Town · Scott County, Tennessee

Oneida, Tennessee

Oneida is a town in Scott County, Tennessee. It has 3,819 residents. Oneida, Tennessee has a quality-of-life score of 13 out of 100 (very low), ranking #13,543 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Tennessee it ranks #230 of 305 cities and towns. It ranks best on pharmacies (high), property crime rate (low) and effective property tax rate (low). It ranks worst on depression (high), frequent mental distress (high) and preventable hospital stays (high).

13Very low

Quality-of-life score: #13,543 of 15,651 cities and towns
Tennessee: #230 of 305 in TN
Population: 3,819 (2020-2024)
Land area: 9 mi²
Density: 406.9 /mi²
FIPS code: 4755860

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.

Safety42#9,015/15,637
Economy3#15,209/15,631
Housing51#7,301/14,977
Health1#15,419/15,609
Healthcare10#14,039/15,650
Environment97#421/15,453
Education31#10,806/15,649
Infrastructure14#13,406/15,650
Community9#14,270/15,651
Leisure & amenities10#14,033/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Oneida, Tennessee ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Scott 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 · high4.0 /10k
99/100Tennessee 1.9 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsScott County value
Property crime rate · low520 /100k
88/100Tennessee 1,637 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationScott County value
Effective property tax rate · low0.51%
86/100Tennessee 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 InstituteScott County value
Hot days · low5 days
85/100Tennessee 32 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationScott County value
Public libraries · high1.3 /10k
83/100Tennessee 0.4 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesScott County value

Weaknesses

Depression · high33.8%
1/100Tennessee 29.0%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Frequent mental distress · high24.0%
1/100Tennessee 22.0%United States 18.6%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Preventable hospital stays · high5,176 /100k
1/100Tennessee 2,914 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteScott County value
Average weekly wage · low$839
2/100Tennessee $1,354United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsScott County value
Adult smoking · high25.1%
2/100Tennessee 21.0%United States 16.1%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Dental care shortage · high19.0
3/100Tennessee 9.8United States 5.7Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationScott County value

Trends

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

Broadband subscriptionsImproving
69.2% (2015-2019) → 89.7% (2020-2024)
+20 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Median household incomeImproving
$24,136 (2015-2019) → $48,622 (2020-2024)
+101%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
New homes permittedWorsening
2.1 /1k (2021) → 0.0 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Poverty rateImproving
38.1% (2015-2019) → 28.1% (2020-2024)
−10 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Unemployment rateImproving
12.9% (2015-2019) → 5.3% (2020-2024)
−7.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
58.1% (2015-2019) → 52.2% (2020-2024)
−5.9 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, Oneida, Tennessee improved on 2 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 12 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.

Improved2

Household income+101%$24,136 → $48,622
Broadband+20 points69.2% → 89.7%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Oneida, Tennessee between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	27.9 min2015-2019	25.0 min2020-2024	−2.9 min	Within the margin of error	78%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.5%2015-2019	15.2%2020-2024	−3.3 points	Within the margin of error	11%
Broadband subscriptions	69.2%2015-2019	89.7%2020-2024	+20 points	Improved	91%
Child poverty rate	43.2%2015-2019	46.1%2020-2024	+2.9 points	Within the margin of error	27%
Effective property tax rate	0.90%2015-2019	0.51%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Within the margin of error	83%
High school diploma or higher	78.5%2015-2019	83.3%2020-2024	+4.8 points	Within the margin of error	81%
Home price to income ratio	4.6×2015-2019	3.5×2020-2024	−1.1×	Within the margin of error	98%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.5292015-2019	0.5372020-2024	+0.008	Within the margin of error	43%
Median household income	$24,1362015-2019	$48,6222020-2024	+101%	Improved	98%
Poverty rate	38.1%2015-2019	28.1%2020-2024	−10 points	Within the margin of error	93%
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	35.6%2020-2024	+3.9 points	Within the margin of error	27%
Rent-burdened households	58.1%2015-2019	52.2%2020-2024	−5.9 points	Within the margin of error	74%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	13.0%2015-2019	12.2%2020-2024	−0.7 points	Within the margin of error	56%

“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 Oneida, Tennessee five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Oneida, 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, Oneida, Tennessee itself moved +10.8 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

3,819 residents (±17)

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

1,411 households (±114)

Oneida, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Under $25k28%†389
$25k–50k24%†338
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

1,411 households (±114)

Oneida, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Own65%915
Rent35%†496

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+17.9 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

1,498 workers (±211)

Oneida, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Drive alone76%1,134
Carpool16%†247
Public transit0.0%0

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 Scott County, the county holding most of Oneida's residents.

Scott County has 351 employer establishments, 158 for every 10,000 residents (0.64× the US rate of 248; 0.75× Tennessee's), with 4,173 paid employees at an average annual pay of $37,589. The Census Bureau also counts 1,629 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 351; 1,629 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 158; US 248 · Tennessee 210
Paid employees: 4,173
Average annual pay: $37,589; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	40	18	0.86×About typical	526	$46,376	47
Restaurants and other eating places	27	12.1	0.66×Fewer than typical	506	$14,654	11
Specialty trade contractors	20	9	0.58×Fewer than typical	213	$58,385	178
Limited-service restaurants	18	8.1	1.01×About typical	385	$14,405	7
Gasoline stations	16	7.2	2.22×More than typical	86	$20,500	—
Automotive repair and maintenance	13	5.8	1.16×About typical	47	$49,447	45
Truck transportation	13	5.8	1.16×About typical	53	$39,264	152
Religious organizations	12	5.4	0.97×About typical	36	$22,139	—
Health and personal care stores	11	4.9	1.86×More than typical	102	$37,343	13
Outpatient care centers	11	4.9	2.69×More than typical	151	$47,954	—
Fabricated metal product manufacturing	9	4	2.53×Too few to compare	86	$46,860	7
Medical and diagnostic laboratories	9	4	5.77×Too few to compare	47	$50,851	—

Rank places for an industry Open Scott County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 22,253 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 $57.3K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Oneida, Tennessee: $15.00 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $57.3K; +64% vs FY2025
Per resident: $15.00; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 4.0%; 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

National Park Service$57.3K100%

Top recipients

CARMILL INCORPORATED$30.8K54%
PANNIER CORPORATION$10.7K19%
PREFERRED SANDBLASTING & PAINTING, LLC$6,48011%
FEDERAL CONTRACTS LLC$6,31411%
AJCE CORPORATION$4,4857.8%
GOVLINK LLC$3,2895.7%
STERILECO LLC$1,3192.3%
WILLIAMSON LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE, LLC-$2,6750.0%

Spending by fiscal year

20.6KFY2017
8.6KFY2018
79.5KFY2019
30.4KFY2020
43.8KFY2021
17KFY2022
34.5KFY2023
32.5KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Other specialty trade contractors · 2389$30.8K54%
Other miscellaneous manufacturing · 3399$10.7K19%
Utility system construction · 2371$6,48011%
Motor vehicle manufacturing · 3361$6,31411%
Services to buildings and dwellings · 5617$4,4857.8%
Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying · 2123

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

Oneida, Tennessee's figures are part of those of Scott County, TN ($1.8M in FY2026), never added to them: 3.2% of that total.

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

See federal money in Scott 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.

Oneida, 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.

Scott County16100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Scott 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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