Scores by category

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

Safety50#7,815/15,637
Economy23#12,040/15,631
Housing70#4,453/14,977
Health4#15,058/15,609
Healthcare27#11,449/15,650
Environment88#1,870/15,453
Education22#12,161/15,649
Infrastructure7#14,586/15,650
Community1#15,567/15,651
Leisure & amenities19#12,621/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Pharmacies · high2.7 /10k
93/100Tennessee 1.9 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsClaiborne County value
Effective property tax rate · low0.47%
90/100Tennessee 0.52%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Property crime rate · low516 /100k
89/100Tennessee 1,637 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationClaiborne County value
Primary care physicians · high111 /100k
88/100Tennessee 69 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteClaiborne County value
Median Air Quality Index · low35
86/1002025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyClaiborne County value
Drinking water violations · low0
86/100Tennessee 0United States 02024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteClaiborne County value

Weaknesses

Mental health providers · low21 /100k
1/100Tennessee 212 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteClaiborne County value
Depression · high32.0%
2/100Tennessee 29.0%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Access to exercise opportunities · low30.3%
2/100Tennessee 67.9%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteClaiborne County value
Broadband subscriptions · low77.2%
3/100Tennessee 89.2%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Public EV charging ports · low0.0 /10k
3/100Tennessee 4.3 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyClaiborne County value
Life expectancy · low70.9 yrs
4/100Tennessee 73.8 yrsUnited States 77.6 yrs2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteClaiborne County value

Trends

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

Bachelor's degree or higherWorsening
35.1% (2015-2019) → 26.4% (2020-2024)
−8.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
51.0% (2015-2019) → 43.2% (2020-2024)
−7.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
31.2% (2015-2019) → 24.2% (2020-2024)
−7 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Median household incomeImproving
$50,525 (2015-2019) → $65,586 (2020-2024)
+30%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Child poverty rateWorsening
10.5% (2015-2019) → 16.4% (2020-2024)
+5.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
New homes permittedWorsening
2.6 /1k (2021) → 1.8 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−28%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k

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, Harrogate, Tennessee improved on 1 of 10 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 9 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+30%$50,525 → $65,586

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 10 measures

Change of every measure of Harrogate, Tennessee between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	20.3 min2015-2019	22.4 min2020-2024	+2.1 min	Within the margin of error	26%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.1%2015-2019	26.4%2020-2024	−8.8 points	Within the margin of error	2%
Broadband subscriptions	80.1%2015-2019	77.2%2020-2024	−2.9 points	Within the margin of error	4%
Effective property tax rate	0.55%2015-2019	0.47%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	32%
High school diploma or higher	87.2%2015-2019	90.4%2020-2024	+3.3 points	Within the margin of error	70%
Home price to income ratio	2.8×2015-2019	3.1×2020-2024	+0.3×	Within the margin of error	63%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4452015-2019	0.4582020-2024	+0.013	Within the margin of error	40%
Median household income	$50,5252015-2019	$65,5862020-2024	+30%	Improved	55%
Poverty rate	12.5%2015-2019	12.4%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	45%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	6.6%2015-2019	7.0%2020-2024	+0.3 points	Within the margin of error	42%

“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 Harrogate, Tennessee five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Harrogate, 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, Harrogate, Tennessee itself moved −8.3 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

4,368 residents (±23)

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: 10–19 women (+4.5 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

4,368 residents (±23)

Harrogate, Tennessee
Tennessee share

White91%3,967
Black1.2%†54
Hispanic or Latino2.7%†117

Education

2,675 residents (±166)

Harrogate, Tennessee
Tennessee share

No high school diploma9.6%†256
High school or GED33%877
Some college23%†618

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

1,553 households (±170)

Harrogate, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Under $25k17%†262
$25k–50k21%†320
$50k–75k19%†295
$75k–100k13%†207
$100k–150k14%†213
$150k–200k5.8%†90
$200k or more11%†166

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

1,553 households (±170)

Harrogate, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Own67%1,033
Rent33%†520

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (−8.7 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 B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

433 households (±141)

Harrogate, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Under $75034%†146
$750–1,00014%†60
$1,000–1,50034%†146

Home values

1,033 homes (±147)

Harrogate, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Under $150k29%†298
$150k–250k38%†389
$250k–400k15%†154

Age of homes

1,856 homes (±220)

Harrogate, Tennessee
Tennessee share

2010 or later10%†187
2000–200911%†199
1980–199927%†502

Size of homes

1,856 homes (±220)

Harrogate, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom2.5%†46
2 bedrooms23%†425

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

1,803 workers (±265)

Harrogate, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Drive alone81%1,453
Carpool4.2%†75
Public transit0.0%0
Walk6.0%†108
Bike0.0%0
Work from home9.3%†167
Other0.0%0

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 B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

1,636 workers (±270)

Harrogate, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Under 15 min41%†668
15–29 min38%†614
30–44 min9.3%†

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

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 Claiborne County, the county holding most of Harrogate's residents.

Claiborne County has 466 employer establishments, 143 for every 10,000 residents (0.57× the US rate of 248; 0.68× Tennessee's), with 7,084 paid employees at an average annual pay of $41,049. The Census Bureau also counts 2,139 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 466; 2,139 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 143; US 248 · Tennessee 210
Paid employees: 7,084
Average annual pay: $41,049; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	44	13.5	0.65×Fewer than typical	469	$46,565	80
Specialty trade contractors	30	9.2	0.59×Fewer than typical	84	$40,417	284
Restaurants and other eating places	29	8.9	0.48×Fewer than typical	490	$17,178	7
Religious organizations	22	6.7	1.21×About typical	61	$18,295	—
Truck transportation	19	5.8	1.15×About typical	474	$48,243	112
Gasoline stations	17	5.2	1.61×More than typical	108	$22,704	—
Lessors of real estate	15	4.6	0.37×Fewer than typical	34	$34,147	166
Offices of physicians	14	4.3	0.66×Fewer than typical	99	$57,040	24
Banks and credit unions	13	4	1.23×About typical	185	$66,330	4
Limited-service restaurants	13	4	0.50×Fewer than typical	325	$17,655	—
Building equipment contractors	12	3.7	0.61×Fewer than typical	31	$35,258	61
Construction of buildings	12	3.7	0.49×Fewer than typical	71	$86,817	95

Rank places for an industry Open Claiborne County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 32,667 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 $98.3K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Harrogate, Tennessee: $22.50 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $98.3K; −62% vs FY2025
Per resident: $22.50; 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 Navy$98.3K100%

Top recipients

LINCOLN MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY$98.3K100.0%

Spending by fiscal year

60.1KFY2017
85.9KFY2018
143.1KFY2019
172KFY2020
164KFY2021
189.3KFY2022
195.7KFY2023
204K

Top industries (NAICS)

Colleges, universities, and professional schools · 6113$98.3K100.0%

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

Harrogate, Tennessee's figures are part of those of Claiborne County, TN ($1.9M in FY2026), never added to them: 5.2% of that total.

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

See federal money in Claiborne 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.

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

House

Tim BurchettR-TN-2 · 100% of residentsWith party 96%Missed 2.8%

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.

Claiborne County17100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Claiborne 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
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
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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