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. 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
Two of its 3 schools are shown below, with the reason for each. The Roane County school district runs its public schools. Also worth knowing: 3 public schools serve Midtown, with 397 students in all.
| 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
In Midtown, 26% of adults say their health is fair or poor, above both the Tennessee town median (24%) and the median of U.S. towns (19%). This Tennessee town beats the Tennessee average on 1 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 8. For adults here, the share who have high blood pressure is 45%.
| 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
With only 0.3 jobs per working resident, most people in Midtown work out of town
1% of working residents work locally in Midtown. Employers in Midtown shed 53 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 179. The average commute for Midtown comes to 29 minutes. The top destinations are Oak Ridge (20%), Knoxville (15%) and Harriman (7%).
| 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
Mild winters and pleasant summers in Midtown
Summers in Midtown are warm, and winters mild, with plenty of rain. Summer afternoons peak near 88° in July, and January nights bottom out around 29°; snowfall runs to about 2 inches a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Midtown has a moderate natural-hazard risk, chiefly from inland flooding
On expected storm and flood damage, Midtown sits below 58% of U.S. communities. Of the losses FEMA expects locally, 40% come from inland flooding and 25% from cold waves. The town has had 4 paid flood insurance claims since 1994.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Conservation land takes up 0.7% of Midtown
2.7 miles of trail. Midtown’s density of trails 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
For Midtown, the median rent is $786 a month. In Midtown, 67% of households own their home, close to Tennessee’s towns (66%) and below U.S. towns (73%).
| Midtown | Tennessee towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $786 a month | $947 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 67% | 66% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · 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+.