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36.18° N · 82.75° W · GEOID 4775560

Tusculum

Greene County, Tennessee · part of the Greeneville, TN metro

Computed by Citytistics from 13 public sources · Data bundle checked 2026-11-14 · How we calculate

Limited data population under 5,000

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The short answer

Tusculum is home to 3,337 people. Median household income is $70,694 a year and median rent is $841 a month, 14.3% of income (a ratio of two medians, not any one household's burden). Rent pressure is lighter than in most places. The median home is valued at $267,500, about 3.8x annual median household income.

Median gross rent
$841
38% below the median place
Median household income
$70,694
12% below the median place
Median home value
$267,500
16% below the median place
Unemployment
5.7%
17% above the median place

Compared with the median of the 6,645 places we track. The bundle was checked 2026-11-14; each measure may refer to an older release.

What stands out about Tusculum

  • Only 5% of workers mostly work from home, fewer than in 91% of the 2,104 places under 10,000 people we track.
  • The median rent takes only 14.3% of the median household's income, a smaller share than in 87% of places its size.
  • 88% of homes are owner-occupied, more than in 87% of places its size.
  • The median resident is 33.9 years old, younger than in 84% of places its size.
  • 4% of residents were born outside the US, fewer than in 80% of places its size.
01

Moving to Tusculum

Greene County gains about 22.9 residents per 1,000 a year to moves between counties.

Moved in3,580
Moved out2,318
Net+1,262

Where people come from and where they go, top counties

Washington County, TN516446+70
Hawkins County, TN200125+75
Hamblen County, TN193122+71
Sullivan County, TN171129+42
Cocke County, TN11388+25
Knox County, TN77102−25
Carter County, TN6667−1
Jefferson County, TN5646+10

Within Tennessee, other states or abroad

Arrivals
Leavers
Within TennesseeOther states

Income per tax return

Arrivals$67K
Leavers$48K

People on tax returns who moved between counties, from IRS migration data, 2022 to 2023. Figures are for all of Greene County; flows under 20 returns are not published.

Who moves here
7.8% of residents arrived from another county in the past year, 3.4% from another state.
Who arrives and who leaves
Households moving into Greene County report $66,600 a year in income on average; those leaving, $47,900, so newcomers earn more than leavers.
Income you would need
$33,600 a year to rent the median home at the 30% line. From your city
Rent or buy
Median rent is $841 a month; owners with a mortgage pay $1,394 a month including taxes and insurance, on a median home of $267,500.
Getting to work
20 minutes each way on average; 5.1% work from home.
If it is close but not quite
Valley Center, KS matches it on character. Compare the two
Moved from another state1
3.4%
70% above the median place
Moved here in the past year1
7.8%
35% above the median place
Net movers per 1,000 people6
22.9
above the median place (median -0.6)
All 5 moving measures
MeasureTusculumAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Moved here in the past year17.8%35% above
Moved from another state13.4%70% above
Net movers per 1,000 people6County figure22.9above (median -0.6)
Income of households moving in6County figure$66,5526% below
Income of households moving out6County figure$47,87932% below
02

What it costs to live here

Property tax rate is 0.4%, 56% below the median place.

Tusculum14.3%
Typical place20.4%

Share of the median household income that goes to the median rent. Above 30% is the usual stress line.

Income needed to rent
$33,640
a year, at the 30% line
Rent to income
14.3%
30% below the median place
Home price to income
3.8x
1% below the median place

Could you afford it?

The median rent would take
14%
comfortably under the 30% line
Left after rent, in US prices
$60,900
a year, prices not adjusted
Vs the typical household here
Same
as the median household

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Property tax rate1
0.4%
56% below the median place
Property tax paid (median)1
$1,060
68% below the median place
Homeownership1
88.1%
33% above the median place
All 14 cost and housing measures
MeasureTusculumAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Median gross rent1$84138% below
Rent to income114.3%30% below
Property tax rate10.4%56% below
Home price to income13.8x1% below
Fair market rent, 2 bedrooms2County figure$99538% below
Property tax paid (median)1$1,06068% below
Median home value1$267,50016% below
Home prices, 1-year change3County figure5.3%67% above
Home prices, 5-year change3County figure76.9%49% above
Homeownership188.1%33% above
Renters paying 30%+1County figure42.1%17% below
Owner costs with a mortgage1$1,39426% below
Vacant homes15.2%27% below
Median year built119790% above
03

Work and pay

Works from home is 5.1%, 59% below the median place.

