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Mount Carmel gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $264K, 4.6 years of the Kingsport metro’s $58K median household income. It grades C+ overall, 64th of 175 graded towns in Tennessee. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 89% of U.S. towns. Mount Carmel's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 97% of U.S. towns. On history, just 19 of Tennessee’s 292 towns do worse.
Where Mount Carmel beats most towns.
Where Mount Carmel’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Tennessee), ordered by how far Mount Carmel is from typical.
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Census counts: 2,821 in 1970, 5,473 in 2020. The archive holds 8 old photos and papers going back to 2015 and 4 maps from 1935 on.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Mount Carmel, 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Mount Carmel.
Mount Carmel looks healthier within Tennessee than nationally, sends most of its workers to Kingsport and beyond and has milder winter nights than most of the country, though not than most of Tennessee.
Mount Carmel has 217 jobs for its 2,295 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Most working residents leave Mount Carmel for work: only 1% work in town. 7% of Mount Carmel residents live below the poverty line, below both Tennessee’s towns (14%) and U.S. towns (9.6%). The top destinations are Kingsport (39%), Johnson City (11%) and Rogersville (4%).
| Mount Carmel | Tennessee towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 0.9% | 12% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 7% | 14% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $69,000 | $60,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Its public schools are run by the Hawkins County school district. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mt Carmel ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–4 | Grades PK–4 | 306 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TN on state tests and graduation
Within Tennessee it is healthier than 64% of the 176 graded towns: much of Tennessee scores lower on these measures.
Mount Carmel beats the Tennessee average on 5 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 30% of Mount Carmel adults have been diagnosed with depression, near the Tennessee town median (29%) and above the median of U.S. towns (23%). 19% of Mount Carmel adults report frequent mental distress.
| Mount Carmel | Tennessee towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 29% | 23% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 20% | 17% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 16% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 19% | 14% |
| What stands out | Mount Carmel | TN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11.3% | 16.2% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 9.3% | 13.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10% | 8.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 72% of U.S. communities. Since 2019, 2 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Mount Carmel.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
January nights average 27.3°: milder than most of the country, but colder than 88% of Tennessee places with climate records; July afternoons average 86.1°.
Mount Carmel has chilly winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. About 5 inches of snow falls in a winter.
| Mount Carmel | Tennessee towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 86°F | 89°F | 85°F |
| January low | 27°F | 29°F | 22°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Home values rose 49% in five years, to about $264K, against 23% across Tennessee.
91% of households own their home in Mount Carmel. Typical home values rose 7.1% in the year to September 2026.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Mount Carmel's reported crime rate is well below Tennessee's. The property crime rate in Mount Carmel is 2.5 per 1,000 residents. Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts.
| Mount Carmel | Tennessee towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 2.5 per 1,000 residents | 11.5 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.9 per 1,000 residents | 2.7 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
None within 15 miles of Mount Carmel; the nearest are
About 3 of every 100 Mount Carmel residents are enrolled in college, against 5 across Tennessee.
City in Hawkins County, Tennessee, United States
Mount Carmel is a city in Hawkins County, Tennessee, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 5,429, an increase of 634 since the 2000 census. It is part of the Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is a component of the "Tri-Cities" region.
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2 towns share a border with Mount Carmel.
| Town | TN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Carmel | #64 | C+ | A | — | B− | C |
| Church Hill | #51 | B− | B | A− | B− | C |
| Kingsport | #130 | C− | C+ | D | A− | D |
Mount Carmel reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Mount Carmel with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Mount Carmel grades C+ overall, better than 43% of U.S. towns and #64 of 175 in Tennessee. It grades C for health and B− for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
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 A.