Town · Pickett County, Tennessee

Byrdstown, Tennessee

Byrdstown is a town in Pickett County, Tennessee. It has 1,141 residents. Byrdstown, Tennessee has a quality-of-life score of 24 out of 100 (low), ranking #11,844 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Tennessee it ranks #137 of 305 cities and towns. It ranks best on rent-burdened households (low), traffic deaths (low) and pharmacies (high). It ranks worst on math scores (low), reading scores (low) and access to exercise opportunities (low).

24Low

Quality-of-life score: #11,844 of 15,651 cities and towns
Tennessee: #137 of 305 in TN
Population: 1,141 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 766.9 /mi²
FIPS code: 4710180

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 68 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety64#5,566/15,637
Economy2#15,329/15,631
Housing88#1,753/14,977
Health2#15,222/15,609
Healthcare7#14,520/15,650
Environment84#2,538/15,453
Education15#13,224/15,649
Infrastructure10#14,056/15,650
Community14#13,453/15,651
Leisure & amenities73#4,163/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Byrdstown, Tennessee ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Pickett County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Rent-burdened households · low31.0%
100/100Tennessee 48.8%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Traffic deaths · low3.9 /100k
99/100Tennessee 18.0 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataPickett County value
Pharmacies · high3.8 /10k
99/100Tennessee 1.9 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPickett County value
Property crime rate · low210 /100k
99/100Tennessee 1,637 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationPickett County value
Arts, entertainment and recreation · high11.5 /10k
96/100Tennessee 5.5 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPickett County value
Effective property tax rate · low0.44%
91/100Tennessee 0.52%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090

Weaknesses

Math scores · low1.83
0/100Tennessee 2.99United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePickett County value
Reading scores · low2.15
0/100Tennessee 2.99United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePickett County value
Access to exercise opportunities · low7.2%
0/100Tennessee 67.9%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePickett County value
Depression · high34.6%
1/100Tennessee 29.0%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Frequent mental distress · high25.0%
1/100Tennessee 22.0%United States 18.6%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Average weekly wage · low$794
1/100Tennessee $1,354United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPickett County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
999 (2015-2019) → 1,141 (2020-2024)
+14%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Child poverty rateImproving
47.1% (2015-2019) → 7.1% (2020-2024)
−40 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.6× (2015-2019) → 6.1× (2020-2024)
+134%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
8.1% (2015-2019) → 24.3% (2020-2024)
+16 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
High school diploma or higherImproving
71.2% (2015-2019) → 81.5% (2020-2024)
+10 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
66.7% (2015-2019) → 76.1% (2020-2024)
+9.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Byrdstown, Tennessee improved on 1 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 10 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved1

Bachelor's++16 points8.1% → 24.3%

Declined1

Price / income+3.5×2.6× → 6.1×

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Byrdstown, Tennessee between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	20.0 min2015-2019	15.9 min2020-2024	−4.1 min	Within the margin of error	86%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.1%2015-2019	24.3%2020-2024	+16 points	Improved	98%
Broadband subscriptions	66.7%2015-2019	76.1%2020-2024	+9.4 points	Within the margin of error	57%
Effective property tax rate	0.57%2015-2019	0.44%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	41%
High school diploma or higher	71.2%2015-2019	81.5%2020-2024	+10 points	Within the margin of error	96%
Home price to income ratio	2.6×2015-2019	6.1×2020-2024	+3.5×	Declined	1%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4522015-2019	0.5702020-2024	+0.118	Within the margin of error	3%
Median household income	$30,8712015-2019	$27,0002020-2024	−13%	Within the margin of error	2%
Poverty rate	27.7%2015-2019	24.1%2020-2024	−3.5 points	Within the margin of error	73%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	25.0%2015-2019	27.1%2020-2024	+2.1 points	Within the margin of error	39%
Rent-burdened households	33.6%2015-2019	31.0%2020-2024	−2.6 points	Within the margin of error	65%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Byrdstown, Tennessee five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Byrdstown, Tennessee in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Byrdstown, Tennessee itself moved −3 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,141 residents (±283)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

440 households (±112)

Byrdstown, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Under $25k47%†208
$25k–50k24%†105
$50k–75k

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

440 households (±112)

Byrdstown, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Own51%†226
Rent49%†214

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (−12.7 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

338 workers (±104)

Byrdstown, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Drive alone81%†275
Carpool7.1%†24
Public transit

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Pickett County, the county holding most of Byrdstown's residents.

Pickett County has 82 employer establishments, 160 for every 10,000 residents (0.64× the US rate of 248; 0.76× Tennessee's), with 621 paid employees at an average annual pay of $32,643. The Census Bureau also counts 513 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 82; 513 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 160; US 248 · Tennessee 210
Paid employees: 621
Average annual pay: $32,643; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Pickett County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	9	17.5	0.96×Too few to compare	54	$13,426	8
Specialty trade contractors	7	13.6	0.88×Too few to compare	36	$27,972	76
Ambulatory health care services	6	11.7	0.56×Too few to compare	57	$41,474	9
Amusement, gambling and recreation industries	5	9.7	3.67×Too few to compare	37	$32,081	3
Full-service restaurants	5	9.7	1.27×Too few to compare	18	$9,222	4
Other amusement and recreation industries	5	9.7	4.02×Too few to compare	37	$32,081	—
Banks and credit unions	4	7.8	2.41×Too few to compare	50	$60,460	—
Gasoline stations	3	5.8	1.80×Too few to compare	6	$13,500	—
Grocery and convenience stores	3	5.8	1.97×Too few to compare	43	$19,116	—
Medical and diagnostic laboratories	3	5.8	8.35×Too few to compare	23	$39,261	—
Religious organizations	3	5.8	1.05×Too few to compare	8	$17,125	—
Accounting, tax preparation and payroll services	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	14

Rank places for an industry Open Pickett County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 5,129 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $294 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Byrdstown, Tennessee: $0.26 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $294; −12% vs FY2025
Per resident: $0.26; US $1,994
Sole-source: 100%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of the Army$294100%

Top recipients

COUNTY OF PICKETT$294100%

Spending by fiscal year

261.5FY2020
18KFY2021
3.9KFY2022
333.3FY2023
102.2FY2024
333.3FY2025
293.5FY2026

What was bought

Professional services$294

Top industries (NAICS)

Investigation and security services · 5616$294100%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Byrdstown, Tennessee, so they do not add up across cities.

Byrdstown, Tennessee's figures are part of those of Pickett County, TN ($13.6K in FY2026), never added to them: 2.2% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Byrdstown is mostly in Pickett County.

See federal money in Pickett County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Byrdstown, Tennessee is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

John W. RoseR-TN-6 · 100% of residentsWith party 98%Missed 5.8%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Pickett County27100% of residents

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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