City · Coffee County, Tennessee

Tullahoma, Tennessee

Tullahoma is a city in Coffee County, Tennessee, part of the Tullahoma-Manchester, TN metro area. It has 21,103 residents. Tullahoma, Tennessee has a quality-of-life score of 26 out of 100 (low), ranking #11,601 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Tennessee it ranks #122 of 305 cities and towns. It ranks best on child care cost burden (low), homicide rate (low) and new homes permitted (high). It ranks worst on depression (high), distance to an Amtrak station (high) and frequent mental distress (high).

26Low

Quality-of-life score: #11,601 of 15,651 cities and towns
Tennessee: #122 of 305 in TN
Population: 21,103 (2020-2024)
Land area: 23 mi²
Density: 900.3 /mi²
FIPS code: 4775320

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.

Safety37#9,899/15,637
Economy35#10,223/15,631
Housing65#5,206/14,977
Health4#14,967/15,609
Healthcare31#10,758/15,650
Environment85#2,363/15,453
Education30#10,977/15,649
Infrastructure21#12,408/15,650
Community15#13,367/15,651
Leisure & amenities41#9,158/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Child care cost burden · low19.3%
96/100Tennessee 22.4%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCoffee County value
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100Tennessee 7.1 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataCoffee County value
New homes permitted · high10.7 /1k
89/100Tennessee 5.7 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data
Drinking water violations · low0
86/100Tennessee 0United States 02024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCoffee County value
Average commute time · low20.2 min
83/100Tennessee 25.7 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Distance to an emergency room · low4.0 mi
79/100Tennessee 6.2 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesCoffee County value

Weaknesses

Depression · high31.0%
3/100Tennessee 29.0%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Distance to an Amtrak station · high126 mi
7/100Tennessee 93 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauCoffee County value
Frequent mental distress · high21.4%
9/100Tennessee 22.0%United States 18.6%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Suicide rate · high24.7 /100k
9/100Tennessee 18.0 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataCoffee County value
Life expectancy · low72.4 yrs
9/100Tennessee 73.8 yrsUnited States 77.6 yrs2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCoffee County value
Premature death · high12,507 /100k
11/100Tennessee 11,427 /100kUnited States 8,123 /100k2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCoffee County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
19,852 (2015-2019) → 21,103 (2020-2024)
+6.3%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
New homes permittedImproving
3.2 /1k (2021) → 10.7 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+239%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
72.6% (2015-2019) → 84.7% (2020-2024)
+12 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Child poverty rateImproving
28.4% (2015-2019) → 19.6% (2020-2024)
−8.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
3.0× (2015-2019) → 4.1× (2020-2024)
+38%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Median household incomeImproving
$48,770 (2015-2019) → $60,979 (2020-2024)
+25%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604

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, Tullahoma, Tennessee improved on 4 of 15 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 8 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.

Improved4

Inequality−0.0560.464 → 0.408
Child poverty−8.7 points28.4% → 19.6%
Broadband+12 points72.6% → 84.7%
Household income+25%$48,770 → $60,979

Declined2

Uninsured+3.9 points8.0% → 12.0%
Price / income+1.1×3.0× → 4.1×

All 15 measures

Change of every measure of Tullahoma, Tennessee between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	20.2 min2015-2019	20.2 min2020-2024	+0.0 min	Within the margin of error	47%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.1%2015-2019	26.7%2020-2024	+1.5 points	Within the margin of error	39%
Broadband subscriptions	72.6%2015-2019	84.7%2020-2024	+12 points	Improved	69%
Child poverty rate	28.4%2015-2019	19.6%2020-2024	−8.7 points	Improved	79%
Effective property tax rate	1.04%2015-2019	0.75%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Little change	73%
High school diploma or higher	86.7%2015-2019	90.5%2020-2024	+3.9 points	Within the margin of error	75%
Home price to income ratio	3.0×2015-2019	4.1×2020-2024	+1.1×	Declined	18%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4642015-2019	0.4082020-2024	−0.056	Improved	86%
Median household income	$48,7702015-2019	$60,9792020-2024	+25%	Improved	44%
Poverty rate	18.3%2015-2019	18.0%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	47%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	27.9%2015-2019	28.6%2020-2024	+0.7 points	Within the margin of error	49%
Rent-burdened households	43.5%2015-2019	47.4%2020-2024	+3.9 points	Within the margin of error	41%
Unemployment rate	4.4%2015-2019	3.2%2020-2024	−1.1 points	Within the margin of error	71%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	8.0%2015-2019	12.0%2020-2024	+3.9 points	Declined	14%

