Scores by category

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

Safety48#8,195/15,637
Economy10#14,139/15,631
Housing58#6,249/14,977
Health2#15,302/15,609
Healthcare9#14,252/15,650
Environment63#5,707/15,453
Education2#15,393/15,649
Infrastructure6#14,641/15,650
Community4#14,991/15,651
Leisure & amenities1#15,532/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

New homes permitted · high29.3 /1k
98/100Tennessee 5.7 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data
Child care cost burden · low19.5%
96/100Tennessee 22.4%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteUnion County value
Effective property tax rate · low0.37%
95/100Tennessee 0.52%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Drinking water violations · low0
86/100Tennessee 0United States 02024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteUnion County value
Pharmacies · high2.3 /10k
85/100Tennessee 1.9 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsUnion County value
High ozone days · low0 days
76/100Tennessee 2 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyUnion County value

Weaknesses

Access to exercise opportunities · low9.8%
1/100Tennessee 67.9%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteUnion County value
Restaurants and bars · low2.3 /10k
1/100Tennessee 7.7 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsUnion County value
Grocery stores · low0.5 /10k
1/100Tennessee 1.4 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsUnion County value
Math scores · low2.30
1/100Tennessee 2.99United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteUnion County value
Depression · high32.1%
2/100Tennessee 29.0%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Social associations · low3.4 /10k
2/100Tennessee 11.0 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteUnion County value

Trends

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

New homes permittedImproving
6.3 /1k (2021) → 29.3 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+365%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
43.5% (2015-2019) → 59.5% (2020-2024)
+16 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.6× (2015-2019) → 4.5× (2020-2024)
+73%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
68.2% (2015-2019) → 79.5% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
15.6% (2015-2019) → 9.7% (2020-2024)
−5.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
26.1% (2015-2019) → 31.8% (2020-2024)
+5.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%

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, Maynardville, Tennessee improved on 1 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 11 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+11 points68.2% → 79.5%

Declined1

Price / income+1.9×2.6× → 4.5×

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Maynardville, Tennessee between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	31.0 min2015-2019	33.7 min2020-2024	+2.7 min	Within the margin of error	22%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.5%2015-2019	6.8%2020-2024	−2.7 points	Within the margin of error	13%
Broadband subscriptions	68.2%2015-2019	79.5%2020-2024	+11 points	Improved	66%
Child poverty rate	25.6%2015-2019	25.7%2020-2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	38%
Effective property tax rate	0.43%2015-2019	0.37%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	27%
High school diploma or higher	79.3%2015-2019	74.6%2020-2024	−4.6 points	Within the margin of error	6%
Home price to income ratio	2.6×2015-2019	4.5×2020-2024	+1.9×	Declined	5%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4612015-2019	0.3982020-2024	−0.063	Within the margin of error	89%
Median household income	$41,4352015-2019	$46,1062020-2024	+11%	Within the margin of error	18%
Poverty rate	25.3%2015-2019	21.7%2020-2024	−3.6 points	Within the margin of error	73%
Rent as share of income	26.1%2015-2019	31.8%2020-2024	+5.7 points	Within the margin of error	20%
Rent-burdened households	43.5%2015-2019	59.5%2020-2024	+16 points	Within the margin of error	13%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	15.6%2015-2019	9.7%2020-2024	−5.9 points	Within the margin of error	89%

“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 Maynardville, Tennessee five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Maynardville, 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, Maynardville, Tennessee itself moved −10.7 points in standing on average over the same 10 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

2,528 residents (±15)

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 (+5.3 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

2,528 residents (±15)

Maynardville, Tennessee
Tennessee share

White94%2,365
Black1.6%†41
Hispanic or Latino0.5%†13
Asian0.4%†11
American Indian and Alaska Native0.0%0
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%0
Other or two or more races3.9%†98

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Other or two or more races (+3.4 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 B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

1,680 residents (±107)

Maynardville, Tennessee
Tennessee share

No high school diploma25%†426
High school or GED37%620
Some college18%†307
Associate degree13%†213
Bachelor's degree4.8%†80
Graduate degree2.0%†34

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Associate degree (+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 B15003View 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.

