Humid subtropical
Rockwood, Tennessee
Roane County, Tennessee · Population 5.5k · 892 ft elevation
Living in Rockwood
Rockwood has a humid subtropical climate: hot summers (July highs around 87°F) and chilly winters (January lows around 27°F).
Precipitation is very wet at about 60″ a year, and it sees only a dusting of snow (2″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (59% of possible sunshine). Summers get sticky, with about 54 muggy days a year.
Air quality is excellent: a median AQI of 29 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Rockwood: about 10% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,300 ft around town.
Rockwood at a glance
- Population
- 5.5k
- Elevation
- 892 ft
- Average daily high
- 69°F60th percentile
- Average daily low
- 46°F52th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 60″95th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 2″32th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,657 hrs33th percentile
- Median AQI
- 295th percentile
- Median home value
- $132k14th percentile
- Median rent
- $725/mo6th percentile
- Median household income
- $38k3th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.55%12th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 0.0%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 9.6%
- Unemployment rate
- 8.4%
- Homes with broadband
- 79%7th percentile
- Walkability index
- 7.532th percentile
- Average commute
- 28 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 44%48th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 27%
- Violent crime rate
- 470 per 100k86th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,671 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 6922th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8181th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 9%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 10%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,312 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 46°F | 27°F | 5.4″ | 0.7″ | 148 hrs |
| Feb | 51°F | 29°F | 5.4″ | 1.2″ | 136 hrs |
| Mar | 60°F | 36°F | 5.5″ | — | 189 hrs |
| Apr | 70°F | 43°F | 5.6″ | — | 237 hrs |
| May | 77°F | 53°F | 4.7″ | — | 269 hrs |
| Jun | 84°F | 62°F | 5.5″ | — | 298 hrs |
| Jul | 87°F | 66°F | 6.0″ | — | 294 hrs |
| Aug | 86°F | 65°F | 3.8″ | — | 290 hrs |
| Sep | 81°F | 58°F | 4.5″ | — | 248 hrs |
| Oct | 70°F | 46°F | 3.5″ | — | 219 hrs |
| Nov | 59°F | 35°F | 4.6″ | — | 188 hrs |
| Dec | 49°F | 30°F | 6.0″ | 0.1″ | 142 hrs |
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology