MidtownTN
A town of 1,369.
Is Midtown a good place to live?
Midtown’s best subject grade is a B+ for cost of living; its weakest is a D for health. Among 178 Tennessee towns, just 4 have a higher median age than Midtown. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 72% of U.S. towns. Midtown has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
1,369 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Midtown grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Tennessee), ordered by how far Midtown is from typical.
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Moving to Midtown: who provides what
Midtown is unincorporated, so Roane 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 Midtown.
On state tests, Midtown’s schools trail 52% of Tennessee districts
Its public schools are run by the Roane County school district. Two of its 3 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midtown ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 273 | A− |
| Midtown Educational CenterLargest public high schoolGrades 6–12 | Grades 6–12 | 46 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TN on state tests and graduation
Midtown is less healthy than 89% of U.S. towns
Midtown beats the Tennessee average on 1 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 8. 18% of adults report frequent physical distress in Midtown, where Tennessee’s towns sit at 16% and U.S. towns at 14%. 45% of adults have high blood pressure in Midtown.
| Midtown | Tennessee towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 45% | 41% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 29% | 23% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 12% |
| What stands out | Midtown | TN |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 80.1% | 76.2% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 22.5% | 14.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most of Midtown’s workers commute out: the town has 0.3 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Midtown for work: only 1% work in town. The average trip to work in Midtown is 29 minutes. Since 2013, Midtown has lost 53 jobs, to 179 in 2023.
| Midtown | Tennessee towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 1% | 12% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 8.3% | 14% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $61,000 | $61,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Midtown, expect mild winters and pleasant summers
Midtown has mild winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 88°, January nights drop to 29° and about 2 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Moderate risk in Midtown, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 58% of U.S. communities. Since 1994, 4 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Midtown.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
0.7% of Midtown is conserved land
2.7 miles of trail in 0 parks and preserves. Midtown’s trail density is 0.6 miles per square mile.
| Midtown | Tennessee towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.6 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 0.7% | 1.8% | 4.3% |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The median home in Midtown sells for about $249K
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Great Smoky Mountains National Park and 21 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Midtown. Close and well known come first.
Big draw38 mi National ParkGreat Smoky Mountains National Park11.5M visitors a year
Big draw37 mi Stadium & arenaNeyland Stadium
37 mi LookoutSunsphere
25 mi CaveCraighead Caverns
18 mi State parkFrozen Head State Park
11 mi National Historical ParkManhattan Project National Historical Park56K visitors a yearPhoto credits
Great Smoky Mountains National Park: Scott Basford, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Neyland Stadium: Neomrbungle, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Sunsphere: Ɱ, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Craighead Caverns: Brenda, CC BY 2.0 · Frozen Head State Park: Brian Stansberry (photographer), CC BY 3.0 · Manhattan Project National Historical Park: Unknown, Public domain
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Everything we know about Midtown
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Midtown
About 1 of every 100 Midtown residents are enrolled in college, against 5 across Tennessee.
Midtown has shrunk 10% from 2010 to 2020
1,360 counted in 2010 and 1,220 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
Questions about Midtown
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Midtown, TN expensive?
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $218,000, 34% below the Tennessee typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B+.