Income

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

Household income

1,020 households (±128)

Maynardville, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Under $25k21%†217
$25k–50k38%384
$50k–75k16%†166
$75k–100k16%†166
$100k–150k6.6%†67
$150k–200k0.0%0
$200k or more2.0%†20

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $150k–200k (−4.1 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 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

1,020 households (±128)

Maynardville, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Own60%616
Rent40%404

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

Table view

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

Rent paid

365 households (±106)

Maynardville, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Under $75037%†136
$750–1,00037%†136
$1,000–1,50025%†93

Home values

616 homes (±104)

Maynardville, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Under $150k26%†162
$150k–250k36%†221
$250k–400k30%†185

Age of homes

1,184 homes (±148)

Maynardville, Tennessee
Tennessee share

2010 or later12%†146
2000–200926%†306
1980–199939%464

Size of homes

1,184 homes (±148)

Maynardville, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom13%†159
2 bedrooms24%†286

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

895 workers (±129)

Maynardville, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Drive alone71%635
Carpool10%†90
Public transit0.2%†2
Walk0.8%†7
Bike0.0%0
Work from home18%†161
Other0.0%0

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+16.2 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

734 workers (±144)

Maynardville, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Under 15 min28%†208
15–29 min13%†95
30–44 min16%†118

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 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 Union County, the county holding most of Maynardville's residents.

Union County has 228 employer establishments, 110 for every 10,000 residents (0.44× the US rate of 248; 0.52× Tennessee's), with 1,971 paid employees at an average annual pay of $40,712. The Census Bureau also counts 1,564 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 228; 1,564 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 110; US 248 · Tennessee 210
Paid employees: 1,971
Average annual pay: $40,712; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	25	12	0.78×Fewer than typical	136	$39,522	297
Restaurants and other eating places	19	9.2	0.50×Fewer than typical	232	$15,517	—
Ambulatory health care services	12	5.8	0.28×Fewer than typical	72	$47,014	26
Gasoline stations	11	5.3	1.63×More than typical	97	$26,268	—
Services to buildings and dwellings	11	5.3	0.79×Fewer than typical	31	$31,258	186
Building equipment contractors	10	4.8	0.80×About typical	87	$37,678	42
Limited-service restaurants	9	4.3	0.54×Too few to compare	174	$15,328	—
Landscaping services	8	3.9	1.10×Too few to compare	28	$29,393	62
Automotive repair and maintenance	7	3.4	0.67×Too few to compare	11	$55,182	46
Full-service restaurants	7	3.4	0.44×Too few to compare	46	$18,522	—
Religious organizations	7	3.4	0.61×Too few to compare	13	$13,231	—
Truck transportation	7	3.4	0.67×Too few to compare	20	$45,450	47

Rank places for an industry Open Union County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 20,760 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 $86.8K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Maynardville, Tennessee: $34.35 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $86.8K; +20% vs FY2025
Per resident: $34.35; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 8.7%; 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

Federal Acquisition Service$86.8K100%

Top recipients

MPC INDUSTRIES, INC.$86.8K100%

Spending by fiscal year

52.6KFY2017
73.3KFY2018
53.1KFY2019
51.3KFY2020
30.4KFY2021
13.3KFY2022
55.1KFY2023
59.2K

Top industries (NAICS)

Plastics product manufacturing · 3261$66.9K77%
Cutlery and handtool manufacturing · 3322$20K23%

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

Maynardville, Tennessee's figures are part of those of Union County, TN ($1.3M in FY2026), never added to them: 6.8% of that total.

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

See federal money in Union 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.

Maynardville, 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.

Union County9100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Knoxville, TN52

Other cities and towns in Union 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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