Census-designated place · Jefferson County, Tennessee

Strawberry Plains, Tennessee

Strawberry Plains is a census-designated place in Jefferson County, Tennessee, part of the Morristown, TN metro area. It has 2,669 residents. Strawberry Plains, Tennessee has a quality-of-life score of 30 out of 100 (low), ranking #10,927 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Tennessee it ranks #94 of 305 cities and towns. It ranks best on effective property tax rate (low), child care cost burden (low) and poverty rate (low). It ranks worst on depression (high), restaurants and bars (low) and drug overdose deaths (high).

30Low

Quality-of-life score: #10,927 of 15,651 cities and towns
Tennessee: #94 of 305 in TN
Population: 2,669 (2020-2024)
Land area: 4 mi²
Density: 637.4 /mi²
FIPS code: 4771500

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 74 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.

Safety45#8,526/15,637
Economy76#3,823/15,631
Housing94#941/14,977
Health9#14,282/15,609
Healthcare17#12,994/15,650
Environment78#3,474/15,453
Education10#14,114/15,649
Infrastructure37#9,906/15,650
Community14#13,516/15,651
Leisure & amenities2#15,355/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Strawberry Plains, Tennessee ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Jefferson 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 · low0.36%
95/100Tennessee 0.52%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Child care cost burden · low20.0%
94/100Tennessee 22.4%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteJefferson County value
Poverty rate · low3.0%
91/100Tennessee 13.3%United States 12.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001High uncertainty
Drinking water violations · low0
86/100Tennessee 0United States 02024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteJefferson County value
Unemployment rate · low1.8%
85/100Tennessee 3.5%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025High uncertainty
Home price to income ratio · low2.2×
85/100Tennessee 4.1×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077

Weaknesses

Depression · high31.6%
2/100Tennessee 29.0%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Restaurants and bars · low3.7 /10k
4/100Tennessee 7.7 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsJefferson County value
Drug overdose deaths · high36.3 /100k
5/100Tennessee 27.1 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataJefferson County value
Dentists · low23 /100k
6/100Tennessee 57 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteJefferson County value
Access to exercise opportunities · low41.9%
6/100Tennessee 67.9%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteJefferson County value
Frequent mental distress · high21.6%
7/100Tennessee 22.0%United States 18.6%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.

PopulationRising
1,919 (2016-2020) → 2,669 (2020-2024)
+39%4 yearsCensus table B01003US 331,578,104 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
0.0% (2016-2020) → 33.1% (2020-2024)
+33 pts4 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.1% → 51.1%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
71.1% (2016-2020) → 90.2% (2020-2024)
+19 pts4 yearsCensus table B28002US 85.2% → 91.0%
Median household incomeImproving
$39,538 (2016-2020) → $75,027 (2020-2024)
+90%4 yearsCensus table B19013US $67,340 → $81,604
Poverty rateImproving
8.7% (2016-2020) → 3.0% (2020-2024)
−5.7 pts4 yearsCensus table B17001US 11.9% → 12.1%
Home price to income ratioImproving
3.1× (2016-2020) → 2.2× (2020-2024)
−28%4 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×

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.

There is not enough history to compare Strawberry Plains, Tennessee over five years.

Cities and towns like Strawberry Plains, Tennessee five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Strawberry Plains, 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.

No place that looked like Strawberry Plains, Tennessee five years ago has more measures that improved than declined, with a higher standing among its peers today.

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

2,669 residents (±521)

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

949 households (±168)

Strawberry Plains, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Under $25k5.9%†56
$25k–50k20%†194
$50k–75k24%†224

Homes

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

Owners and renters

949 households (±168)

Strawberry Plains, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Own72%683
Rent28%†266

† 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

1,284 workers (±276)

Strawberry Plains, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Drive alone81%1,036
Carpool10%†132
Public transit0.0%0

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 Morristown, 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 Jefferson County, the county holding most of Strawberry Plains's residents.

Jefferson County has 771 employer establishments, 133 for every 10,000 residents (0.54× the US rate of 248; 0.64× Tennessee's), with 11,709 paid employees at an average annual pay of $46,817. The Census Bureau also counts 4,424 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 771; 4,424 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 133; US 248 · Tennessee 210
Paid employees: 11,709
Average annual pay: $46,817; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	65	11.2	0.61×Fewer than typical	1,272	$18,005	16
Ambulatory health care services	62	10.7	0.51×Fewer than typical	554	$53,525	127
Specialty trade contractors	60	10.4	0.67×Fewer than typical	303	$46,399	430
Religious organizations	51	8.8	1.59×More than typical	405	$24,733	—
Limited-service restaurants	32	5.5	0.69×Fewer than typical	827	$16,180	8
Gasoline stations	31	5.4	1.65×More than typical	336	$30,310	—
Full-service restaurants	28	4.8	0.63×Fewer than typical	426	$21,812	6
Services to buildings and dwellings	28	4.8	0.72×Fewer than typical	215	$42,851	457
Construction of buildings	25	4.3	0.57×Fewer than typical	155	$50,581	234
Truck transportation	25	4.3	0.85×About typical	1,196	$79,410	101
Building equipment contractors	23	4	0.66×Fewer than typical	115	$46,643	98
Lessors of real estate	22	3.8	0.31×Fewer than typical	39	$35,872	389

Rank places for an industry Open Jefferson County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 57,849 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: Strawberry Plains is mostly in Jefferson County.

See federal money in Jefferson 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.

Strawberry Plains, Tennessee is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

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County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Jefferson County31100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Morristown, TN20

Other cities and towns in Jefferson 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
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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