City safety & data profile

CrossvilleTN

Crossville, TN is a 11K-resident city in Cumberland County with a median household income of $48,802.

Cumberland County, Tennessee. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Crossville, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Crossville has a population larger than 9% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $246,300, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

11K
Population (place)
Bottom 10%
By size
$48,802
Median income (place)
$246,300
Median home (place)
22.9%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Crossville

Crossville posts a median household income higher than 8% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Crossville area.

Bottom 9%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Crossville

Where Crossville income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$48,802 Bottom 8% higher than 8% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Crossville $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in TN

Population among 58 TN places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Memphis is the largest TN city on this list; Brentwood leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in TN

Median household income among the same 58-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Brentwood posts the highest place-level median income in TN; Memphis is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Crossville, TN beyond the headline numbers

Crossville sits inside Cumberland County, Tennessee, at roughly 35.95°N, -85.03°W. Population 11,411, $48,802 median household income. Median home value $246,300, median rent $815. Poverty rate 22.9%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Crossville, 4/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

22.9% of Crossville, TN residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.

A median home in Crossville runs about 5.0 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.

Only 6.4% of Crossville workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.

Among the CDC measures on this page, coronary heart disease departs furthest from its peer median: 9.7% in Crossville, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,757 cities reporting that measure.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Crossville from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
11,411
Crossville · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$48,802
-45% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$246,300
-40% vs avg
Median Age (place)
39.4
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Cumberland County): Crossville's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
64K+12%
Median Income
$60,375+62%
Median Home Value
$250,500+76%
Poverty Rate
14.4%-18%
Unemployment
5.1%-50%

Economics

Economics indicators for Crossville, TN
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$815/mo
Poverty Rate
22.9% +85% vs avg
Unemployment 7.2%
Bachelor's Degree+ 17.6%
Work From Home 6.4%
Public Transit 0.6%

Population

White 90.2%
African American 3.3%
Asian 0.1%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

High Blood Pressure
45.1%
Obesity
40.9%
Short Sleep Duration
37.6%
Physical Inactivity
31.9%
Current Smoking
22.3%
Frequent Mental Distress
21.2%
Frequent Physical Distress
18.5%
Diabetes
16.1%
Lack of Health Insurance
14.7%
Binge Drinking
13%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 48.5%
Annual Checkup 78.4%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
11.4%
Coronary Heart Disease
9.7%
Stroke
4.9%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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0
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0
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0
Average Rating
4/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
CUMBERLAND MEDICAL CENTER
CROSSVILLE · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★★☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Crossville?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Crossville right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

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Sheet TN-CROSSVILLE · Crossville

Crossville: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Crossville; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Tennessee state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Crossville, TN? ▼
Crossville, TN has a population of 11,411 people, located in Cumberland County, Tennessee.
What is the median household income in Crossville? ▼
The median household income in Crossville, TN is $48,802 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 22.9%.
What is the median home value in Crossville? ▼
The median home value in Crossville, TN is $246,300. Median rent is $815/month.
What are the top health concerns in Crossville? ▼
The top health indicators in Crossville include High Blood Pressure (45.1%), Obesity (40.9%), Short Sleep Duration (37.6%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Crossville? ▼
Crossville has 1 hospital with an average rating of 4/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Crossville? ▼
The median age in Crossville, TN is 39.4 years. 17.6% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Crossville, both outside Tennessee so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside TN (22.9% here).

Albany, NY 22.9% Passaic, NJ 22.9% LaGrange, GA 22.9% Lebanon, PA 22.9%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside TN ($48,802 here).

Ithaca, NY $48,784 Harvey, LA $48,774 Williamsport, PA $48,851 Connersville, IN $48,854

Compare Crossville with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

Quick picks:

Nearby Cities 8

Cookeville, TN 32K Athens, TN 14K Soddy-Daisy, TN 13K Oak Ridge, TN 29K Middle Valley, TN 13K McMinnville, TN 14K Cleveland, TN 44K Farragut, TN 22K
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Using Crossville's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Crossville area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Crossville against Tennessee peers on any ranking lens. Explore Tennessee

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Cumberland County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.