Is Lakesite a good place to live?
Lakesite’s best subject grade is an A− for incomes; its weakest is a D for walkability. Only 16 of Tennessee’s 292 towns score higher on hazard risk. 28% of residents are under 18 in Lakesite, against 22% in Tennessee’s towns and 22% across U.S. towns. On history, just 1 of Tennessee’s 292 towns do worse. Lakesite's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 92% of U.S. towns. Lakesite has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Lakesite stand out
Where Lakesite beats most towns.
99% of working residents leave Lakesite for work
Where Lakesite’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Lakesite grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Tennessee), ordered by how far Lakesite is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Ruby Falls and 17 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Lakesite. Close and well known come first.
17 mi WaterfallRuby Falls
27 mi MountainLookout Mountain
10 mi MuseumTennessee Valley Railroad Museum39 mi CaveEllison's Cave
14 mi Zoo & aquariumTennessee Aquarium17 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 Lakesite: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Lakesite, and how to reach them.
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 Lakesite.
Lakesite faces a very low natural-hazard risk, led by tornadoes
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 81% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
More than half of Lakesite’s working residents commute to Chattanooga
Most working residents leave Lakesite for work: only 1% work in town. 4.2% of residents live below the poverty line in Lakesite, where Tennessee’s towns sit at 14% and U.S. towns at 9.6%. The median household income in Lakesite is $96,000.
| Lakesite | Tennessee towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 4.2% | 14% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $96,000 | $61,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.1% | 12% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Lakesite has mild winters and hot summers
Lakesite has mild winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. Lakesite’s July high is 89°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Lakesite’s typical home value is about $386K
The typical Lakesite home is worth about $386,000, down 3.6% in a year, 17% above the Tennessee typical home. 84% of Lakesite households own their home.
| Lakesite | Tennessee towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 84% | 66% | 73% |
| Median rent | $863 a month | $947 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Lakesite ranks healthier than 62% of the country’s towns
Lakesite beats the Tennessee average on 13 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 20% of adults get no exercise outside work in Lakesite.
| Lakesite | Tennessee towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 28% | 25% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 39% | 35% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 38% | 36% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 24% | 19% |
| What stands out | Lakesite | TN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 7.4% | 14.6% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11% | 16.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.5% | 8.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
More children than Tennessee overall
Lakesite has grown 4.7% since 2020, to 1,980 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 35% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 31% across Tennessee.
| Lakesite | Tennessee towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 35% | 23% | 29% |
| Median age | 38.6 years | 40 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 17% | 18% | 18% |
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 ±1.7 points. Across Tennessee, 50.9% of residents are women.
| Lakesite | TN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 18.6% | 11.9% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9.8% | 10.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 10.8% | 13.8% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13.3% | 12.8% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.8% | 12.4% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 12.9% | 12.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 12.6% | 10.3% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 4.2% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4.1% | 10% | 10.4% |
| High school | 22.8% | 31.2% | 26% |
| Some college | 27.2% | 19.9% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 11% | 7.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 26.7% | 19.4% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 8.3% | 11.7% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,000, single groups can be off by several points
Lakesite has set aside 5.5% of its land for conservation
0.5 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Lakesite | Tennessee towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 5.5% | 1.8% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Community area / Playrground | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Lakesite
Colleges nearby
7 within 15 miles of the center of Lakesite
About 3 of every 100 Lakesite residents are enrolled in college, against 5 across Tennessee.
About Lakesite
City in Tennessee, United States
Lakesite is a city in Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 1,856 at the 2020 census. It is a northern suburb of the Chattanooga, TN–GA Metropolitan Statistical Area, located 15 miles north of the city.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 1.7 sq mi
- Elevation
- 748 ft
- Area code
- 423
Lakesite’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Lakesite.
| Town | TN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakesite | — | — | B+ | — | B | B |
| Middle Valley | #38 | B | B− | — | B | B+ |
Lakesite has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Lakesite and Middle Valley report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Lakesite with a neighbor →
Questions about Lakesite
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Lakesite, TN expensive?
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B+.