Rank
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Loudon, Tennessee
Score 7.07 / 10· population 60,591
Loudon County lies on both sides of the Tennessee River in the Knoxville metro, where TVA's Tellico Dam formed Tellico Lake in the 1970s. Homes were worth more than the state median in 2020-2024 ($348,000 to $286,700), yet the median property tax bill was lower: $1,162 against $1,442. In 2019-2023, 14% of children lived with a single parent, about half the state's 27%, and life expectancy for 2020-2022 was 75.4 years (Tennessee: 73.5).
Sources
- Loudon County lies on both sides of the Tennessee River; TVA added Tellico Dam in the 1970s, and its waters formed Tellico Lake tennesseeencyclopedia.net
- Loudon County's metropolitan area is Knoxville, TN; the county seat is Loudon tnecd.com
- ACS 2024 5-year (2020-2024): median value of owner-occupied homes $348,000 in Loudon County, $286,700 in Tennessee api.censusreporter.org
- ACS 2024 5-year (2020-2024): median real estate taxes paid by owner-occupied households $1,162 in Loudon County, $1,442 in Tennessee api.censusreporter.org
- County Health Rankings 2025: 14.0% of children in Loudon County live in single-parent households (Tennessee 27.3%) countyhealthrankings.org
- County Health Rankings 2025: life expectancy 75.4 years in Loudon County, 73.5 in Tennessee countyhealthrankings.org
- County Health Rankings 2025 data years: Children in Single-Parent Households 2019-2023 (ACS five-year estimates); Life Expectancy 2020-2022 countyhealthrankings.org
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Eleven factors
Government behavior
- Fraser Institute state ranking (state)8.3
- 2A (state)10.0
- GOP + LP vote for President7.6
- Sales tax1.8
- Property tax8.3
Environment
- Air quality5.9
- Floods / hurricanes2.8
Private behavior
- Homicide rate7.5
- Life expectancy5.6
- Government employees8.6
- Single-parent households8.9