HallsTN
A town of 10,272.
Is Halls a good place to live?
Halls gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $321K for a typical one, or 4.4 years of the Knoxville metro’s $72K median household income. It grades B+ overall, 28th among Tennessee's 175 graded towns. On the plus side, the median household earns $91K. On history, just 16 of Tennessee’s 292 towns do worse. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 76% of U.S. towns. Only 4 of the 177 Tennessee towns we compare have a higher median age than Halls.
96% of working residents leave Halls for work
Where Halls’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Halls grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Tennessee), ordered by how far Halls is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Dollywood and 29 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Halls. Close and well known come first.
Big draw30 mi Theme parkDollywood3.1M visitors a year
Big draw9 mi Stadium & arenaNeyland Stadium
Big draw26 mi National ParkGreat Smoky Mountains National Park11.5M visitors a year
8 mi LookoutSunsphere
28 mi MuseumAlcatraz East
9 mi Stadium & arenaThompson-Boling Arena at Food City CenterPhoto credits
Dollywood: Brian Stansberry (photographer), CC BY 2.5 · Neyland Stadium: Neomrbungle, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Great Smoky Mountains National Park: Scott Basford, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Sunsphere: Ɱ, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Alcatraz East: EricaLewHouse, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Thompson-Boling Arena at Food City Center: TN 66, CC BY-SA 3.0
Moving to Halls: who provides what
Halls is unincorporated, so Knox 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 Halls.
Halls has set aside 1.3% of its land for conservation
5.7 miles of trail in 4 parks and preserves. At 0.7 miles per square mile, Halls’ trail density is above the Tennessee town median (0.2) and near the median of U.S. towns (0.4). The biggest park or preserve is Halls Community Park, at 35 acres.
| Halls | Tennessee towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.7 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 1.3% | 1.8% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Halls Community Park | 0.8 mi | 35 |
| 2. Halls Greenway Park | 0.7 mi | 16 |
| 3. DeBusk Estate | — | 24 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
On state tests, Halls’ schools beat 66% of Tennessee districts
Its public schools are run by the Knox County school district. Three of its 4 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Halls High School, with 1,236 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halls Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 945 | B− |
| Halls High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,236 | C+ |
| Brickey McCloud ElementaryTop results in townGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 851 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TN on state tests and graduation
About half of Halls’ working residents commute to Knoxville
Most working residents leave Halls for work: only 4% work in town. 8% of residents live below the poverty line in Halls, against 14% in Tennessee’s towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. The top destinations are Knoxville (47%), Oak Ridge (5%) and Nashville (3%).
| Halls | Tennessee towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $91,000 | $60,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.8% | 12% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 8% | 14% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 8.8% | 9.6% | 11% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
A larger share of residents in Halls are 65 or older than in the typical Tennessee or U.S. town
27% of Halls residents are 65 or older. 36% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 31% across Tennessee. 17% of Halls residents are under 18.
| Halls | Tennessee towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 27% | 18% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 17% | 22% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 36% | 23% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.6 points. Across Tennessee, 50.9% of residents are women.
| Halls | TN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 6.8% | 11.9% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.1% | 10.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.4% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 7.4% | 13.8% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 10.5% | 12.8% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 15.7% | 12.4% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 15% | 12.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 15.9% | 10.3% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 11.2% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5.1% | 10% | 10.4% |
| High school | 26.9% | 31.2% | 26% |
| Some college | 20.3% | 19.9% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 12.1% | 7.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 26.6% | 19.4% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 9% | 11.7% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Halls has mild winters and pleasant summers
Halls has mild winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 87°, January nights drop to 29° and about 4 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Halls is less healthy than 54% of U.S. towns
Within Tennessee it is healthier than 75% of the 176 graded towns: much of Tennessee scores lower on these measures. Against the 9,858 U.S. towns with household incomes like Halls’s, it is less healthy than 69%, so it trails even them.
Halls beats the Tennessee average on 10 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 33% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Halls.
| Halls | Tennessee towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 39% | 36% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 29% | 23% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 41% | 35% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 39% | 35% |
| What stands out | Halls | TN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.6% | 16.2% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 8.9% | 13.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11.4% | 8.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Moderate risk in Halls, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 53% of U.S. communities. Since 1982, 46 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Halls.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Halls
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Halls
About 6 of every 100 Halls residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Tennessee.
Halls’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Halls.
Halls reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Halls with a neighbor →
Questions about Halls
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Halls, TN a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Halls grades B+ overall, better than 68% of U.S. towns and #28 of 175 in Tennessee. It grades B− for health and B+ for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Halls, 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.