Alcoa is waiting for its first neighbor
Every town starts quiet. Join Alcoa, say hello, and every post, reply and fact you add earns karma and warms the town up.
Every post, reply and helpful vote fills the heart. It always reflects the last 30 days.
What kind of neighbors does Alcoa have?
Read from the town’s members and the Census. The page puts what stands out first.
Alcoa in 100 workers: 9 at home (TN: 13)
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Alcoa changed by +30%. Roughly 13,689 people live in Alcoa (2025 Census estimate). Across TN, 31 in 100 adults have a bachelor’s degree or more; here, 34. For every 100 residents, 19 are 65 or older, beside 17 across TN.
Median age 35.6 (TN 38.9).
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.7 points. Median age: women 35.9, men 35.0.
Counted by household.
Adults 25 and older. 4.4% of all residents are in college now.
The commute averages 24 minutes each way.
Ways to pitch in
Karma is how Alcoa says thanks. The ladder’s higher rungs unlock editing the handbook.
Neighbors next door
None of the 5 bordering towns has a member yet either. Invite a friend next door.
Start the first group in Alcoa
A group gives neighbors a reason to come back. It takes 30 seconds.
What Alcoa’s neighbors have built
Nothing yet. Every post, reply and fact adds a patch to the quilt.
Neighbors are members whose home town is Alcoa or who have posted here. Karma counts contributions across TownRatings: a post +5, a reply +2, a confirmed guide fact +10, an old photo +10, a confirmed place +10. “This month” counts only what was added in Alcoa in the last 30 days. Town Love is a rolling 30-day score of posts, replies and helpful votes, weighted toward many voices. Who lives here: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020-2024; rounded to 100 people.