City · Perry County, Tennessee

Lobelville, Tennessee

Lobelville is a city in Perry County, Tennessee. It has 1,007 residents. Lobelville, Tennessee has a quality-of-life score of 11 out of 100 (very low), ranking #13,994 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Tennessee it ranks #263 of 305 cities and towns. It ranks best on property crime rate (low), public libraries (high) and drinking water violations (low). It ranks worst on unemployment rate (high), dentists (low) and access to exercise opportunities (low).

11Very low

Quality-of-life score: #13,994 of 15,651 cities and towns
Tennessee: #263 of 305 in TN
Population: 1,007 (2020-2024)
Land area: 4 mi²
Density: 268.4 /mi²
FIPS code: 4743160

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 70 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.

Safety42#9,048/15,637
Economy9#14,297/15,631
Housing64#5,404/14,977
Health5#14,870/15,609
Healthcare1#15,480/15,650
Environment62#5,843/15,453
Education45#8,684/15,649
Infrastructure8#14,394/15,650
Community2#15,402/15,651
Leisure & amenities9#14,216/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Property crime rate · low273 /100k
98/100Tennessee 1,637 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationPerry County value
Public libraries · high2.2 /10k
93/100Tennessee 0.4 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesPerry County value
Drinking water violations · low0
86/100Tennessee 0United States 02024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePerry County value
Students per teacher · low11.8×
85/100Tennessee 15.1×United States 15.2×2023National Center for Education StatisticsPerry County value
Grocery stores · high2.2 /10k
80/100Tennessee 1.4 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPerry County value
High ozone days · low0 days
76/100Tennessee 2 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyPerry County value

Weaknesses

Unemployment rate · high22.2%
1/100Tennessee 3.5%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025High uncertainty
Dentists · low11 /100k
1/100Tennessee 57 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePerry County value
Access to exercise opportunities · low24.0%
1/100Tennessee 67.9%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePerry County value
Frequent mental distress · high23.7%
1/100Tennessee 22.0%United States 18.6%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Depression · high32.7%
2/100Tennessee 29.0%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Adult smoking · high25.3%
2/100Tennessee 21.0%United States 16.1%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
1,182 (2015-2019) → 1,007 (2020-2024)
−15%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
13.4% (2015-2019) → 46.7% (2020-2024)
+33 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Unemployment rateWorsening
1.6% (2015-2019) → 22.2% (2020-2024)
+21 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
67.0% (2015-2019) → 86.4% (2020-2024)
+19 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
1.8× (2015-2019) → 3.2× (2020-2024)
+80%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
High school diploma or higherImproving
76.3% (2015-2019) → 91.6% (2020-2024)
+15 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%

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, Lobelville, Tennessee improved on 1 of 11 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 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

Broadband+19 points67.0% → 86.4%

Declined1

Price / income+1.4×1.8× → 3.2×

All 11 measures

Change of every measure of Lobelville, Tennessee between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	28.4 min2015-2019	49.0 min2020-2024	+20.6 min	Within the margin of error	0%
Broadband subscriptions	67.0%2015-2019	86.4%2020-2024	+19 points	Improved	89%
Effective property tax rate	0.61%2015-2019	0.64%2020-2024	+0 points	Within the margin of error	11%
High school diploma or higher	76.3%2015-2019	91.6%2020-2024	+15 points	Within the margin of error	99%
Home price to income ratio	1.8×2015-2019	3.2×2020-2024	+1.4×	Declined	10%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4552015-2019	0.4072020-2024	−0.047	Within the margin of error	83%
Median household income	$43,5102015-2019	$48,7502020-2024	+12%	Within the margin of error	19%
Poverty rate	14.0%2015-2019	18.0%2020-2024	+3.9 points	Within the margin of error	16%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	24.7%2015-2019	28.3%2020-2024	+3.6 points	Within the margin of error	29%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	19.5%2015-2019	21.0%2020-2024	+1.5 points	Within the margin of error	30%

“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 Lobelville, Tennessee five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Lobelville, 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, Lobelville, Tennessee itself moved −3.2 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

1,007 residents (±212)

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 (+7.7 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 B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,007 residents (±212)

Lobelville, Tennessee
Tennessee share

White94%950
Black0.0%0
Hispanic or Latino2.1%†21

Education

764 residents (±158)

Lobelville, Tennessee
Tennessee share

No high school diploma8.4%†64
High school or GED49%†372
Some college19%†

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

484 households (±105)

Lobelville, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Under $25k25%†119
$25k–50k29%†139
$50k–75k20%†95
$75k–100k10%†50
$100k–150k13%†62
$150k–200k1.7%†8
$200k or more2.3%†11

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

484 households (±105)

Lobelville, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Own67%324
Rent33%†160

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

152 households (±66)

Lobelville, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Under $75040%†61
$750–1,00039%†60
$1,000–1,5007.2%†11

Home values

324 homes (±89)

Lobelville, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Under $150k47%†153
$150k–250k21%†69
$250k–400k26%†83

Age of homes

544 homes (±100)

Lobelville, Tennessee
Tennessee share

2010 or later9.0%†49
2000–200918%†96
1980–199926%†142

Size of homes

544 homes (±100)

Lobelville, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Studio1.8%†10
1 bedroom7.4%†40
2 bedrooms28%†153

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

331 workers (±97)

Lobelville, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Drive alone66%†218
Carpool12%†41
Public transit0.0%0
Walk1.5%†5
Bike0.0%0
Work from home20%†67
Other0.0%0

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+17.7 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

264 workers (±88)

Lobelville, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Under 15 min10%†27
15–29 min29%†76
30–44 min19%†50

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 Perry County, the county holding most of Lobelville's residents.

Perry County has 115 employer establishments, 129 for every 10,000 residents (0.52× the US rate of 248; 0.61× Tennessee's), with 1,608 paid employees at an average annual pay of $40,386. The Census Bureau also counts 720 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 115; 720 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 129; US 248 · Tennessee 210
Paid employees: 1,608
Average annual pay: $40,386; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	8	9	0.43×Too few to compare	95	$50,695	18
Gasoline stations	8	9	2.76×Too few to compare	20	$16,500	—
Construction of buildings	5	5.6	0.74×Too few to compare	17	$38,588	69
Restaurants and other eating places	5	5.6	0.30×Too few to compare	66	$17,394	4
Specialty trade contractors	5	5.6	0.36×Too few to compare	11	$56,727	125
Fabricated metal product manufacturing	4	4.5	2.81×Too few to compare	58	$36,224	5
Lessors of real estate	4	4.5	0.36×Too few to compare	8	$27,125	31
Offices of physicians	4	4.5	0.69×Too few to compare	27	$30,630	—
Other specialty trade contractors	4	4.5	1.79×Too few to compare	10	$53,400	59
Religious organizations	4	4.5	0.81×Too few to compare	11	$18,000	—
Banks and credit unions	3	3.4	1.04×Too few to compare	33	$53,242	—
Building material and supplies dealers (hardware, home centers)	3	3.4	2.04×Too few to compare	78	$46,962	—

Rank places for an industry Open Perry County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 8,927 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

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

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

See federal money in Perry 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.

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

House

Matt Van EppsR-TN-7 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 0.0%

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.

Perry County15100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Perry County

Largest first.

Linden131,122

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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