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SheetTN-SODDY-DAISY-TN · Soddy-Daisy, TN 13,117 pop · income 47th 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 Soddy-Daisy
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Soddy-Daisy on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Las Vegas · lowest
42,732
Las Vegas · lowest
42,732 median HH income
27.2% of the leader · rank #1
Waiohinu · near
67,813
Waiohinu · near
67,813 median HH income
43.2% of the leader · rank #2
Aberdeen · near
67,813
Aberdeen · near
67,813 median HH income
43.2% of the leader · rank #3
Windom · near
67,813
Windom · near
67,813 median HH income
43.2% of the leader · rank #4
Soddy-Daisy · this city
67,824
Soddy-Daisy · this city
67,824 median HH income
43.2% of the leader · rank #5
Dry Prong · near
67,833
Dry Prong · near
67,833 median HH income
43.2% of the leader · rank #6
Mount Vernon · highest
156,875
Mount Vernon · highest
156,875 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 Soddy-Daisy 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: 13,117.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Soddy-Daisy - the verdict
Soddy-Daisy ranks in the 47th percentile for household income and the 74th percentile for safety nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
47th
percentile, household income
54th
percentile, home value
34th
percentile, median rent
74th
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: Soddy-Daisy, TN
Soddy-Daisy is a small town in Tennessee, home to 13,117 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Median household income here is $67,824 per year, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 4.8%. Home values in Soddy-Daisy run a median of $241,400, and the median resident age is 46.0 years. 21.7% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 54.8% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
In 2024, 39 residential building permits were authorized in Soddy-Daisy (Slowing), down 9% from five years earlier, per Census BPS data. Soddy-Daisy reports a comparatively low crime rate: per-100,000 total crime stands at 760.5 in FBI UCR data, below the national average (a voluntary reporting program, read this as reporting activity, not a definitive danger score).
Living costs in Tennessee run below the national norm: the state registers 91.9 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Well Below Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,118 per month statewide. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Tennessee's average monthly utility costs around $218 (state average). FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 52.5 out of 100 (Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Soddy-Daisy'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 reported crime to work and mobility to schools and households to comparison shortlist to housing and income to population change; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Soddy-Daisy, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares, FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count, annual population history, local building permits.
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.
Question 1
What can the FBI record say about safety in Soddy-Daisy?
The joined FBI UCR record reports 760.5 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 67% 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.
What does the journey to work look like in Soddy-Daisy?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 76.9%. 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.
What does the education layer cover for Soddy-Daisy?
The matched institution count is small, so district boundaries and schools outside the city line may matter more than the municipal count suggests. Use the number as a coverage cue, then verify attendance zones with the district before making a household decision.
The NCES join finds 1 public school within the city match. 21.7% 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.
Which cities make useful reference points for Soddy-Daisy?
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 Portland (13,325 residents, $72,380 income); Powell (13,544 residents, $85,281 income); Manchester (12,651 residents, $55,019 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Las Vegas, NM (13,120 residents); Mount Vernon, VA (13,120 residents); Lake Station, IN (13,109 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.
Housing and income
How far does income reach against housing in Soddy-Daisy?
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 3.6 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 4.8%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Value / income
3.6×
Home value
$241,400
Household income
$67,824
City-level Census ACS 2023 medians. The ratio divides two separate medians and is descriptive only.
Is Soddy-Daisy growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +420 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +3.2% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 39 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.
2020 estimate
13,054
2025 estimate
13,474
Period change
+3.2%
Census Population Estimates Program, 2020–2025; permit context uses Census BPS.
Below median income · poverty 4.8% (Below-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
91.9 (US=100)
Affordable · BEA RPP 2024, Tennessee average
C
City profile score · Soddy-Daisy, TN
57/100
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.
Poverty rate B-
4.8%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Violent crime C-
166 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Household income D
$67,824
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share F
21.7%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Soddy-Daisy profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 78/100 (B+) · 91.9 index
Poverty rate: 67/100 (B-) · 4.8%
Violent crime: 54/100 (C-) · 166 /100k
Household income: 46/100 (D) · $67,824
Bachelor's+ share: 39/100 (F) · 21.7%
Where Soddy-Daisy sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Soddy-Daisy'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 - Soddy-Daisy highlighted among 10 peers.Read the chart values
Soddy-Daisy, TN (this city): home $241,400, crime 761/100k
Las Vegas, NM : home $143,900, crime 2,122/100k
Carpinteria, CA : home $965,200, crime 1,560/100k
Florham Park, NJ : home $722,700, crime 602/100k
Glendale, WI : home $260,300, crime 4,481/100k
Portland, TN : home $256,400, crime 832/100k
Manchester, TN : home $215,700, crime 3,112/100k
Lewisburg, TN : home $183,400, crime 2,648/100k
McMinnville, TN : home $147,200, crime 2,307/100k
White House, TN : home $311,200, crime 971/100k
How does Soddy-Daisy compare to other US cities?
Where Soddy-Daisy sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income47% higher than other cities
Home value54% pricier than other cities
Median rent34% pricier than other cities
Safety74% 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, Soddy-Daisy ranks #31 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 Soddy-Daisy 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 Soddy-Daisy near the bottom of Tennessee's cities
Among the 482 Tennessee cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Soddy-Daisy ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Soddy-Daisy only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#140 of 458
69th percentile in Tennessee
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 482
0th percentile in Tennessee
Median Home Value
#123 of 455
73rd percentile in Tennessee
Poverty Rate
#350 of 482
27th percentile in Tennessee
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#164 of 482
66th 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
47th percentile nationally for median household income · 74th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Soddy-Daisy's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Soddy-Daisy'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 Soddy-Daisy's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$241,40046th percentilemore affordable than 46% 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
Soddy-Daisy's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.6×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#9,207 of 15,516
More affordable than 41% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#1,553 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 3.6×, Soddy-Daisy sits in the moderate band:
national rank #9,207 of 15,516 and #1,553 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
$67,824Soddy-Daisy, TN median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Soddy-Daisy, 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 Soddy-Daisy, TN.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)21.7%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)4.8%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)54.8%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
13,117
Median Income
$67,824
Median Home Value
$241,400
Median Age
46.0
Poverty Rate
4.8%
Labor force participation
54.8%
Bachelor's Degree+
21.7%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
760.5
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
165.7
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
594.8
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.
Schools
Total Schools
1
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Soddy-Daisy's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
13,054 residents
2021
13,153 residents
2022
13,201 residents
2023
13,322 residents
2024
13,464 residents
2025
13,474 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
🏗️ Slowing
Total Permits (2024)
39
housing units authorized
Single-Family
39
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
3
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
43
43
0
$8.8M
2020
50
50
0
$10.1M
2021
43
43
0
$11.1M
2022
50
50
0
$14.0M
2023
45
45
0
$13.8M
2024
39
39
0
$12.6M
Permit volume decreased 9% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
76.9%
Carpool
11.4%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.3%
Work from Home
10.4%
Other
1.0%
Based on 5,852 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 Soddy-Daisy. 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 Soddy-Daisy 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 Soddy-Daisy sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Soddy-Daisy 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, 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.