 18% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 25 min
- 0% walk or take transit to work
- 44 mi to TYS airport
- 44 mi to TYS (major hub)
- 99 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 70% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1986
- 79% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 1,132 ft
- 282 mi to the ocean
- 104 mi to a big lake
- 24 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 30 mi to the nearest ski area
- 4 mi to the nearest campground
- 15 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 124 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
- 9 museums within 25 mi
- 4 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 8 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 47% of Tennessee districts (reading)
- 7 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 10 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 10 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 10 mi to the nearest vet
- 7 mi to the nearest dog park
- 9 congregations per 10k people
- 11 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