WhitesideTN
A town settled in 1865, now home to 33 people.
Is Whiteside a good place to live?
Whiteside’s age of the median resident is 86.3 years, where Tennessee’s towns sit at 40 years and U.S. towns at 40.5 years. Of the 178 Tennessee towns we compare, none has a higher owner-occupancy rate than Whiteside. Whiteside has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
33 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Lookout Mountain and 16 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Whiteside. Close and well known come first.
11 mi MountainLookout Mountain
9 mi WaterfallRuby Falls24 mi CaveEllison's Cave
7 mi Park & preserveNickajack Cave
11 mi Zoo & aquariumTennessee Aquarium
6 mi National Military ParkChickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park972K visitors a yearPhoto credits
Lookout Mountain: Teke, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ruby Falls: Oydman (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Nickajack Cave: Blueway, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Tennessee Aquarium: Ɱ, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park: Lhughesw5, CC BY-SA 3.0
Moving to Whiteside: who provides what
Whiteside is unincorporated, so Marion 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 Whiteside.
About one in three of Whiteside’s working residents commute to Chattanooga
Half commute less than 15 miles. The top destinations are Chattanooga (31%), Jasper (17%) and Kimball (3%).
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Whiteside faces a high natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 77% of U.S. communities. 46% of Whiteside’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by tornadoes at 21%. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Whiteside once, in 2003.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Whiteside has mild winters and pleasant summers
Expect July afternoons of 88° and January nights of 31°, with about 2 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Whiteside is
13% of Whiteside adults binge drink. Across all 31 CDC measures, Whiteside beats Tennessee on 2 and trails on 12. Two figures for adults in the town: 17% have diabetes, 18% report frequent physical distress. Only 10 of the 177 Tennessee towns we compare have a higher share of adults who have high blood pressure than Whiteside.
| Whiteside | Typical Tennessee town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 47% | 41% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 14% | 12% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 14% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 14% | 16% |
| What stands out | Whiteside | TN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 11.1% | 13.3% |
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 81.5% | 76.2% |
| More adults with heart disease | 11.3% | 7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Whiteside
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Whiteside
About 0 of every 100 Whiteside residents are enrolled in college, against 5 across Tennessee.
100% of working residents leave Whiteside for work
Where Whiteside’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Questions about Whiteside
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Whiteside, TN a good place to live?
Whiteside has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.