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SheetTN-LENOIR-CITY-TN · Lenoir City, TN 10,681 pop · income 36th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Lenoir City
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Lenoir City on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Paris · lowest
39,365
Paris · lowest
39,365 median HH income
27.4% of the leader · rank #1
Fredonia · near
60,476
Fredonia · near
60,476 median HH income
42.1% of the leader · rank #2
Edison · near
60,476
Edison · near
60,476 median HH income
42.1% of the leader · rank #3
Lenoir City · this city
60,480
Lenoir City · this city
60,480 median HH income
42.1% of the leader · rank #4
Boston · near
60,486
Boston · near
60,486 median HH income
42.1% of the leader · rank #5
Galloway · near
60,486
Galloway · near
60,486 median HH income
42.1% of the leader · rank #6
Lake Barcroft · highest
143,796
Lake Barcroft · highest
143,796 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Lenoir City on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 10,681.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Lenoir City - the verdict
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Lenoir City lands in the 36th percentile for household income and the 33rd percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
36th
percentile, household income
47th
percentile, home value
34th
percentile, median rent
33rd
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Lenoir City, TN
Tennessee's Lenoir City is a small town, with 10,681 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Lenoir City households earn a median of $60,480 annually, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 18.4%. Typical homes in Lenoir City are valued around $214,300, and the median resident age is 38.4 years. Educational attainment runs 19.9% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 54.4% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Housing supply pressure shows in Census Building Permit Survey data: 163 residential units were authorized in 2024 (Building Boom), up 609% from five years earlier. Crime here tracks close to the national norm: per-100,000 total crime stands at 1950.8 in FBI UCR data, near the national average (a voluntary reporting program, read this as reporting activity, not a definitive danger score). The annual average temperature per NOAA climate normals runs 59.1°F with 55.2 inches of precipitation per year and 4.0 inches of snowfall.
Living costs in Tennessee run below the national norm: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts Tennessee at 91.9 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Well Below Average). Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,118 monthly. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Tennessee's average monthly utility costs around $218 (state average). The average commute for Lenoir City workers runs 19.5 minutes, with 81.1% driving alone and 9.0% working from home. Natural-hazard exposure scores 52.5 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Lenoir City's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from work and mobility to comparison shortlist to population change to climate and hazard context to reported crime to schools and households to housing and income; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Lenoir City, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares, local building permits, annual population history, matched public-school count, FBI reported-crime rates.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in Lenoir City?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 81.1%. The reported mean trip to work is 19.5 minutes.
Which cities make useful reference points for Lenoir City?
Within Tennessee, the closest population matches are Martin (10,864 residents, $41,510 income); Union City (11,040 residents, $45,523 income); Paris (10,313 residents, $39,365 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Calimesa, CA (10,680 residents); Broomall, PA (10,684 residents); Lake Barcroft, VA (10,678 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
Is Lenoir City growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +2,419 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +23.9% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 163 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
What physical conditions frame life in Lenoir City?
NOAA normals put the annual mean temperature at 59.1°F, with 55.2 inches of precipitation and 4.0 inches of annual snowfall. FEMA's state-averaged National Risk Index score for Tennessee is 52.5 out of 100. Climate normals describe long-run weather; the FEMA score on PlainCities is a state average of county NRI inputs and combines hazards, exposure, vulnerability, and resilience.
The two sources should not be blended into one comfort or safety score. Use the climate values for baseline conditions and the risk index as a prompt to inspect specific hazards, insurance, and local emergency guidance for a particular address.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Reported crime
What can the FBI record say about safety in Lenoir City?
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
The joined FBI UCR record reports 1950.8 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 14% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Property rate
1602.7
Violent rate
348.1
Total reported rate
1950.8
FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, incidents per 100,000. Voluntary agency reporting; not a danger score.
What does the education layer cover for Lenoir City?
The NCES join finds 7 public schools within the city match. 19.9% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
Matched public schools
7
Bachelor's degree+
19.9%
Poverty estimate
18.4%
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
How far does income reach against housing in Lenoir City?
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.5 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 18.4%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
Household income
$60,480
Home value
$214,300
Value / income
3.5×
City-level Census ACS 2023 medians. The ratio divides two separate medians and is descriptive only.
