Anderson County, TN
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 36.12, -84.20.
Assembled 2026-10-19. Read the brief.
- 72nd pct · 833rd of 3,063 US counties · median $230,451
- 74th pct · 25th of 95 Tennessee counties · median $252,394
- 62nd pct · 4th of 9 counties in the Knoxville metro · median $296,784
- 51st pct · 1,477th of 3,062 US counties · median +2.9%
- 54th pct · 44th of 95 Tennessee counties · median +2.9%
- 50th pct · 5th of 9 counties in the Knoxville metro · median +3.0%
- 59th pct · 549th of 1,358 US counties · median $1,506
- 64th pct · 17th of 46 Tennessee counties · median $1,477
- 25th pct · 4th of 5 counties in the Knoxville metro · median $1,729
- 83rd pct · 537th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 85th pct · 15th of 95 Tennessee counties · median 8,576
- 75th pct · 3rd of 9 counties in the Knoxville metro · median 18,137
- 95th pct · 156th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 96th pct · 4th of 95 Tennessee counties · median $1,030
- 87th pct · 2nd of 9 counties in the Knoxville metro · median $1,098
- 38th pct · 1,894th of 3,063 US counties · median 4.2
- 17th pct · 79th of 95 Tennessee counties · median 5.0
- 12th pct · 8th of 9 counties in the Knoxville metro · median 5.5
Typical home value divided by the average annual wage of one covered job.
A percentile here is a min-max scaling of average rank: the smallest published value in the cohort is 0 and the largest is 100, and tied values share the average of the ranks they span. It is not the share of entities below the value, so 0 means smallest, not none below. Entities that did not publish the metric are outside the cohort entirely and are counted in neither the rank nor its denominator.
Home values #
Typical home $313,013 (Sep 2026), +3.0% over one year, +40.4% over five
- 72nd pct · 833rd of 3,063 US counties · median $230,451
- 74th pct · 25th of 95 Tennessee counties · median $252,394
- 62nd pct · 4th of 9 counties in the Knoxville metro · median $296,784
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Anderson County, TN | $313,013 · +3.0% 1-yr |
Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), typical value of homes in the 35th to 65th percentile, smoothed and seasonally adjusted; a model estimate of value, not a sale price. Data through Zillow Research.
Rents #
Typical rent $1,621/mo (Sep 2026), +3.8% over one year; price-to-rent 16.1
- 59th pct · 549th of 1,358 US counties · median $1,506
- 64th pct · 17th of 46 Tennessee counties · median $1,477
- 25th pct · 4th of 5 counties in the Knoxville metro · median $1,729
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Anderson County, TN | $1,621/mo · +3.8% 1-yr |
Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), smoothed, all homes and multifamily; price-to-rent = typical home / (typical rent × 12).
What the typical home costs to carry #
Principal and interest of $1,734 a month on $313,013 at 7.40%, against an average weekly wage worth $7,055 a month: 24.6% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $313,013 × 80% = $250,410, r = 7.40%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-15), n = 360 → $1,734/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $1,628 × 52 / 12 = $7,055) = 25% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $313,013 / ($1,628 × 52) = 3.7
- price-to-rent = $313,013 / ($1,621 × 12) = 16.1
The wage is one covered job’s average, not a household’s income, so this is the share of a single paycheque and not a mortgage underwriting ratio.
Estimate. Principal and interest on the typical home with 20% down over 30 years at this week's Freddie Mac average rate; compared with the average weekly wage of all jobs covered by unemployment insurance in the area (BLS QCEW), which is pay per job, not household income.
Jobs & wages #
46,973 jobs at 1,987 employers (2026 Q1); +1.7% jobs and +3.2% average weekly wage over the year
- 83rd pct · 537th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 85th pct · 15th of 95 Tennessee counties · median 8,576
- 75th pct · 3rd of 9 counties in the Knoxville metro · median 18,137
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Anderson County, TN | 46,973 jobs · $1,628/wk · +1.7% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacturing | 14,486 | $2,057 | 3.83 | -0.6% |
| Health care and social assistance | 5,835 | $1,258 | 0.83 | +4.6% |
| Professional and technical services | 4,553 | $2,617 | 1.41 | +3.8% |
| Administrative and waste services | 4,287 | $1,676 | 1.61 | -0.9% |
| Retail trade | 3,750 | $749 | 0.82 | +2.3% |
| Accommodation and food services | 3,301 | $429 | 0.78 | +4.6% |
| Construction | 1,845 | $1,519 | 0.75 | +18.6% |
| Finance and insurance | 1,233 | $2,415 | 0.64 | +0.8% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 957 | $1,237 | 0.48 | +1.3% |
| Other services | 679 | $1,117 | 0.48 | +4.1% |
| Arts, entertainment and recreation | 312 | $446 | 0.40 | +10.2% |
| Real estate and rental | 217 | $1,364 | 0.30 | -8.8% |
BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, all ownerships, total covered employment in the quarter's third month; over-the-year changes as published. Suppressed cells stay blank.
