City · Hardin County, Tennessee

Savannah, Tennessee

Savannah is a city in Hardin County, Tennessee. It has 7,412 residents. Savannah, Tennessee has a quality-of-life score of 9 out of 100 (very low), ranking #14,313 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Tennessee it ranks #274 of 305 cities and towns. It ranks best on effective property tax rate (low), pharmacies (high) and drinking water violations (low). It ranks worst on suicide rate (high), depression (high) and frequent mental distress (high).

9Very low

Quality-of-life score: #14,313 of 15,651 cities and towns
Tennessee: #274 of 305 in TN
Population: 7,412 (2020-2024)
Land area: 7 mi²
Density: 1,086.6 /mi²
FIPS code: 4766720

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 73 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.

Safety10#14,123/15,637
Economy5#14,849/15,631
Housing55#6,726/14,977
Health2#15,354/15,609
Healthcare11#13,877/15,650
Environment64#5,627/15,453
Education8#14,366/15,649
Infrastructure26#11,557/15,650
Community8#14,367/15,651
Leisure & amenities50#7,812/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Effective property tax rate · low0.28%
98/100Tennessee 0.52%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Pharmacies · high2.9 /10k
95/100Tennessee 1.9 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsHardin County value
Drinking water violations · low0
86/100Tennessee 0United States 02024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHardin County value
Restaurants and bars · high11.1 /10k
82/100Tennessee 7.7 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsHardin County value
Preventable hospital stays · low2,266 /100k
76/100Tennessee 2,914 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHardin County value
New homes permitted · high4.9 /1k
76/100Tennessee 5.7 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data

Weaknesses

Suicide rate · high40.4 /100k
1/100Tennessee 18.0 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataHardin County value
Depression · high33.2%
1/100Tennessee 29.0%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Frequent mental distress · high24.2%
1/100Tennessee 22.0%United States 18.6%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
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 AdministrationHardin County value
Poverty rate · high29.8%
4/100Tennessee 13.3%United States 12.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001

Trends

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

PopulationRising
6,947 (2015-2019) → 7,412 (2020-2024)
+6.7%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
New homes permittedImproving
1.7 /1k (2021) → 4.9 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+190%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
73.3% (2015-2019) → 92.2% (2020-2024)
+19 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Child poverty rateImproving
45.8% (2015-2019) → 27.9% (2020-2024)
−18 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
41.0% (2015-2019) → 57.5% (2020-2024)
+16 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Average commute timeWorsening
16.3 min (2015-2019) → 24.3 min (2020-2024)
+49%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min

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, Savannah, Tennessee improved on 2 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 9 moved within the margin of error and 1 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

Child poverty−18 points45.8% → 27.9%
Broadband+19 points73.3% → 92.2%

Declined1

Commute+8.0 min16.3 min → 24.3 min

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Savannah, Tennessee between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	16.3 min2015-2019	24.3 min2020-2024	+8.0 min	Declined	4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.1%2015-2019	12.6%2020-2024	+1.5 points	Within the margin of error	38%
Broadband subscriptions	73.3%2015-2019	92.2%2020-2024	+19 points	Improved	88%
Child poverty rate	45.8%2015-2019	27.9%2020-2024	−18 points	Improved	92%
Effective property tax rate	0.52%2015-2019	0.28%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Little change	67%
High school diploma or higher	81.9%2015-2019	82.9%2020-2024	+1 points	Within the margin of error	47%
Home price to income ratio	3.1×2015-2019	4.0×2020-2024	+0.9×	Within the margin of error	26%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.5052015-2019	0.5172020-2024	+0.012	Within the margin of error	40%
Median household income	$36,7582015-2019	$39,7122020-2024	+8%	Within the margin of error	15%
Poverty rate	33.4%2015-2019	29.8%2020-2024	−3.6 points	Within the margin of error	73%
Rent as share of income	27.2%2015-2019	32.4%2020-2024	+5.2 points	Within the margin of error	22%
Rent-burdened households	41.0%2015-2019	57.5%2020-2024	+16 points	Within the margin of error	12%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	16.8%2015-2019	16.1%2020-2024	−0.7 points	Within the margin of error	55%

“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 Savannah, Tennessee five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Savannah, 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, Savannah, Tennessee itself moved −9.6 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

7,412 residents (±21)

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

2,765 households (±245)

Savannah, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Under $25k35%981
$25k–50k26%730
$50k–75k14%†378

Homes

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

Owners and renters

2,765 households (±245)

Savannah, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Own51%1,414
Rent49%1,351

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

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

2,604 workers (±297)

Savannah, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Drive alone82%2,144
Carpool11%†290
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 Hardin County, the county holding most of Savannah's residents.

Hardin County has 535 employer establishments, 195 for every 10,000 residents (0.79× the US rate of 248; 0.93× Tennessee's), with 7,802 paid employees at an average annual pay of $44,682. The Census Bureau also counts 1,992 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 535; 1,992 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 195; US 248 · Tennessee 210
Paid employees: 7,802
Average annual pay: $44,682; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	65	23.7	1.29×More than typical	947	$16,675	22
Ambulatory health care services	47	17.1	0.82×About typical	470	$53,219	58
Full-service restaurants	32	11.7	1.52×More than typical	413	$17,499	12
Religious organizations	29	10.6	1.91×More than typical	176	$20,716	—
Gasoline stations	21	7.7	2.36×More than typical	119	$24,571	4
Limited-service restaurants	21	7.7	0.95×About typical	499	$16,373	7
Specialty trade contractors	21	7.7	0.49×Fewer than typical	315	$43,359	219
Lessors of real estate	19	6.9	0.56×Fewer than typical	38	$42,105	157
Automotive repair and maintenance	15	5.5	1.09×About typical	50	$27,680	36
Outpatient care centers	14	5.1	2.77×More than typical	205	$59,429	—
Construction of buildings	13	4.7	0.63×Fewer than typical	43	$30,814	99
Offices of other health practitioners	13	4.7	0.78×Fewer than typical	75	$42,067	15

Rank places for an industry Open Hardin County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 27,433 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 $4,651 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Savannah, Tennessee: $0.63 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $4,651; −95% vs FY2025
Per resident: $0.63; US $1,994
Sole-source: 46%; 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

Defense Logistics Agency$2,53554%
Department of Veterans Affairs$2,11746%

Top recipients

STERLING MEDICAL ASSOCIATES, INC$2,11746%
FBC ENTERPRISES LLC$1,68436%
2LYONS AEROSPACE LLC$85018%

Spending by fiscal year

63.1FY2017
12.9KFY2018
27.5KFY2019
5.1KFY2020
7.8KFY2021
2.6KFY2022
64.4KFY2023
59.7KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Motor vehicle parts manufacturing · 3363$2,53554%
Outpatient care centers · 6214$2,11746%

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

Savannah, Tennessee's figures are part of those of Hardin County, TN ($476K in FY2026), never added to them: 1.0% of that total.

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

See federal money in Hardin 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.

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

House

David KustoffR-TN-8 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 0.7%

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.

Hardin County15100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Hardin 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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