Below median income · poverty 18.4% (High poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
91.9 (US=100)
Affordable · BEA RPP 2024, Tennessee average
F
City profile score · Lenoir City, TN
38/100
5 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Cost of living B+
91.9 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Household income F
$60,480
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share F
19.9%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime F
348 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Poverty rate F
18.4%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Lenoir City profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 78/100 (B+) · 91.9 index
Household income: 35/100 (F) · $60,480
Bachelor's+ share: 34/100 (F) · 19.9%
Violent crime: 26/100 (F) · 348 /100k
Poverty rate: 16/100 (F) · 18.4%
Where Lenoir City sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Lenoir City's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Lenoir City highlighted among 9 peers.Read the chart values
Lenoir City, TN (this city): home $214,300, crime 1,951/100k
Calimesa, CA : home $423,300, crime 1,852/100k
Richmond Heights, OH : home $176,100, crime 980/100k
Martin, TN : home $177,700, crime 1,384/100k
Union City, TN : home $138,400, crime 3,123/100k
Paris, TN : home $142,700, crime 1,853/100k
Millington, TN : home $172,800, crime 4,404/100k
Atoka, TN : home $283,500, crime 696/100k
Collegedale, TN : home $332,700, crime 845/100k
How does Lenoir City compare to other US cities?
Here's how Lenoir City stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income36% higher than other cities
Home value47% pricier than other cities
Median rent34% pricier than other cities
Safety33% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
A national percentile can hide a lot of local variation: narrowed to Tennessee alone, Lenoir City ranks #107 of 174 Tennessee cities by lowest crime rate - a different, more locally useful comparison than stacking it against the entire country.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Lenoir City against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Tennessee only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Tennessee-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Lenoir City near the bottom of Tennessee's cities
Among the 482 Tennessee cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Lenoir City ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Lenoir City only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#193 of 458
58th percentile in Tennessee
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 482
0th percentile in Tennessee
Median Home Value
#158 of 455
65th percentile in Tennessee
Poverty Rate
#99 of 482
79th percentile in Tennessee
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#189 of 482
61st percentile in Tennessee
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Tennessee only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
36th percentile nationally for median household income · 33rd percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Lenoir City's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Lenoir City's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Lenoir City's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$214,300Among the most affordablemore affordable than 53% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Lenoir City's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.5×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#9,154 of 15,516
More affordable than 41% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#1,533 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 3.5×, Lenoir City sits in the moderate band:
national rank #9,154 of 15,516 and #1,533 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$60,480Lenoir City, TN median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Lenoir City, TN median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Lenoir City, TN.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)19.9%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)18.4%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)54.4%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
10,681
Median Income
$60,480
Median Home Value
$214,300
Median Age
38.4
Poverty Rate
18.4%
Labor force participation
54.4%
Bachelor's Degree+
19.9%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
1950.8
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
348.1
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
1602.7
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Climate
Avg Temperature
59.1°F
Annual Precipitation
55.2"
Annual Snowfall
4.0"
Schools
Total Schools
7
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Lenoir City's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
10,111 residents
2021
10,363 residents
2022
11,278 residents
2023
11,779 residents
2024
12,173 residents
2025
12,530 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📈 Building Boom
Total Permits (2024)
163
housing units authorized
Single-Family
159
detached homes
Multifamily
4
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
15.3
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
23
23
0
$4.5M
2020
64
64
0
$12.1M
2021
484
219
265
$53.6M
2022
134
134
0
$21.9M
2023
123
123
0
$30.7M
2024
163
159
4
$51.7M
Permit volume increased 609% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
19.5 minutes
Drive Alone
81.1%
Carpool
9.2%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
9.0%
Other
0.7%
Based on 4,466 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Tennessee statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $218
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Tennessee at $218 (electricity about $120 , water and sewer about $40 ).
These are Tennessee statewide averages, not a meter reading for Lenoir City. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Tennessee's BEA cost-of-living index is 91.9 (Well Below Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Lenoir City is $1,118/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Tennessee statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 52.5 / 100 (Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Tennessee statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Lenoir City sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Lenoir City compares to similar-size Tennessee cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, NOAA Climate Normals, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.