Park CityTN
Public schools that outperform most of Tennessee. 2,813 people live in this town in Tennessee.
Is Park City a good place to live?
Park City’s best grade is for cost of living: a typical home costs about $217K, 3.4 years of the Fayetteville area’s $65K median household income. What counts against it is health — residents are less healthy than 86% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. It lags on walkability as well (C). Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 71% of U.S. towns. The overall grade lands at A−, better than 78% of U.S. towns. In the ranking it comes 15th of 175 in Tennessee.
Figures: home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · health, CDC PLACES.
How Park City grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Tennessee), ordered by how far Park City is from typical.
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What makes Park City stand out
Where Park City beats most towns.
98% of working residents leave Park City for work
Where Park City’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Park City.
Park City pairs an A− for schools with modest home prices, trades lower home prices for longer drives to work and looks healthier within Tennessee than nationally.
For health, Park City earns a D
Within Tennessee it is less healthy than 59% of the 176 graded towns: much of Tennessee scores lower on these measures.
Park City: 17% of adults report frequent physical distress, near the Tennessee town median (16%) and above the median of U.S. towns (14%). In Park City, 29% of adults have been diagnosed with depression.
| Park City | Tennessee towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 19% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 29% | 23% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 14% | 16% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 16% | 14% |
| What stands out | Park City | TN |
|---|---|---|
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.4% | 8.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
On state tests, Park City’s schools beat 79% of Tennessee districts
Its A− for schools comes with an A for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $217K.
Its one school is below. The Lincoln County school district runs its public schools. 717 students attend Park City’s public school.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highland Rim SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 717 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TN on state tests and graduation
Park City has set aside 3.3% of its land for conservation
Walkers can cover 2.0 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. Park City’s density of trails is 0.4 miles per square mile, against 0.2 in Tennessee’s towns and 0.4 across U.S. towns.
| Park City | Tennessee towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 3.3% | 1.7% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.4 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Wells Hill Park | 0.2 mi | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
For incomes, Park City earns an A−
Park City’s typical household income comes in at $95,000. Jobs based in Park City grew to 409 in 2023, 160 more than in 2013. For residents here, the share who live below the poverty line is 4.7%. The top destinations are Fayetteville (27%), Huntsville (15%) and Nashville (7%).
| Park City | Tennessee towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 4.7% | 14% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $95,000 | $60,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.5% | 12% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Park City has mild winters and hot summers
Expect July afternoons of 89° and January nights of 30°, with about 1 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Moderate risk in Park City, with inland flooding at the top
Compared with 54% of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage in Park City is lower. FEMA puts 30% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 30% to tornadoes.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
A home in Park City sells for about $245K at the median
Homes are within reach (A for cost of living), but half of working residents commute more than 27 miles.
The going rate for rent in Park City is $795 a month. Among households in the town, 85% are owner-occupiers.
| Park City | Tennessee towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 85% | 65% | 73% |
| Median rent | $795 a month | $950 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Park City
Moving to Park City: who provides what
Park City is unincorporated, so Lincoln 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.
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Park City; the nearest are
About 2 of every 100 Park City residents are enrolled in college, against 5 across Tennessee.
About Park City
Census-designated place in Tennessee, United States
Park City is a census-designated place (CDP) in Lincoln County, Tennessee, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 2,442 and 2,422 at the 2020 census. Park City is the location of the Fayetteville Municipal Airport.
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- Area
- 5.5 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,001 ft
Questions about Park City
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Park City, TN a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Park City grades A− overall, better than 78% of U.S. towns and #15 of 175 in Tennessee. It grades D for health and A− for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Park City, TN expensive?
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $217,000, 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 A.
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