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SheetTN-TIPTONVILLE-TN · Tiptonville, TN 3,687 pop · income 1st pct · 2 tracts
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 Tiptonville
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Tiptonville on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Holy Cross · lowest
22,917
Holy Cross · lowest
22,917 median HH income
11.3% of the leader · rank #1
Pembroke · near
22,940
Pembroke · near
22,940 median HH income
11.3% of the leader · rank #2
Prewitt · near
22,966
Prewitt · near
22,966 median HH income
11.4% of the leader · rank #3
Tiptonville · this city
22,979
Tiptonville · this city
22,979 median HH income
11.4% of the leader · rank #4
Asherton · near
22,985
Asherton · near
22,985 median HH income
11.4% of the leader · rank #5
Ocotillo · near
22,989
Ocotillo · near
22,989 median HH income
11.4% of the leader · rank #6
Setauket · highest
202,339
Setauket · highest
202,339 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 Tiptonville 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: 3,687.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Tiptonville - the verdict
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Tiptonville lands in the 1st percentile for household income and the 43rd percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
1st
percentile, household income
13th
percentile, home value
34th
percentile, median rent
43rd
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: Tiptonville, TN
3,687 people live in Tiptonville, Tennessee - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Households in Tiptonville report a median income of $22,979 per year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 25.8%. Tiptonville's housing stock carries a median value of $109,400, and the median resident age is 41.5 years. About 8.0% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 14.8% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The Census Building Permit Survey recorded 0 residential units authorized here in 2024 (No Permits). Tiptonville reports a comparatively low crime rate: FBI UCR figures show 1585.8 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: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts Tennessee at 91.9 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Well Below Average). 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. 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 Tiptonville'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 reported crime to schools and households to population change to comparison shortlist to within-city variation to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Tiptonville, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares, local building permits, matched public-school count, annual population history, FBI reported-crime rates, within-city Census tract profiles.
All six city-specific enrichment layers used by this profile are present.
1. Housing and income
How far does income reach against housing in Tiptonville?
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. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 4.8 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 25.8%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
What can the FBI record say about safety in Tiptonville?
The joined FBI UCR record reports 1585.8 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 30% 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.
Which cities make useful reference points for Tiptonville?
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 Camden (3,664 residents, $48,700 income); Gatlinburg (3,643 residents, $57,760 income); Spurgeon (3,749 residents, $66,091 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Setauket, NY (3,687 residents); Vandenberg AFB, CA (3,688 residents); Hephzibah, GA (3,688 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.
What can 2 Census tracts reveal inside Tiptonville?
PlainCities matches 2 Census tracts to this city.
That layer breaks the citywide income, rent, and home-value medians into smaller Census geographies, which can reveal differences that one municipal median necessarily hides. A tract is a statistical area, not a locally defined neighborhood or a promise about conditions on a particular block. Start with the city profile for the broad comparison, then use the tract layer to test whether the same housing and income pattern is consistent across the city. Large within-city spreads are a reason to avoid treating any citywide median as a universal resident experience.
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.
Schools and households
What does the education layer cover for Tiptonville?
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 2 public schools within the city match. 8.0% 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.
Poverty estimate
25.8%
Bachelor's degree+
8.0%
Matched public schools
2
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
Is Tiptonville growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population declined by -640 residents from 2020 to 2025, a -16.1% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 0 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 downward. A falling count can reflect migration, household size, annexation boundaries, or estimation noise, so it is a prompt to inspect the full series rather than a claim about local economic health.
2020 estimate
3,973
2025 estimate
3,333
Period change
-16.1%
Census Population Estimates Program, 2020–2025; permit context uses Census BPS.
What does the journey to work look like in Tiptonville?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 89.3%. 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. The profile is strongly car-oriented, so a relocation comparison should put trip distance, vehicle access, and household fuel costs ahead of a citywide commute average. The same-state peer links offer a more relevant benchmark than a national label.
Drive alone
89.3%
Work from home
1.0%
Public transit
0.0%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 507 workers age 16+.
Lowest-decile income · poverty 25.8% (Highest-decile poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
91.9 (US=100)
Affordable · BEA RPP 2024, Tennessee average
F
City profile score · Tiptonville, TN
28/100
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.
Violent crime C
153 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Poverty rate F
25.8%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share F
8.0%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income F
$22,979
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Tiptonville profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 78/100 (B+) · 91.9 index
Violent crime: 58/100 (C) · 153 /100k
Poverty rate: 5/100 (F) · 25.8%
Bachelor's+ share: 1/100 (F) · 8.0%
Household income: 0/100 (F) · $22,979
Where Tiptonville sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Tiptonville'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 - Tiptonville highlighted among 8 peers.Read the chart values
Tiptonville, TN (this city): home $109,400, crime 1,586/100k
Hephzibah, GA : home $184,700, crime 2,047/100k
Albia, IA : home $132,500, crime 1,099/100k
Camden, TN : home $123,600, crime 1,194/100k
Gatlinburg, TN : home $286,500, crime 3,438/100k
Etowah, TN : home $165,900, crime 565/100k
Jasper, TN : home $173,900, crime 856/100k
Hohenwald, TN : home $93,800, crime 1,643/100k
How does Tiptonville compare to other US cities?
Where Tiptonville sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income1% higher than other cities
Home value13% pricier than other cities
Median rent34% pricier than other cities
Safety43% 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, Tiptonville ranks #93 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 Tiptonville 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 Tiptonville near the bottom of Tennessee's cities
Among the 482 Tennessee cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Tiptonville ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Tiptonville only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#454 of 458
1st percentile in Tennessee
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 482
0th percentile in Tennessee
Median Home Value
#393 of 455
14th percentile in Tennessee
Poverty Rate
#50 of 482
90th percentile in Tennessee
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#415 of 482
13th 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
1st percentile nationally for median household income · 43rd percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Tiptonville's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Tiptonville'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 Tiptonville's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$109,400Among the most affordablemore affordable than 87% 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
Tiptonville's home-value-to-income ratio: 4.8×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#12,486 of 15,516
More affordable than 20% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#9,504 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 4.8×, Tiptonville sits in the moderate band:
national rank #12,486 of 15,516 and #9,504 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
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
$22,979Tiptonville, TN median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Tiptonville, 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 Tiptonville, TN.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)8.0%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)25.8%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)14.8%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
3,687
Median Income
$22,979
Median Home Value
$109,400
Median Age
41.5
Poverty Rate
25.8%
Labor force participation
14.8%
Bachelor's Degree+
8.0%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
1585.8
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
152.5
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
1433.4
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
2
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Tiptonville's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
3,973 residents
2021
3,485 residents
2022
3,492 residents
2023
3,445 residents
2024
3,389 residents
2025
3,333 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
Total Permits (2024)
0
housing units authorized
Single-Family
0
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
0
0
0
-
2020
0
0
0
-
2021
4
4
0
$0.7M
2022
1
1
0
$0.1M
2023
1
1
0
$0.2M
2024
0
0
0
-
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
89.3%
Carpool
5.9%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
1.0%
Other
3.8%
Based on 507 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 Tiptonville. 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 Tiptonville 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 Tiptonville sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Tiptonville 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.