Drought #
D0 abnormally dry
Sites found: 5, searched within 0 km of this place’s internal point. That is a disc around a point, not the area itself: sites outside the boundary are included, and sites inside it further than 0 km away are not.
US Drought Monitor current week; the highest class of any polygon containing the point.
Reservoirs #
1 USGS reservoir gauges, no capacity figures to weight
Sites found: 1, searched within 150 km of this place’s internal point. That is a disc around a point, not the area itself: sites outside the boundary are included, and sites inside it further than 150 km away are not.
| Site | Reading | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| LAKE LOGAN AT DAM NEAR HAZELWOOD, NC | 52.9 ft (USGS, no capacity on file) | 138 km |
Σ(capacity × percent full) / Σ capacity over TWDB reservoirs within 150 km. Texas only; elsewhere USGS reservoir elevation/storage is listed without a capacity to normalise by.
Stream gauges #
81 gauges · 0 flooding · 8 with quality panels averaging 100 % · 35 stale
Sites found: 81, searched within 75 km of this place’s internal point. That is a disc around a point, not the area itself: sites outside the boundary are included, and sites inside it further than 75 km away are not.
| Site | Reading | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Clinch River near Clinton | no readings | 6 km |
| EF POPLAR CR AT BEAR CR RD AT OAK RIDGE, TN | flow 11.0 ft³/s · STALE | 14 km |
| Clinch River below Norris Dam | no flooding | 15 km |
| EAST FORK POPLAR CR BELOW NS PIPE AT OAK RIDGE, TN | flow 9.10 ft³/s · STALE | 15 km |
| Clinch River above Norris Dam | no readings | 15 km |
| BEAVER C NR POWELL TENN | flow 17.4 ft³/s · no flooding | 17 km |
| BEAVER CREEK AT SOLWAY, TN | flow 31.7 ft³/s | 17 km |
| BULLRUN CREEK NEAR HALLS CROSSROADS, TN | flow 10.6 ft³/s · observation not current | 19 km |
| Beaver Creek (TN) near Halls Crossroads | out of service | 21 km |
| Conner Ck at E Gallaher Ferry Rd nr Farragut TN | flow 0.41 ft³/s | 22 km |
USGS latest readings screened against EPA freshwater criteria (DO ≥ 5 mg/L, pH 6.5–9, conductance, turbidity, temperature); NWS flood categories where a NWPS gauge is co-located.
Groundwater #
3 wells in 0 named aquifers:
Sites found: 3, searched within 75 km of this place’s internal point. That is a disc around a point, not the area itself: sites outside the boundary are included, and sites inside it further than 75 km away are not.
| Site | Reading | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| USGS-360543084343101 | depth 3.81 ft · 2026-10-18 | 34 km |
| USGS-363749083430701 | depth 8.33 ft · 2026-10-19 | 71 km |
| USGS-363304084475600 | depth 101.0 ft · 2026-10-18 | 72 km |
USGS latest daily water levels. A single latest reading says where the table is, not which way it is moving; select a well for its 365-day trace.
Water stress #
low (0.00)
Σ wᵢ·termᵢ / Σ wᵢ = 0.35×0.00 + 0.2×0.00 / 0.55
Banks & federal dollars #
$1.4 bn in deposits at 17 offices of 12 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 1,526, moderately concentrated. $8.1 bn federal obligations in FY2026 (contracts $7.5 bn, direct payments $541.5 m), $172,294 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Regions Bank | $368.2 m · 27.0% share · 3 offices | |
| Pinnacle Bank | $260.8 m · 19.1% share · 1 office | |
| Truist Bank | $155.5 m · 11.4% share · 2 offices | |
| Anderson, TN | $8.1 bn FY2026 · $172,294/job | |
| CONSOLIDATED NUCLEAR SECURITY, LLC | $3.3 bn · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regions Bank | $368,221,000 | 27.0% | 3 |
| Pinnacle Bank | $260,760,000 | 19.1% | 1 |
| Truist Bank | $155,480,000 | 11.4% | 2 |
| TNBANK | $147,729,000 | 10.8% | 2 |
| Bank of America, National Association | $135,324,000 | 9.9% | 1 |
| Southern Bank of Tennessee | $84,567,000 | 6.2% | 1 |
| Home Federal Bank of Tennessee | $52,931,000 | 3.9% | 1 |
| One Bank of Tennessee | $46,408,000 | 3.4% | 2 |
| Community Trust Bank, Inc. | $40,781,000 | 3.0% | 1 |
| Peoples Bank of the South | $32,493,000 | 2.4% | 1 |
Deposit concentration is 1,526 across 12 banks, which the 1995 Department of Justice bank merger screen calls moderately concentrated.
HHI = Σ (share %)² over 12 banks with deposits in the county = 27.0² + 19.1² + 11.4² + … (9 more) = 1,526
FDIC Summary of Deposits: deposits at every insured office as of June 30, annual; HHI is the sum of squared county deposit shares (DOJ 1995 bank merger screen: 1000 / 1800). USAspending: obligations by place of performance for the latest complete federal fiscal year (Oct 1 to Sep 30), what agencies committed, not what they paid out; recipients are legal entities. Per-job divides obligations by BLS QCEW covered employment.
