Falling WaterTN
A town of 2,315, settled in 1874.
Is Falling Water a good place to live?
The best of Falling Water’s subject grades is an A for incomes; the weakest is a D for hazard risk. On hazard risk, just 2 of Tennessee’s 292 towns do worse. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 71% of U.S. towns. Only 21 of Tennessee’s 291 towns score higher on incomes. 14% of the land in Falling Water is conserved, above both Tennessee’s towns (1.8%) and U.S. towns (4.3%). The biggest place to walk is North Chickamauga Creek Gorge State Park, 318 acres with 1.1 miles of trail. Falling Water has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Falling Water has grown 52% from 2010 to 2020
1,232 counted in 2010 and 1,873 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How Falling Water grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Tennessee), ordered by how far Falling Water is from typical.
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Ruby Falls and 17 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Falling Water. Close and well known come first.
13 mi WaterfallRuby Falls
24 mi MountainLookout Mountain
9 mi MuseumTennessee Valley Railroad Museum
10 mi Zoo & aquariumTennessee Aquarium37 mi CaveEllison's Cave15 mi Theme parkLake WinnepesaukahPhoto credits
Ruby Falls: Oydman (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lookout Mountain: Teke, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum: TVSRR at English Wikipedia. Photo by Jason Trew /TVSRR, Public domain · Tennessee Aquarium: Ɱ, CC BY-SA 4.0
Moving to Falling Water: who provides what
Falling Water is unincorporated, so Hamilton County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Falling Water.
Falling Water stands out in Tennessee and nationally, with the FEMA risk score higher than most
Expected losses in Falling Water break down as 81% from inland flooding and 11% from tornadoes.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Compared with most of Tennessee and the rest of the country, fewer of Falling Water’s working residents work locally
For Falling Water, the middle household income is $112,000. This Tennessee town had 33 jobs in 2023, up 23 from 2013. Among residents here, 7.3% live below the poverty line, where Tennessee’s towns sit at 14% and U.S. towns at 9.6%. The top destinations are Chattanooga (64%), Soddy-Daisy (4%) and Nashville (4%).
| Falling Water | Tennessee towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $112,000 | $61,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.1% | 12% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 7.3% | 14% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expect mild winters and hot summers in Falling Water
The July high for Falling Water comes to 89°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Falling Water is healthier than 65% of U.S. towns
On the CDC’s 31 measures, Falling Water is ahead of Tennessee on 13 and behind on 1. For adults locally, the share who have been diagnosed with depression is 27%. 17% of adults in Falling Water report frequent mental distress; 33% have obesity.
| Falling Water | Tennessee towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 28% | 25% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 20% | 17% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 39% | 35% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 9.3% | 16% | 14% |
| What stands out | Falling Water | TN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.3% | 16.2% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 8.3% | 13.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.3% | 8.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Falling Water keeps 14.1% of its land conserved
There are 2.0 miles of trail across 1 park or preserve. Falling Water’s concentration of trails is 0.4 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. North Chickamauga Creek Gorge State Park | 1.1 mi | 318 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Falling Water
Colleges nearby
5 within 15 miles of the center of Falling Water
About 3 of every 100 Falling Water residents are enrolled in college, against 5 across Tennessee.
100% of working residents leave Falling Water for work
Where Falling Water’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Falling Water
Census-designated place in Tennessee, United States
Falling Water is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States. Its population was 1,873 as of the 2020 Census, up from 1,232 at the 2010 census.
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- Area
- 5.3 sq mi
- Elevation
- 689 ft
Falling Water’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Falling Water.
| Town | TN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Falling Water | — | — | B | — | B | B+ |
| Soddy-Daisy | #66 | C+ | B | — | B | C+ |
| Chattanooga | #137 | D | C | D− | B | C |
| Walden | — | — | C− | — | B | A |
| Mowbray Mountain | — | — | B+ | — | B | C+ |
Falling Water, Walden and Mowbray Mountain have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Falling Water, Soddy-Daisy, Walden and Mowbray Mountain report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Falling Water with a neighbor →
Questions about Falling Water
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Falling Water, TN expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.