Works from home1
5.1%
59% below the median place
Mean commute1
20 min
21% below the median place
Income per person1
$32,807
18% below the median place
All 9 work and pay measures
MeasureTusculumAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Median household income1$70,69412% below
Income per person1$32,80718% below
Unemployment1County figure5.7%17% above
Average annual pay4County figure$52,21421% below
Pay growth, 1 year4County figure3.2%14% below
Jobs4County figure24,94183% below
Poverty rate1County figure15.4%43% above
Mean commute120 min21% below
Works from home15.1%59% below
04

Who lives here

Median age is 33.9, 13% below the median place.

Median age1
33.9
13% below the median place
No health insurance1
11.5%
80% above the median place
Born abroad1
3.7%
58% below the median place

More about who lives here, against the typical place

Homes with broadband88.1% −5%
High school or higher95.8% +4%
Household size2.3 −9%
Bachelor's or higher39.3% +23%
All 9 people measures
MeasureTusculumAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Population13,3376646th largest
Population change since 202053.8%232% above
Median age133.913% below
Bachelor's or higher139.3%23% above
High school or higher195.8%4% above
Household size12.39% below
Born abroad13.7%58% below
No health insurance111.5%80% above
Homes with broadband188.1%5% below
05

Life in Tusculum

1 site is on the National Register of Historic Places.

  • Tusculum College Historic District listed 1980

Out the door, against the typical place

Parks per 10k residents9.0 −12%
Playgrounds per 10k18.0 +91%
Grocery stores per 10k6.0 2.8×
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k3.0 −73%
Libraries per 10k6.0 6.9×
Named paths and bike trails6 km 3.1×
Bus and rail stops per sq mi0.0 −100%

Mapped by volunteers in OpenStreetMap inside the city limits (Census boundaries), so coverage is fuller in some places than others. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Businesses per 10,000 residents (county figures)

Restaurants and bars17.0 −18%
Shops33.8 +12%
Arts, recreation and fitness1.8 −56%
Doctors' offices and clinics13.7 −32%
Child care centers1.3 −43%

Counts businesses with paid staff, so small owner-run shops are not included.

Arts, recreation and fitness per 10k7
1.8
56% below the median place
Child care centers per 10k7
1.3
43% below the median place
Doctors' offices and clinics per 10k7
13.7
32% below the median place
All 15 schools and local life measures
MeasureTusculumAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Public schools11County figure26189% above
Public school students11County figure9,06585% above
Restaurants and bars per 10k7County figure17.018% below
Shops per 10k7County figure33.812% above
Arts, recreation and fitness per 10k7County figure1.856% below
Doctors' offices and clinics per 10k7County figure13.732% below
Child care centers per 10k7County figure1.343% below
Parks per 10k89.012% below
Playgrounds per 10k818.091% above
Grocery stores per 10k86.0183% above
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k83.073% below
Libraries per 10k86.0above (median 0.9)
Named paths and bike trails86.3215% above
Transit stops per sq mi80.0below (median 0.2)
National Register listings9192% below
06

Safety, weather and risk

Violent crime per 100k is 59, 70% below the median place.

Violent crime per 100k
59
70% below the median place
Property crime per 100k
293
76% below the median place
Months reported
12 of 12
by the city police department to the FBI

Counts only offenses reported by the city police department. Sheriff, state and campus police are not included, and some departments do not report to the FBI at all, so compare with care.

Heat wave risk13
15.0
83% below the median place
Natural hazard risk13
56.3
39% below the median place
Tornado risk13
61.8
24% below the median place
All 9 weather and risk measures
MeasureTusculumAmong 6,645 placesVs median
July average high12County figure87°F0% below
January average low12County figure28°F10% above
Average temperature12County figure57°F5% above
Annual precipitation12County figure46.7 in7% above
Natural hazard risk13County figure56.339% below
Hurricane risk13County figure48.531% below
Tornado risk13County figure61.824% below
Wildfire risk13County figure45.026% below
Heat wave risk13County figure15.083% below
08

Tusculum in 2030: where the trends point

If recent trends hold, the median rent will take about 14% of the median income in 2030, about the same as 14% now.

