Town · Marshall County, Tennessee

Cornersville, Tennessee

Cornersville is a town in Marshall County, Tennessee, part of the Lewisburg, TN metro area. It has 1,847 residents. Cornersville, Tennessee has a quality-of-life score of 11 out of 100 (very low), ranking #13,901 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Tennessee it ranks #257 of 305 cities and towns. It ranks best on child care cost burden (low), effective property tax rate (low) and time spent in the emergency room (low). It ranks worst on primary care physicians (low), depression (high) and frequent mental distress (high).

11Very low

Quality-of-life score: #13,901 of 15,651 cities and towns
Tennessee: #257 of 305 in TN
Population: 1,847 (2020-2024)
Land area: 6 mi²
Density: 315.8 /mi²
FIPS code: 4717180

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 71 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.

Safety28#11,284/15,637
Economy20#12,438/15,631
Housing61#5,898/14,977
Health12#13,701/15,609
Healthcare8#14,452/15,650
Environment54#7,173/15,453
Education31#10,862/15,649
Infrastructure26#11,591/15,650
Community6#14,641/15,651
Leisure & amenities4#15,094/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Cornersville, Tennessee ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Marshall 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

Child care cost burden · low17.0%
99/100Tennessee 22.4%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMarshall County value
Effective property tax rate · low0.49%
88/100Tennessee 0.52%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Time spent in the emergency room · low121 min
87/100Tennessee 168 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesMarshall County value
Drinking water violations · low0
86/100Tennessee 0United States 02024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMarshall County value
Public EV charging ports · high7.3 /10k
68/100Tennessee 4.3 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyMarshall County value
Property crime rate · low795 /100k
68/100Tennessee 1,637 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationMarshall County value

Weaknesses

Primary care physicians · low11 /100k
1/100Tennessee 69 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMarshall County value
Depression · high32.5%
2/100Tennessee 29.0%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Frequent mental distress · high22.1%
5/100Tennessee 22.0%United States 18.6%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Restaurants and bars · low4.2 /10k
6/100Tennessee 7.7 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsMarshall County value
Distance to an Amtrak station · high134 mi
6/100Tennessee 93 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauMarshall County value
Dentists · low24 /100k
7/100Tennessee 57 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMarshall County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
1,319 (2015-2019) → 1,847 (2020-2024)
+40%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
73.6% (2015-2019) → 90.3% (2020-2024)
+17 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
10.5% (2015-2019) → 25.3% (2020-2024)
+15 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.2× (2015-2019) → 3.7× (2020-2024)
+67%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Poverty rateWorsening
15.2% (2015-2019) → 27.7% (2020-2024)
+12 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Child poverty rateWorsening
25.3% (2015-2019) → 36.9% (2020-2024)
+12 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%

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, Cornersville, Tennessee improved on 2 of 11 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 8 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.

Improved2

Bachelor's++15 points10.5% → 25.3%
Broadband+17 points73.6% → 90.3%

Declined1

Price / income+1.5×2.2× → 3.7×

All 11 measures

Change of every measure of Cornersville, Tennessee between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	31.7 min2015-2019	31.2 min2020-2024	−0.5 min	Within the margin of error	54%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.5%2015-2019	25.3%2020-2024	+15 points	Improved	97%
Broadband subscriptions	73.6%2015-2019	90.3%2020-2024	+17 points	Improved	84%
Effective property tax rate	0.78%2015-2019	0.49%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	73%
High school diploma or higher	85.9%2015-2019	89.4%2020-2024	+3.5 points	Within the margin of error	72%
Home price to income ratio	2.2×2015-2019	3.7×2020-2024	+1.5×	Declined	10%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4242015-2019	0.5162020-2024	+0.092	Within the margin of error	6%
Median household income	$52,3682015-2019	$64,3752020-2024	+23%	Within the margin of error	39%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	30.4%2015-2019	31.8%2020-2024	+1.4 points	Within the margin of error	44%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	9.5%2015-2019	13.5%2020-2024	+4 points	Within the margin of error	14%

“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 Cornersville, Tennessee five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Cornersville, 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, Cornersville, Tennessee itself moved −0.2 points in standing on average over the same 9 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

1,847 residents (±542)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under 10 men (+6.8 points).

