City · Humphreys County, Tennessee

Waverly, Tennessee

Waverly is a city in Humphreys County, Tennessee. It has 4,302 residents. Waverly, Tennessee has a quality-of-life score of 12 out of 100 (very low), ranking #13,709 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Tennessee it ranks #245 of 305 cities and towns. It ranks best on child care cost burden (low), pharmacies (high) and property crime rate (low). It ranks worst on depression (high), frequent mental distress (high) and unemployment rate (high).

12Very low

Quality-of-life score: #13,709 of 15,651 cities and towns
Tennessee: #245 of 305 in TN
Population: 4,302 (2020-2024)
Land area: 9 mi²
Density: 491.6 /mi²
FIPS code: 4778560

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.

Safety17#12,960/15,637
Economy16#13,058/15,631
Housing62#5,668/14,977
Health2#15,298/15,609
Healthcare8#14,416/15,650
Environment65#5,355/15,453
Education39#9,493/15,649
Infrastructure4#15,023/15,650
Community23#12,027/15,651
Leisure & amenities28#11,218/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Waverly, Tennessee ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Humphreys 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 · low19.9%
95/100Tennessee 22.4%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHumphreys County value
Pharmacies · high2.5 /10k
91/100Tennessee 1.9 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsHumphreys County value
Property crime rate · low549 /100k
87/100Tennessee 1,637 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationHumphreys County value
Drinking water violations · low0
86/100Tennessee 0United States 02024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHumphreys County value
Effective property tax rate · low0.53%
85/100Tennessee 0.52%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Time spent in the emergency room · low127 min
83/100Tennessee 168 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesHumphreys County value

Weaknesses

Depression · high32.1%
2/100Tennessee 29.0%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Frequent mental distress · high22.7%
3/100Tennessee 22.0%United States 18.6%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Unemployment rate · high14.1%
3/100Tennessee 3.5%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025High uncertainty
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.0 /10k
4/100Tennessee 1.2 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsHumphreys County value
Injury deaths · high142 /100k
5/100Tennessee 122 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHumphreys County value
Primary care physicians · low21 /100k
5/100Tennessee 69 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHumphreys County value

Trends

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

New homes permittedImproving
2.1 /1k (2021) → 5.6 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+163%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Child poverty rateWorsening
13.1% (2015-2019) → 27.6% (2020-2024)
+15 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Worsening
12.4% (2015-2019) → 20.0% (2020-2024)
+7.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.9× (2015-2019) → 3.9× (2020-2024)
+37%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
78.2% (2015-2019) → 82.6% (2020-2024)
+4.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
High school diploma or higherImproving
85.6% (2015-2019) → 88.4% (2020-2024)
+2.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%

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, Waverly, Tennessee improved on 0 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 13 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.

Improved0

No measure improved by more than its margin of error.

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Waverly, Tennessee between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	33.9 min2015-2019	37.6 min2020-2024	+3.7 min	Within the margin of error	16%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%2015-2019	16.3%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	26%
Broadband subscriptions	78.2%2015-2019	82.6%2020-2024	+4.4 points	Within the margin of error	28%
Effective property tax rate	0.69%2015-2019	0.53%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	49%
High school diploma or higher	85.6%2015-2019	88.4%2020-2024	+2.8 points	Within the margin of error	67%
Home price to income ratio	2.9×2015-2019	3.9×2020-2024	+1.1×	Within the margin of error	20%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4502015-2019	0.4392020-2024	−0.011	Within the margin of error	60%
Median household income	$40,1222015-2019	$43,7732020-2024	+9.1%	Within the margin of error	16%
Poverty rate	16.0%2015-2019	16.2%2020-2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	41%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	33.5%2015-2019	31.8%2020-2024	−1.7 points	Within the margin of error	67%
Rent-burdened households	56.1%2015-2019	53.9%2020-2024	−2.1 points	Within the margin of error	64%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	12.4%2015-2019	20.0%2020-2024	+7.6 points	Within the margin of error	5%

“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 Waverly, Tennessee five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Waverly, 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, Waverly, Tennessee itself moved −2.2 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

4,302 residents (±12)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 10–19 women (−4.1 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

4,302 residents (±12)

Waverly, Tennessee
Tennessee share

White93%3,981
Black1.7%†75
Hispanic or Latino0.3%†11

Education

3,553 residents (±269)

Waverly, Tennessee
Tennessee share

No high school diploma12%†413
High school or GED40%1,429
Some college20%†724

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

2,105 households (±232)

Waverly, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Under $25k20%†426
$25k–50k36%†768
$50k–75k18%†380
$75k–100k9.8%†206
$100k–150k10%†213
$150k–200k0.6%†13
$200k or more4.7%†99

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.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

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

Owners and renters

2,105 households (±232)

Waverly, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Own69%1,457
Rent31%†648

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.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

519 households (±199)

Waverly, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Under $75040%†209
$750–1,00031%†163
$1,000–1,50022%†112

Home values

1,457 homes (±262)

Waverly, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Under $150k42%†613
$150k–250k37%†545
$250k–400k13%†189

Age of homes

2,365 homes (±277)

Waverly, Tennessee
Tennessee share

2010 or later2.1%†49
2000–20097.9%†187
1980–199916%†376

Size of homes

2,365 homes (±277)

Waverly, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom9.0%†214
2 bedrooms49%1,161

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

1,776 workers (±378)

Waverly, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Drive alone71%1,254
Carpool20%†358
Public transit0.0%0
Walk5.4%†96
Bike0.0%0
Work from home3.8%†68
Other0.0%0

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.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

1,708 workers (±344)

Waverly, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Under 15 min32%†544
15–29 min24%†405
30–44 min15%†257

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

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 Humphreys County, the county holding most of Waverly's residents.

Humphreys County has 332 employer establishments, 172 for every 10,000 residents (0.69× the US rate of 248; 0.82× Tennessee's), with 4,458 paid employees at an average annual pay of $55,969. The Census Bureau also counts 1,331 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 332; 1,331 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 172; US 248 · Tennessee 210
Paid employees: 4,458
Average annual pay: $55,969; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	30	15.6	0.85×About typical	434	$17,862	7
Specialty trade contractors	28	14.5	0.94×About typical	388	$63,495	173
Religious organizations	24	12.4	2.24×More than typical	98	$20,888	—
Limited-service restaurants	15	7.8	0.97×About typical	266	$16,617	—
Ambulatory health care services	13	6.7	0.32×Fewer than typical	113	$43,133	37
Gasoline stations	13	6.7	2.08×More than typical	157	$28,013	—
Banks and credit unions	11	5.7	1.77×More than typical	64	$39,469	—
Building equipment contractors	11	5.7	0.95×About typical	164	$66,067	44
Full-service restaurants	11	5.7	0.74×Fewer than typical	141	$22,177	3
Other specialty trade contractors	10	5.2	2.07×More than typical	152	$69,757	67
Truck transportation	9	4.7	0.92×Too few to compare	59	$56,915	29
Fabricated metal product manufacturing	8	4.1	2.60×Too few to compare	133	$69,827	3

Rank places for an industry Open Humphreys County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 19,286 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: Waverly is mostly in Humphreys County.

See federal money in Humphreys 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.

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

House

Matt Van EppsR-TN-7 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 0.0%

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.

Humphreys County25100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Humphreys 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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