Town · Grundy County, Tennessee

Tracy City, Tennessee

Tracy City is a town in Grundy County, Tennessee. It has 1,682 residents. Tracy City, Tennessee has a quality-of-life score of 8 out of 100 (very low), ranking #14,425 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Tennessee it ranks #279 of 305 cities and towns. It ranks best on public libraries (high), homicide rate (low) and grocery stores (high). It ranks worst on high school diploma or higher (low), drug overdose deaths (high) and average weekly wage (low).

8Very low

Quality-of-life score: #14,425 of 15,651 cities and towns
Tennessee: #279 of 305 in TN
Population: 1,682 (2020-2024)
Land area: 5 mi²
Density: 361.3 /mi²
FIPS code: 4774880

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 68 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.

Safety35#10,173/15,637
Economy1#15,401/15,631
Housing54#6,935/14,977
Health1#15,379/15,609
Healthcare3#15,247/15,650
Environment85#2,282/15,453
Education3#15,236/15,649
Infrastructure9#14,281/15,650
Community14#13,521/15,651
Leisure & amenities20#12,454/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Public libraries · high3.5 /10k
97/100Tennessee 0.4 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesGrundy County value
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100Tennessee 7.1 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataGrundy County value
Grocery stores · high2.8 /10k
93/100Tennessee 1.4 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsGrundy County value
Hot days · low4 days
87/100Tennessee 32 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationGrundy County value
Effective property tax rate · low0.59%
80/100Tennessee 0.52%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
High ozone days · low0 days
76/100Tennessee 2 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyGrundy County value

Weaknesses

High school diploma or higher · low70.0%
0/100Tennessee 90.1%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Drug overdose deaths · high78.8 /100k
0/100Tennessee 27.1 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataGrundy County value
Average weekly wage · low$751
0/100Tennessee $1,354United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsGrundy County value
Depression · high32.5%
2/100Tennessee 29.0%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Life expectancy · low70.1 yrs
3/100Tennessee 73.8 yrsUnited States 77.6 yrs2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteGrundy County value
Frequent mental distress · high22.9%
3/100Tennessee 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
1,561 (2015-2019) → 1,682 (2020-2024)
+7.8%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Average commute timeWorsening
26.1 min (2015-2019) → 49.8 min (2020-2024)
+90%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
64.7% (2015-2019) → 81.3% (2020-2024)
+17 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Child poverty rateWorsening
3.9% (2015-2019) → 19.6% (2020-2024)
+16 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
49.4% (2015-2019) → 62.8% (2020-2024)
+13 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Poverty rateWorsening
12.0% (2015-2019) → 24.2% (2020-2024)
+12 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%

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, Tracy City, Tennessee improved on 1 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 10 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+17 points64.7% → 81.3%

Declined2

High school+−11 points80.9% → 70.0%
Poverty+12 points12.0% → 24.2%

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Tracy City, Tennessee between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	26.1 min2015-2019	49.8 min2020-2024	+23.6 min	Within the margin of error	0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%2015-2019	11.6%2020-2024	−4.9 points	Within the margin of error	7%
Broadband subscriptions	64.7%2015-2019	81.3%2020-2024	+17 points	Improved	84%
Effective property tax rate	0.57%2015-2019	0.59%2020-2024	+0 points	Within the margin of error	14%
High school diploma or higher	80.9%2015-2019	70.0%2020-2024	−11 points	Declined	1%
Home price to income ratio	2.4×2015-2019	3.5×2020-2024	+1.1×	Within the margin of error	20%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4482015-2019	0.5352020-2024	+0.087	Within the margin of error	6%
Median household income	$43,1942015-2019	$39,4792020-2024	−8.6%	Within the margin of error	3%
Poverty rate	12.0%2015-2019	24.2%2020-2024	+12 points	Declined	2%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	29.7%2015-2019	32.9%2020-2024	+3.2 points	Within the margin of error	32%
Rent-burdened households	49.4%2015-2019	62.8%2020-2024	+13 points	Within the margin of error	17%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	14.8%2015-2019	10.9%2020-2024	−4 points	Within the margin of error	82%

“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 Tracy City, Tennessee five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Tracy City, 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, Tracy City, Tennessee itself moved −18.9 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

1,682 residents (±356)

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

573 households (±141)

Tracy City, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Under $25k35%†200
$25k–50k21%†121
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

573 households (±141)

Tracy City, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Own60%345
Rent40%†228

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.

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

472 workers (±135)

Tracy City, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Drive alone83%†393
Carpool13%†63
Public transit

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 Grundy County, the county holding most of Tracy City's residents.

Grundy County has 162 employer establishments, 116 for every 10,000 residents (0.47× the US rate of 248; 0.55× Tennessee's), with 1,228 paid employees at an average annual pay of $37,005. The Census Bureau also counts 1,201 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 162; 1,201 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 116; US 248 · Tennessee 210
Paid employees: 1,228
Average annual pay: $37,005; US $68,342

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

Gasoline stations	13	9.3	2.87×More than typical	71	$21,070	—
Religious organizations	13	9.3	1.68×More than typical	50	$29,960	—
General merchandise stores	9	6.4	3.65×Too few to compare	59	$22,390	4
Ambulatory health care services	8	5.7	0.28×Too few to compare	74	$35,959	38
Restaurants and other eating places	8	5.7	0.31×Too few to compare	60	$19,300	11
Truck transportation	7	5	0.99×Too few to compare	27	$54,185	44
Banks and credit unions	6	4.3	1.33×Too few to compare	52	$37,577	—
Lessors of real estate	6	4.3	0.35×Too few to compare	57	$31,474	45
Full-service restaurants	5	3.6	0.47×Too few to compare	30	$16,467	—
Specialty trade contractors	5	3.6	0.23×Too few to compare	7	$40,286	169
Grocery and convenience stores	4	2.9	0.97×Too few to compare	57	$36,088	7
Health and personal care stores	4	2.9	1.08×Too few to compare	15	$55,467	12

Rank places for an industry Open Grundy County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 13,954 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: Tracy City is mostly in Grundy County.

See federal money in Grundy 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.

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

House

Scott DesJarlaisR-TN-4 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 4.4%

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.

Grundy County12100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Grundy 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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