Federal obligations #
USAspending place-of-performance obligations for FY2026, by awarding agency.
| Awarding agency | Obligations |
|---|---|
| Department of Energy | $7,441,950,834 |
| Social Security Administration | $457,431,591 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $73,606,092 |
| Department of Transportation | $33,022,310 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $28,221,098 |
| Department of Defense | $19,578,969 |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $12,578,722 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $10,027,581 |
| Environmental Protection Agency | $5,184,328 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $2,528,797 |
| Department of Commerce | $2,355,221 |
| Department of Agriculture | $2,303,514 |
That is $172,294 per covered job, against 46,973 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $8.1 bn / 46,973 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $172,294
USAspending obligations are recorded where the work is performed, so a prime award performed here is counted here even when the recipient is headquartered elsewhere. Recipients are legal entities, never people.
National context, not this county #
These are United States, single-gauge, single-state and port series. None of them is keyed to this county.
| Series | Latest | As of | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi River at Memphis, stage · ft | not published | not published | |
| Mississippi River at St. Louis, stage · ft | not published | not published | |
| Ohio River at Louisville, stage · ft | 17.95 | 2026-10-18 | -2.6% |
| Missouri River at St. Joseph, stage · ft | not published | not published | |
| Colorado River below Hoover Dam, flow (Hoover releases) · ft³/s | 5,170.00 | 2026-02-05 | -25.3% |
| Texas reservoirs, statewide percent full · % | 72.20 | 2026-10-19 | +0.0% |
| Laredo truck crossings, monthly · trucks | 258,700.00 | 2026-08-01 | -0.4% |
| Los Angeles + Long Beach container volume, annual · TEU | 10,513,167.00 | 2023-01-01 | -13.5% |
| Containerships waiting for a berth, all US ports · ships | 7.00 | 2026-10-13 | +133.3% |
| Shanghai to Los Angeles container rate · $ per 40 ft box | 7,848.00 | 2026-09-01 | +14.9% |
| US diesel retail price · $ per gallon | unavailable | not published | |
| WTI crude oil, spot · $ per barrel | 101.91 | 2026-10-14 | +1.0% |
| 30-year fixed mortgage rate · % | 7.40 | 2026-10-15 | +0.0% |
| Housing starts, annual rate · thousands of units | 1,275.00 | 2026-08-01 | -2.6% |
| Building permits, annual rate · thousands of units | 1,403.00 | 2026-08-01 | -2.1% |
| Case-Shiller US home price index · index, Jan 2000 = 100 | 337.31 | 2026-07-01 | +0.1% |
| Unemployment rate · % | 4.20 | 2026-09-01 | +2.4% |
| US goods and services trade balance, monthly · $ millions | -105,572.00 | 2026-08-01 | -13.7% |
| Retail sales excluding food services, monthly · $ millions | 652,115.00 | 2026-09-01 | +0.7% |
The indicator registry has no county-keyed series and no geographic selection: every entry is national, a named gauge, a single state or a port. They are here as the backdrop the county's own numbers move against, and they are never this county's readings.
What changed #
Anderson County, TN: 9 findings, 9 noted
noteAnderson County, TN's average weekly wage was 3.2% higher than the same quarter a year earlier in 2026 Q1, on BLS QCEW's published over-the-year change.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- +3.2 % = BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change for 2026 Q1, as published
- the newest QCEW file carries no year-earlier level, so no move from one level to another is printed
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published
noteAnderson County, TN's covered employment was 1.7% higher than the same quarter a year earlier in 2026 Q1, on BLS QCEW's published over-the-year change.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- +1.7 % = BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change for 2026 Q1, as published
- the newest QCEW file carries no year-earlier level, so no move from one level to another is printed
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published
noteAnderson County, TN's typical asking rent rose 1.2% from $1,603 in August 2026 to $1,621 in September 2026, on Zillow ZORI.
Period 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- +1.2% = (1621.2827380952378 - 1602.5402498188225) / 1602.5402498188225 × 100
- 1621.2827380952378 = Zillow ZORI, 2026-09
- 1602.5402498188225 = Zillow ZORI, 2026-08
noteAnderson County, TN's price-to-rent ratio of 16.1 ranks 5th of 5 counties in the Knoxville metro, against a median of 18.2.
Period 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- 0 on the 0-to-100 scale across 5 counties in the Knoxville metro that published priceToRent
- typical home value / (typical rent × 12); Zillow ZHVI over ZORI, same month
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
noteAnderson County, TN's average weekly wage of $1,628 ranks 4th of 95 Tennessee counties, against a median of $1,030.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- 97 on the 0-to-100 scale across 95 Tennessee counties that published jobs.avgWeeklyWage
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
Read all 9 findings in the full brief
Every finding is produced by a fixed rule table and a fixed sentence for each rule. Nothing here is generated prose.