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SheetTN-STRAWBERRY-PLAINS-TN · Strawberry Plains, TN 2,531 pop · income 59th 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 Strawberry Plains
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Strawberry Plains on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Parsons · lowest
32,129
Parsons · lowest
32,129 median HH income
16.2% of the leader · rank #1
Parishville · near
77,847
Parishville · near
77,847 median HH income
39.2% of the leader · rank #2
Richfield · near
77,847
Richfield · near
77,847 median HH income
39.2% of the leader · rank #3
Strawberry Pl… · this city
77,855
Strawberry Pl… · this city
77,855 median HH income
39.2% of the leader · rank #4
Carl Junction · near
77,855
Carl Junction · near
77,855 median HH income
39.2% of the leader · rank #5
Hatfield · near
77,857
Hatfield · near
77,857 median HH income
39.2% of the leader · rank #6
Sterling Ranch · highest
198,750
Sterling Ranch · highest
198,750 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
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Strawberry Plains on ACS population and median household income
. 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: 2,531.
Strawberry Plains ranks in the 59th percentile for household income nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS.
59th
percentile, household income
37th
percentile, home value
34th
percentile, median rent
📝 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: Strawberry Plains, TN
Tennessee's Strawberry Plains is a small town, with 2,531 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. The typical household in Strawberry Plains brings in $77,855 a year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 2.0%. Typical homes in Strawberry Plains are valued around $180,000, and the median resident age is 39.4 years. Educational attainment runs 11.3% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 52.4% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The city is served by 4 public schools according to NCES Common Core of Data.
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. Monthly utility costs average around $218 across Tennessee, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. The average commute for Strawberry Plains workers runs 26.2 minutes, with 83.6% driving alone and 6.4% 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 Strawberry Plains'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 housing and income to comparison shortlist to work and mobility to schools and households; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Strawberry Plains, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares, matched public-school count.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits, annual population history; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
How far does income reach against housing in Strawberry Plains?
The home-value-to-income reference is relatively compact: the ACS median home value is 2.3 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 2.0%, 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. The ratio makes housing the clearest place to start this profile, but a low multiple can coexist with slow demand, older stock, or household-level hardship. Compare the home-value distribution and same-state peer table before treating it as an advantage.
Which cities make useful reference points for Strawberry Plains?
Within Tennessee, the closest population matches are Bells (2,531 residents, $54,132 income); White Pine (2,557 residents, $55,000 income); Maynardville (2,501 residents, $47,102 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Chauvin, LA (2,531 residents); La Mesilla, NM (2,531 residents); Warden, WA (2,531 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.
What does the journey to work look like in Strawberry Plains?
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 83.6%. The reported mean trip to work is 26.2 minutes.
What does the education layer cover for Strawberry Plains?
The NCES join finds 4 public schools within the city match. 11.3% 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.
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.
Poverty rate A
2.0%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
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 C
$77,855
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share F
11.3%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Strawberry Plains profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 86/100 (A) · 2.0%
Cost of living: 78/100 (B+) · 91.9 index
Household income: 57/100 (C) · $77,855
Bachelor's+ share: 10/100 (F) · 11.3%
How does Strawberry Plains compare to other US cities?
Where Strawberry Plains sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income59% higher than other cities
Home value37% pricier than other cities
Median rent34% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Strawberry Plains 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 Strawberry Plains near the bottom of Tennessee's cities
Among the 482 Tennessee cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Strawberry Plains ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Strawberry Plains only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#87 of 458
81st percentile in Tennessee
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 482
0th percentile in Tennessee
Median Home Value
#225 of 455
51st percentile in Tennessee
Poverty Rate
#403 of 482
16th percentile in Tennessee
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#355 of 482
26th 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
59th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Strawberry Plains's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$180,000Among the most affordablemore affordable than 63% 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
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#3,016 of 15,516
More affordable than 81% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#2,783 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 2.3×, Strawberry Plains sits in the affordable band:
national rank #3,016 of 15,516 and #2,783 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
The multiple is comparatively compact among tracked cities, but a low ratio can still coexist with slow demand or household-level hardship.
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
$77,855Strawberry Plains, TN median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Strawberry Plains, 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 Strawberry Plains, TN.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)11.3%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)2.0%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)52.4%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
2,531
Median Income
$77,855
Median Home Value
$180,000
Median Age
39.4
Poverty Rate
2.0%
Labor force participation
52.4%
Bachelor's Degree+
11.3%
Schools
Total Schools
4
Public schools in this city
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
26.2 minutes
Drive Alone
83.6%
Carpool
10.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
6.4%
Based on 1,140 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 Strawberry Plains. 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 Strawberry Plains 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 Strawberry Plains sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Strawberry Plains 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, NCES CCD, 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.