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

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,847 residents (±542)

Cornersville, Tennessee
Tennessee share

White70%1,290
Black2.0%†37
Hispanic or Latino5.5%†102

Education

1,052 residents (±274)

Cornersville, Tennessee
Tennessee share

No high school diploma11%†112
High school or GED39%†407
Some college18%

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

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

Household income

589 households (±158)

Cornersville, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Under $25k17%†101
$25k–50k20%†119
$50k–75k27%†157
$75k–100k10%†61
$100k–150k14%†81
$150k–200k4.2%†25
$200k or more7.6%†45

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

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

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

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

Owners and renters

589 households (±158)

Cornersville, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Own75%444
Rent25%†145

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

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

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

139 households (±93)

Cornersville, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Under $75037%†51
$750–1,00031%†43
$1,000–1,50019%†

Home values

444 homes (±112)

Cornersville, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Under $150k30%†133
$150k–250k25%†110
$250k–400k34%†150

Age of homes

603 homes (±158)

Cornersville, Tennessee
Tennessee share

2010 or later11%†68
2000–200917%†100
1980–199924%†147

Size of homes

603 homes (±158)

Cornersville, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Studio0.5%†3
1 bedroom9.0%†54
2 bedrooms13%†78

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

699 workers (±192)

Cornersville, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Drive alone78%544
Carpool13%†90
Public transit0.0%0
Walk3.1%†22
Bike0.0%0
Work from home5.7%†40
Other0.4%†3

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+5.7 points).

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

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

659 workers (±183)

Cornersville, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Under 15 min16%†105
15–29 min40%†266
30–44 min15%†

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Lewisburg, TN

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 Marshall County, the county holding most of Cornersville's residents.

Marshall County has 585 employer establishments, 158 for every 10,000 residents (0.64× the US rate of 248; 0.75× Tennessee's), with 8,367 paid employees at an average annual pay of $52,232. The Census Bureau also counts 3,033 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 585; 3,033 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 158; US 248 · Tennessee 210
Paid employees: 8,367
Average annual pay: $52,232; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	53	14.3	0.92×About typical	320	$57,163	365
Restaurants and other eating places	42	11.3	0.62×Fewer than typical	589	$21,778	18
Ambulatory health care services	34	9.2	0.44×Fewer than typical	179	$62,436	62
Religious organizations	25	6.7	1.22×About typical	108	$25,528	—
Gasoline stations	24	6.5	2.00×More than typical	119	$29,739	—
Limited-service restaurants	23	6.2	0.77×Fewer than typical	454	$18,652	6
Building equipment contractors	20	5.4	0.90×About typical	160	$52,131	69
Lessors of real estate	18	4.9	0.39×Fewer than typical	36	$41,639	232
Services to buildings and dwellings	17	4.6	0.68×Fewer than typical	130	$26,585	282
Truck transportation	17	4.6	0.91×About typical	175	$58,720	70
Other specialty trade contractors	15	4	1.61×More than typical	70	$74,286	134
Plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors	14	3.8	1.14×About typical	148	$51,757	39

Rank places for an industry Open Marshall County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 37,048 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 $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Cornersville, Tennessee: $0 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $0
Per resident: $0; US $1,995
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; 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

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

88.2FY2017

What was bought

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 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 Cornersville, Tennessee, so they do not add up across cities.

Cornersville, Tennessee's figures are part of those of Marshall County, TN ($230.2K in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

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

See federal money in Marshall 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.

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

House

Andrew OglesR-TN-5 · 100% of residentsWith party 98%Missed 8.6%

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.

Marshall County24100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Lewisburg, TN22

Other cities and towns in Marshall County

Largest first.

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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