Census-designated place · Campbell County, Tennessee

Fincastle, Tennessee

Fincastle is a census-designated place in Campbell County, Tennessee, part of the Knoxville, TN metro area. It has 1,374 residents. Fincastle, Tennessee has a quality-of-life score of 17 out of 100 (very low), ranking #13,022 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Tennessee it ranks #199 of 305 cities and towns. It ranks best on job growth (high), effective property tax rate (low) and homicide rate (low). It ranks worst on premature death (high), life expectancy (low) and depression (high).

17Very low

Quality-of-life score: #13,022 of 15,651 cities and towns
Tennessee: #199 of 305 in TN
Population: 1,374 (2020-2024)
Land area: 4 mi²
Density: 376.1 /mi²
FIPS code: 4726120

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.

Safety70#4,616/15,637
Economy24#11,882/15,631
Housing42#8,726/14,977
Health2#15,357/15,609
Healthcare14#13,423/15,650
Environment79#3,258/15,453
Education10#14,153/15,649
Infrastructure27#11,440/15,650
Community9#14,240/15,651
Leisure & amenities22#12,204/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Job growth · high5.1%
98/100Tennessee -0.2%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataCampbell County value
Effective property tax rate · low0.35%
95/100Tennessee 0.52%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100Tennessee 7.1 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataCampbell County value
Property crime rate · low455 /100k
91/100Tennessee 1,637 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationCampbell County value
Pharmacies · high2.5 /10k
89/100Tennessee 1.9 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsCampbell County value
Hot days · low5 days
86/100Tennessee 32 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationCampbell County value

Weaknesses

Premature death · high18,489 /100k
1/100Tennessee 11,427 /100kUnited States 8,123 /100k2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCampbell County value
Life expectancy · low68.4 yrs
1/100Tennessee 73.8 yrsUnited States 77.6 yrs2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCampbell County value
Depression · high32.3%
2/100Tennessee 29.0%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Frequent mental distress · high22.9%
3/100Tennessee 22.0%United States 18.6%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Average weekly wage · low$857
3/100Tennessee $1,354United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsCampbell County value
Injury deaths · high153 /100k
3/100Tennessee 122 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCampbell County value

Trends

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

Child poverty rateImproving
73.7% (2015-2019) → 29.5% (2020-2024)
−44 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
56.6% (2015-2019) → 100.0% (2020-2024)
+43 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
66.0% (2015-2019) → 91.1% (2020-2024)
+25 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.1× (2015-2019) → 4.2× (2020-2024)
+101%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Poverty rateImproving
33.5% (2015-2019) → 18.6% (2020-2024)
−15 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Median household incomeImproving
$35,529 (2015-2019) → $51,591 (2020-2024)
+45%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604

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, Fincastle, Tennessee improved on 1 of 9 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 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.

Improved1

Broadband+25 points66.0% → 91.1%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 9 measures

Change of every measure of Fincastle, Tennessee between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	32.4 min2015-2019	34.1 min2020-2024	+1.7 min	Within the margin of error	30%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.1%2015-2019	15.0%2020-2024	+4.9 points	Within the margin of error	67%
Broadband subscriptions	66.0%2015-2019	91.1%2020-2024	+25 points	Improved	95%
Effective property tax rate	0.44%2015-2019	0.35%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	33%
High school diploma or higher	77.3%2015-2019	80.5%2020-2024	+3.3 points	Within the margin of error	70%
Home price to income ratio	2.1×2015-2019	4.2×2020-2024	+2.1×	Within the margin of error	4%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3892015-2019	0.4262020-2024	+0.037	Within the margin of error	23%
Median household income	$35,5292015-2019	$51,5912020-2024	+45%	Within the margin of error	80%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%

“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 Fincastle, Tennessee five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Fincastle, 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, Fincastle, Tennessee itself moved −3.1 points in standing on average over the same 8 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

1,374 residents (±339)

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

576 households (±126)

Fincastle, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Under $25k9.7%†56
$25k–50k39%†225
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

576 households (±126)

Fincastle, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Own91%525
Rent8.9%†51

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+15.9 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

548 workers (±171)

Fincastle, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Drive alone85%†468
Carpool2.4%†13
Public transit

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 Knoxville, 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 Campbell County, the county holding most of Fincastle's residents.

Campbell County has 579 employer establishments, 144 for every 10,000 residents (0.58× the US rate of 248; 0.69× Tennessee's), with 7,285 paid employees at an average annual pay of $37,831. The Census Bureau also counts 2,754 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 579; 2,754 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 144; US 248 · Tennessee 210
Paid employees: 7,285
Average annual pay: $37,831; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	48	11.9	0.65×Fewer than typical	856	$19,113	19
Specialty trade contractors	44	10.9	0.71×Fewer than typical	406	$46,547	345
Ambulatory health care services	42	10.4	0.50×Fewer than typical	543	$49,199	109
Religious organizations	39	9.7	1.75×More than typical	138	$16,138	—
Limited-service restaurants	29	7.2	0.90×About typical	640	$18,433	8
Gasoline stations	24	6	1.84×More than typical	288	$26,858	—
Lessors of real estate	21	5.2	0.42×Fewer than typical	81	$27,778	185
Offices of physicians	18	4.5	0.69×Fewer than typical	157	$65,650	20
Services to buildings and dwellings	17	4.2	0.63×Fewer than typical	111	$39,180	329
Banks and credit unions	15	3.7	1.15×About typical	162	$50,228	3
Foundation, structure and building exterior contractors	14	3.5	1.10×About typical	172	$46,285	75
Amusement, gambling and recreation industries	13	3.2	1.22×About typical	150	$67,393	10

Rank places for an industry Open Campbell County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 40,228 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 -$333 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Fincastle, Tennessee: -$0.24 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: -$333
Per resident: -$0.24; US $1,994
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

VEXILLUM INDUSTRIES LLC$4.870.0%
VOLUNTEER PRODUCTS, INC.-$3380.0%

Spending by fiscal year

12.2KFY2017
16.1KFY2018
16.7KFY2019
33.5KFY2020
30.6KFY2021
2.6KFY2022
5.9KFY2023
9.5KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Cutlery and handtool manufacturing · 3322$4.870.0%

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 Fincastle, Tennessee, so they do not add up across cities.

Fincastle, Tennessee's figures are part of those of Campbell County, TN ($1,914 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: Fincastle is mostly in Campbell County.

See federal money in Campbell 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.

Fincastle, Tennessee is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

County

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

Campbell County16100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Knoxville, TN52

Other cities and towns in Campbell 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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