Citytistics projections to 2030: each figure's own trend, blended with the typical trend across the places we rate, eased toward long-run US growth and carried forward from the latest release. The range is where 80% of places landed when we tested the same method on past releases.

MeasureLatest2030 projectionLikely rangeAvg. per year
Median rent$841/mo (2024)$1,060/mo$870 to $1,290/mo+3.9%
Median household income$70,694 (2024)$89,500$75,500 to $105,500+4.0%
Median home value$267,500 (2024)$374,000$271,000 to $515,000+5.7%
Population3,421 (2025)3,5203,370 to 3,670+0.6%

The median home would be worth 4.2 years of the median income in 2030, against 3.8 now.

A projection of recent trends, not a prediction of the economy or advice to buy or sell. How we project.

09

Places like Tusculum

The closest matches on income, rent, home value, education and age, and the places nearby.

PlaceRentIncome
Valley Center, KS$883$77,020Compare
Kearney, NE$949$69,724Compare
Norwood, OH$981$71,611Compare
McPherson, KS$925$77,529Compare
McPherson, KSNorwood, OHKearney, NEValley Center, KSTusculum, TNTusculumValley CenterKearneyNorwoodMcPhersonTusculumValley CenterKearneyNorwoodMcPherson

Common questions

Is Tusculum a good place to live?

It depends on what you need, so here is what the numbers say. Only 5% of workers mostly work from home, fewer than in 91% of the 2,104 places under 10,000 people we track. The median rent takes only 14.3% of the median household's income, a smaller share than in 87% of places its size. See how it ranks with your own weights.

Is Tusculum expensive to live in?

The median rent takes 14.3% of the median household income, against 20.4% in the typical place we track. Housing is a lighter load here than usual. The median home is valued at $267,500.

What salary do you need to live in Tusculum?

To rent the median home without spending more than 30% of income on rent, a household needs about $33,640 a year. Work it out from your current city.

Is Tusculum safe?

There were 59 reported violent crimes per 100,000 residents, against 192 in the typical place.

What places are similar to Tusculum?

On income, rent, home value, education and age, the closest matches are Valley Center, KS, Kearney, NE, Norwood, OH and McPherson, KS.

Sources and methods

The small numbers beside each measure point here. Every dataset is public; links go to the publisher.

  1. American Community Survey 5-year estimates · US Census Bureau · 2020 to 2024 estimatesTables B01002, B01003, B05002, B07003, B08013, B08301, B15003, B17001, B19013, B19301, B23025, B25002, B25003, B25010, B25035, B25064, B25070, B25077, B25088, B25103, B28002, S2701
  2. Fair Market Rents · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2027
  3. House Price Index · Federal Housing Finance Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  4. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages · US Bureau of Labor Statistics · 2025 annual averages
  5. Population Estimates · US Census Bureau · Vintage 2025
  6. SOI Tax Stats, county-to-county migration · Internal Revenue Service · Tax years 2022 to 2023Counts tax returns and the people on them; flows under 20 returns are suppressed.
  7. County Business Patterns · US Census Bureau · 2023 data
  8. OpenStreetMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL) · Map data as of 2026-11
  9. National Register of Historic Places · National Park Service · Listings through 2026-05-22
  10. Crime Data Explorer · Federal Bureau of Investigation · 2025 data
  11. Common Core of Data · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024 release
  12. 1991-2020 climate normals · NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · Series updated 2026-11-05Averages for 1991 to 2020 computed from NOAA's county climate series (nClimDiv).nClimDiv county series
  13. National Risk Index · Federal Emergency Management Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14NRI data and maps

Derived by Citytistics from the tables above: rent to income (B25064, B19013); property tax rate (B25103, B25077); home price to income (B25077, B19013).

What stands out compares Tusculum with places of a similar size, using only figures measured for Tusculum itself; county and metro figures never count. Survey figures are estimates with margins of error. Formulas and definitions: methodology. API: /api/v1/places/tusculum-tennessee

Citytistics. “Tusculum, Tennessee.” Data as of 2026-11-14. https://www.citytistics.com/city/tusculum-tennessee/

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