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SheetTN-RED-BANK-TN · Red Bank, TN 11,960 pop · income 38th 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 Red Bank
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Red Bank on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Lawrenceburg · lowest
41,458
Lawrenceburg · lowest
41,458 median HH income
43.3% of the leader · rank #1
Elkader · near
61,786
Elkader · near
61,786 median HH income
64.5% of the leader · rank #2
Shevlin · near
61,786
Shevlin · near
61,786 median HH income
64.5% of the leader · rank #3
Clarendon · near
61,786
Clarendon · near
61,786 median HH income
64.5% of the leader · rank #4
Red Bank · this city
61,788
Red Bank · this city
61,788 median HH income
64.5% of the leader · rank #5
East Stroudsb… · near
61,792
East Stroudsb… · near
61,792 median HH income
64.5% of the leader · rank #6
Poulsbo · highest
95,774
Poulsbo · highest
95,774 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 Red Bank 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: 11,960.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Red Bank - the verdict
Red Bank ranks in the 38th percentile for household income and the 44th percentile for safety nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
38th
percentile, household income
55th
percentile, home value
34th
percentile, median rent
44th
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: Red Bank, TN
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 11,960 residents in Red Bank, a small town within Tennessee. Red Bank households earn a median of $61,788 annually, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 10.2%. Typical homes in Red Bank are valued around $246,100, and the median resident age is 37.8 years. About 43.4% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 71.1% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The Census Building Permit Survey recorded 33 residential units authorized here in 2024 (Slowing), down 17% from five years earlier. Red Bank reports a comparatively low crime rate: FBI UCR figures show 1568.6 crimes per 100,000 residents, below the national average (reporting is voluntary across agencies, so treat this as reporting activity rather than a definitive danger score).
Living costs in Tennessee run below the national norm: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, Tennessee scores 91.9 (Well Below Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,118 per month statewide. Monthly utility costs average around $218 across Tennessee, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 52.5 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Red Bank'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 population change to housing and income to work and mobility to reported crime to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Red Bank, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares, local building permits, annual population history, FBI reported-crime rates.
No matched row is reported here for matched public-school count, within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
Is Red Bank growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +479 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +4.0% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 33 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
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.
How far does income reach against housing in Red Bank?
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.
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 4.0 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 10.2%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
What does the journey to work look like in Red Bank?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 77.0%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
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.
Which cities make useful reference points for Red Bank?
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.
Within Tennessee, the closest population matches are Middle Valley (11,808 residents, $93,264 income); Hartsville/Trousdale County (11,805 residents, $63,190 income); Lawrenceburg (11,732 residents, $41,458 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Poulsbo, WA (11,962 residents); Lanham, MD (11,956 residents); Inwood, NY (11,964 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.
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 Red Bank?
The joined FBI UCR record reports 1568.6 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 31% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
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.
Total reported rate
1568.6
Violent rate
396.3
Property rate
1172.3
FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, incidents per 100,000. Voluntary agency reporting; not a danger score.
Below median income · poverty 10.2% (Above-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
91.9 (US=100)
Affordable · BEA RPP 2024, Tennessee average
D
City profile score · Red Bank, TN
49/100
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.
Bachelor's+ share B+
43.4%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
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.
Poverty rate F
10.2%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income F
$61,788
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Violent crime F
396 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Red Bank profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 78/100 (B+) · 43.4%
Cost of living: 78/100 (B+) · 91.9 index
Poverty rate: 39/100 (F) · 10.2%
Household income: 37/100 (F) · $61,788
Violent crime: 22/100 (F) · 396 /100k
Where Red Bank sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Red Bank'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 - Red Bank highlighted among 9 peers.Read the chart values
Red Bank, TN (this city): home $246,100, crime 1,569/100k
Poulsbo, WA : home $574,900, crime 1,847/100k
Fenton, MI : home $211,700, crime 2,566/100k
Woodward, OK : home $164,200, crime 1,701/100k
Gladstone, OR : home $463,600, crime 1,871/100k
Lawrenceburg, TN : home $158,100, crime 1,800/100k
Crossville, TN : home $230,300, crime 3,232/100k
Alcoa, TN : home $232,300, crime 1,745/100k
Lewisburg, TN : home $183,400, crime 2,648/100k
How does Red Bank compare to other US cities?
Red Bank measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income38% higher than other cities
Home value55% pricier than other cities
Median rent34% pricier than other cities
Safety44% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
National percentiles can mask local variation. Looking only at Tennessee, Red Bank ranks #89 of 174 Tennessee cities by lowest crime rate - a narrower, more locally useful cut than the national comparison above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Red Bank 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 Red Bank near the bottom of Tennessee's cities
Among the 482 Tennessee cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Red Bank ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Red Bank only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#187 of 458
59th percentile in Tennessee
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 482
0th percentile in Tennessee
Median Home Value
#120 of 455
74th percentile in Tennessee
Poverty Rate
#238 of 482
50th percentile in Tennessee
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#37 of 482
92nd 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
38th percentile nationally for median household income · 44th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Red Bank's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Red Bank'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 Red Bank's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$246,10045th percentilemore affordable than 45% 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
Red Bank's home-value-to-income ratio: 4.0×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#10,655 of 15,516
More affordable than 31% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#1,974 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 4.0×, Red Bank sits in the moderate band:
national rank #10,655 of 15,516 and #1,974 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
$61,788Red Bank, TN median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Red Bank, 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 Red Bank, TN.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)43.4%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)10.2%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)71.1%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
11,960
Median Income
$61,788
Median Home Value
$246,100
Median Age
37.8
Poverty Rate
10.2%
Labor force participation
71.1%
Bachelor's Degree+
43.4%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
1568.6
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
396.3
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
1172.3
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.
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Red Bank's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
11,926 residents
2021
11,973 residents
2022
11,979 residents
2023
12,085 residents
2024
12,109 residents
2025
12,405 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
🏗️ Slowing
Total Permits (2024)
33
housing units authorized
Single-Family
33
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
2.8
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
40
40
0
$10.5M
2020
56
56
0
$7.7M
2021
47
47
0
$7.8M
2022
74
74
0
$15.4M
2023
32
32
0
$8.2M
2024
33
33
0
$9.6M
Permit volume decreased 17% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
77.0%
Carpool
9.9%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.2%
Work from Home
11.9%
Other
1.0%
Based on 7,121 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 Red Bank. 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 Red Bank 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 Red Bank sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Red Bank 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, 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.