“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 Tullahoma, Tennessee five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Tullahoma, 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, Tullahoma, Tennessee itself moved +2.6 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

21,103 residents (±509)

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

8,472 households (±399)

Tullahoma, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Under $25k19%1,640
$25k–50k22%1,825
$50k–75k21%1,764

Homes

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

Owners and renters

8,472 households (±399)

Tullahoma, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Own64%5,455
Rent36%3,017

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

Table view

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

9,109 workers (±574)

Tullahoma, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Drive alone83%7,590
Carpool7.3%†663
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 Tullahoma-Manchester, 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 Coffee County, the county holding most of Tullahoma's residents.

Coffee County has 1,308 employer establishments, 216 for every 10,000 residents (0.87× the US rate of 248; 1.03× Tennessee's), with 21,060 paid employees at an average annual pay of $49,726. The Census Bureau also counts 4,436 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,308; 4,436 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 216; US 248 · Tennessee 210
Paid employees: 21,060
Average annual pay: $49,726; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	144	23.8	1.14×About typical	1,318	$58,241	136
Restaurants and other eating places	116	19.2	1.04×About typical	2,229	$20,561	25
Specialty trade contractors	78	12.9	0.83×About typical	502	$62,245	440
Offices of physicians	54	8.9	1.38×More than typical	439	$71,986	30
Religious organizations	54	8.9	1.61×More than typical	278	$21,076	—
Limited-service restaurants	52	8.6	1.07×About typical	1,198	$19,156	11
Full-service restaurants	47	7.8	1.01×About typical	899	$22,448	12
Gasoline stations	43	7.1	2.19×More than typical	335	$27,149	5
Automotive repair and maintenance	35	5.8	1.15×About typical	131	$48,695	86
Construction of buildings	31	5.1	0.68×Fewer than typical	173	$53,064	268
Offices of other health practitioners	31	5.1	0.84×About typical	180	$34,872	52
Building equipment contractors	28	4.6	0.77×Fewer than typical	240	$74,529	61

Rank places for an industry Open Coffee County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 60,562 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 $49.3M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Tullahoma, Tennessee: $2,338 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $49.3M; +41% vs FY2025
Per resident: $2,338; US $1,994
Sole-source: 3.8%; US 30%
Single offer: 1.9%; 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

Department of the Air Force$45.2M92%
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$1.3M2.7%
Department of the Army$1M2.1%
Department of the Navy$886.5K1.8%
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources$680.1K1.4%
Departmental Offices$124.3K0.3%
Public Buildings Service$85.1K0.2%

Top recipients

AMENTUM TECHNOLOGY, INC.$43.4M88%
AMENTUM TECHNOLOGY, INC.$3M6.0%
PERIKIN ENTERPRISES LLC$1.1M2.2%
SUSTAINMENT & RESTORATION SERVICES, LLC$791K1.6%
SYSTEMS INTEGRATION/MODELING & SIMULATION, INC.$434.9K0.9%

Spending by fiscal year

12.8MFY2017
11.7MFY2018
8.6MFY2019
18.5MFY2020
37MFY2021
60.8MFY2022
66.9MFY2023
72.6M

Top industries (NAICS)

Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$40.5M82%
Scientific research and development services · 5417$4M8.0%
Industrial machinery manufacturing · 3332$1.5M3.1%
Facilities support services · 5612$1.4M2.9%
Remediation and other waste management services · 5629$809.1K1.6%
Computer systems design and related services · 5415

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

Tullahoma, Tennessee's figures are part of those of Coffee County, TN and Franklin County, TN ($629.4M in FY2026), never added to them: 7.8% of that total.

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

See federal money in Coffee 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.

Tullahoma, 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.

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Tullahoma-Manchester, TN28

Other cities and towns in Coffee 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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