Sullivan GardensTN
1,267 people call this town in Tennessee home.
Is Sullivan Gardens a good place to live?
Sullivan Gardens’ best subject grade is an A− for cost of living; its weakest is a D for health. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 86% of U.S. towns. Among 178 Tennessee towns, just 9 have a lower share of working residents who work in town than Sullivan Gardens. Only 24 of Tennessee’s 292 towns score lower on the outdoors. Sullivan Gardens has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
1,267 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Sullivan Gardens grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Tennessee), ordered by how far Sullivan Gardens is from typical.
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Moving to Sullivan Gardens: who provides what
Sullivan Gardens is unincorporated, so Sullivan 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 Sullivan Gardens.
Health in Sullivan Gardens trails 93% of U.S. towns
For adults in Sullivan Gardens, the share who smoke cigarettes is 22%. Of 31 CDC measures, Sullivan Gardens beats the Tennessee average on 2 and trails it on 9. In Sullivan Gardens, 32% of adults have been diagnosed with depression, against 29% in Tennessee’s towns and 23% across U.S. towns.
| Sullivan Gardens | Tennessee towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 29% | 23% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 19% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 12% |
| What stands out | Sullivan Gardens | TN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 10.2% | 14.6% |
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 79.1% | 76.2% |
| More adults with COPD | 11.6% | 8.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Public schools in Sullivan Gardens fall behind 58% of Tennessee districts
The public schools here belong to the Sullivan County school district. Its one school is below. Enrollment at Sullivan Gardens’s public school: 204 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sullivan Gardens ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 204 | C |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TN on state tests and graduation
With only 0.2 jobs per working resident, most people in Sullivan Gardens work out of town
The typical journey to work in Sullivan Gardens is 28 minutes. Commuting out is the norm in the town: 1% of working residents work locally. Since 2013, Sullivan Gardens has added 60 jobs, to 91 in 2023. The share of residents in Sullivan Gardens who live below the poverty line: 8%.
| Sullivan Gardens | Tennessee towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $47,000 | $61,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 8% | 14% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Sullivan Gardens has four seasons and pleasant summers
A winter brings about 5 inches of snow, with January nights at 28° and July afternoons at 87°.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Fewer children than Tennessee overall
Here, just over a fifth of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree, against 31% in Tennessee as a whole. Children under 18 are 15% of residents (22% statewide); adults 35 to 64 are 44% of residents (38% statewide). In Sullivan Gardens, the midpoint age is 44.9 years, above both the Tennessee town median (40 years) and the median of U.S. towns (40.5 years).
| Sullivan Gardens | Tennessee towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 44.9 years | 40 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 22% | 23% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
Somewhere between 41% and 70% women
The Census survey reached too few of Sullivan Gardens’ residents to say more: its margin here is ±14.7 points. Across Tennessee, 50.9% of residents are women.
| Sullivan Gardens | TN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 0% | 11.9% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 15.2% | 10.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 16.9% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 1.2% | 13.8% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 17.3% | 12.8% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10.6% | 12.4% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 16.4% | 12.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 21.1% | 10.3% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 1.3% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 10.7% | 10% | 10.4% |
| High school | 27.9% | 31.2% | 26% |
| Some college | 35% | 19.9% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 4.1% | 7.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 9.5% | 19.4% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 12.8% | 11.7% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,300, single groups can be off by several points
Top of a moderate hazard risk in Sullivan Gardens: inland flooding
Expected losses in Sullivan Gardens break down as 80% from inland flooding and 5% from earthquakes. Compared with 55% of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage locally is lower.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The median home in Sullivan Gardens sells for about $240K
83% of households live in a home they own in Sullivan Gardens.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Sullivan Gardens
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Sullivan Gardens
About 6 of every 100 Sullivan Gardens residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Tennessee.
99% of working residents leave Sullivan Gardens for work
Where Sullivan Gardens’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Sullivan Gardens
CDP in Tennessee, US
Sullivan Gardens is a census-designated place in southwestern Sullivan County, Tennessee, located southwest of Kingsport.
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Questions about Sullivan Gardens
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Sullivan Gardens, TN expensive?
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $195,000, 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−.