Census-designated place · Cumberland County, Tennessee

Fairfield Glade, Tennessee

Fairfield Glade is a census-designated place in Cumberland County, Tennessee, part of the Crossville, TN metro area. It has 9,487 residents. Fairfield Glade, Tennessee has a quality-of-life score of 36 out of 100 (low), ranking #9,985 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Tennessee it ranks #75 of 305 cities and towns. It ranks best on effective property tax rate (low), child care cost burden (low) and income inequality (Gini index) (low). It ranks worst on public libraries (low), depression (high) and injury deaths (high).

36Low

Quality-of-life score: #9,985 of 15,651 cities and towns
Tennessee: #75 of 305 in TN
Population: 9,487 (2020-2024)
Land area: 23 mi²
Density: 412.5 /mi²
FIPS code: 4724980

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 72 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.

Safety33#10,447/15,637
Economy50#7,840/15,631
Housing51#7,269/14,977
Health19#12,607/15,609
Healthcare25#11,792/15,650
Environment99#108/15,453
Education63#5,766/15,649
Infrastructure51#7,712/15,650
Community12#13,834/15,651
Leisure & amenities14#13,496/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Effective property tax rate · low0.32%
96/100Tennessee 0.52%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Child care cost burden · low20.7%
93/100Tennessee 22.4%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCumberland County value
Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.359
93/100Tennessee 0.476United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Hot days · low4 days
90/100Tennessee 32 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationCumberland County value
Mammography screening · high54.0%
88/100Tennessee 46.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCumberland County value
Drinking water violations · low0
86/100Tennessee 0United States 02024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCumberland County value

Weaknesses

Public libraries · low0.2 /10k
2/100Tennessee 0.4 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesCumberland County value
Depression · high30.9%
3/100Tennessee 29.0%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Injury deaths · high148 /100k
4/100Tennessee 122 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCumberland County value
Mental health providers · low46 /100k
5/100Tennessee 212 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCumberland County value
Drug overdose deaths · high35.5 /100k
5/100Tennessee 27.1 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataCumberland 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 BureauCumberland County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
8,985 (2015-2019) → 9,487 (2020-2024)
+5.6%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Child poverty rateImproving
47.3% (2015-2019) → 32.5% (2020-2024)
−15 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Unemployment rateImproving
11.0% (2015-2019) → 3.0% (2020-2024)
−8 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%
Median household incomeImproving
$54,545 (2015-2019) → $71,682 (2020-2024)
+31%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Home price to income ratioWorsening
4.0× (2015-2019) → 5.0× (2020-2024)
+24%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
54.0% (2015-2019) → 58.8% (2020-2024)
+4.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%

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, Fairfield Glade, 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

Household income+31%$54,545 → $71,682

Declined1

Price / income+1.0×4.0× → 5.0×

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Fairfield Glade, Tennessee between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	24.4 min2015-2019	18.8 min2020-2024	−5.7 min	Within the margin of error	92%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.0%2015-2019	36.4%2020-2024	+2.4 points	Within the margin of error	46%
Broadband subscriptions	89.4%2015-2019	93.3%2020-2024	+3.9 points	Within the margin of error	25%
Effective property tax rate	0.38%2015-2019	0.32%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	26%
High school diploma or higher	95.1%2015-2019	98.0%2020-2024	+2.9 points	Within the margin of error	67%
Home price to income ratio	4.0×2015-2019	5.0×2020-2024	+1.0×	Declined	23%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3682015-2019	0.3592020-2024	−0.008	Within the margin of error	58%
Median household income	$54,5452015-2019	$71,6822020-2024	+31%	Improved	58%
Poverty rate	10.5%2015-2019	7.2%2020-2024	−3.3 points	Within the margin of error	72%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	31.7%2015-2019	33.5%2020-2024	+1.8 points	Within the margin of error	41%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	11.0%2015-2019	8.0%2020-2024	−3 points	Within the margin of error	76%

“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 Fairfield Glade, Tennessee five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Fairfield Glade, 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, Fairfield Glade, Tennessee itself moved +3.2 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

9,487 residents (±599)

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

5,037 households (±316)

Fairfield Glade, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Under $25k10%†528
$25k–50k22%1,128
$50k–75k20%983

Homes

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

Owners and renters

5,037 households (±316)

Fairfield Glade, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Own89%4,489
Rent11%†548

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.

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

1,750 workers (±347)

Fairfield Glade, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Drive alone68%1,187
Carpool5.1%†90
Public transit0.0%0

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 Crossville, 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 Cumberland County, the county holding most of Fairfield Glade's residents.

Cumberland County has 1,153 employer establishments, 178 for every 10,000 residents (0.72× the US rate of 248; 0.85× Tennessee's), with 16,494 paid employees at an average annual pay of $41,706. The Census Bureau also counts 5,395 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,153; 5,395 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 178; US 248 · Tennessee 210
Paid employees: 16,494
Average annual pay: $41,706; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	103	15.9	0.76×Fewer than typical	1,165	$52,813	180
Restaurants and other eating places	87	13.4	0.73×Fewer than typical	1,618	$18,689	11
Specialty trade contractors	87	13.4	0.87×About typical	644	$47,601	717
Religious organizations	53	8.2	1.47×More than typical	317	$23,738	—
Gasoline stations	49	7.6	2.33×More than typical	703	$33,707	—
Full-service restaurants	40	6.2	0.80×About typical	631	$20,949	3
Offices of physicians	40	6.2	0.95×About typical	466	$59,232	24
Limited-service restaurants	38	5.9	0.73×Fewer than typical	867	$17,791	5
Lessors of real estate	37	5.7	0.46×Fewer than typical	154	$56,727	444
Building equipment contractors	32	4.9	0.82×About typical	360	$47,158	136
Construction of buildings	30	4.6	0.61×Fewer than typical	169	$58,929	319
Services to buildings and dwellings	29	4.5	0.66×Fewer than typical	305	$24,190	466

Rank places for an industry Open Cumberland County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 64,817 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 Fairfield Glade, 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

2.2KFY2023
9.2KFY2024
-797.5FY2025

What was bought

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 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 Fairfield Glade, Tennessee, so they do not add up across cities.

Fairfield Glade, Tennessee's figures are part of those of Cumberland County, TN ($13K 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: Fairfield Glade is mostly in Cumberland County.

See federal money in Cumberland 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.

Fairfield Glade, 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.

Cumberland County37100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Crossville, TN31

Other cities and towns in Cumberland 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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