Pine CrestTN
A town of 2,029.
Is Pine Crest a good place to live?
The best of Pine Crest’s subject grades is an A for cost of living; the weakest is a D for schools. 33% of residents are 65 or older in Pine Crest, against 18% in Tennessee’s towns and 18% across U.S. towns. On walkability, just 24 of Tennessee’s 292 towns do better. Residents are less healthy than 86% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Pine Crest has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Pine Crest stand out
Where Pine Crest beats most towns.
99% of working residents leave Pine Crest for work
Where Pine Crest’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Pine Crest grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Tennessee), ordered by how far Pine Crest is from typical.
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Moving to Pine Crest: who provides what
Pine Crest is unincorporated, so Carter 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 Pine Crest.
Pine Crest’s grade for health is a D
32% of Pine Crest adults have been diagnosed with depression, where Tennessee’s towns sit at 29% and U.S. towns at 23%. 42% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Pine Crest. Pine Crest beats the Tennessee average on 2 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 4.
| Pine Crest | Tennessee towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 29% | 23% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 38% | 36% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 20% | 17% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 16% | 14% |
| What stands out | Pine Crest | TN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 10.9% | 13.3% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 13.6% | 16.2% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.3% | 8.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Older than Tennessee overall
People 65 and older are 33% of residents (17% statewide); children under 18 are 11% of residents (22% statewide). The median age in Pine Crest is 50.8 years. 23% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 31% across Tennessee.
| Pine Crest | Tennessee towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 50.8 years | 40 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 23% | 23% | 29% |
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 ±5 points. Across Tennessee, 50.9% of residents are women.
| Pine Crest | TN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 4.9% | 11.9% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 5.8% | 10.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 14.9% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 6.8% | 13.8% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 14% | 12.8% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.1% | 12.4% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 8.3% | 12.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 23.2% | 10.3% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 10% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3.8% | 10% | 10.4% |
| High school | 33.1% | 31.2% | 26% |
| Some college | 18.5% | 19.9% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 21.5% | 7.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 16.9% | 19.4% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 6.2% | 11.7% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,000, single groups can be off by several points
Very low risk in Pine Crest, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 84% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Pine Crest has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Most working residents leave Pine Crest for work: only 1% work in town. Since 2013, Pine Crest has lost 613 jobs, to 134 in 2023. Pine Crest’s median household income is $54,000.
| Pine Crest | Tennessee towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 1% | 12% | 8% |
| Median household income | $54,000 | $61,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 9.7% | 14% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Pine Crest, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
Pine Crest has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 87°, January nights drop to 27° and about 6 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
A home in Pine Crest sells for about $525K at the median
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Pine Crest
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Pine Crest
About 7 of every 100 Pine Crest residents are enrolled in college, against 5 across Tennessee.
Pine Crest’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Pine Crest.
| Town | TN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Crest | — | — | A | — | D | D |
| Elizabethton | #55 | B− | A− | C | A | D |
| Johnson City | #104 | C− | C− | C− | A | C |
Pine Crest has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Pine Crest reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Pine Crest with a neighbor →
Questions about Pine Crest
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Pine Crest, TN expensive?
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $197,000, 41% 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.