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1 / 30#30. Mount Carmel
- Population: 5,460
Best places to retire in Tennessee
A growing percentage of the working-age population has been retiring each year since the Great Recession—a trend that has only sped up in the years since the pandemic began, according to a recent Congressional Research Service analysis. And as members of the boomer generation move solidly into their golden years, they're looking for a place to live out a longer retirement than previous generations have enjoyed.
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2 / 30#29. McKenzie
- Population: 5,590
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3 / 30#28. Brentwood
- Population: 44,354
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4 / 30#27. Walden
- Population: 1,810
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5 / 30#26. Middle Valley
- Population: 11,569
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6 / 30#25. Oak Ridge
- Population: 31,087
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7 / 30#24. Lone Oak
- Population: 1,439
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8 / 30#23. Belle Meade
- Population: 3,016
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9 / 30#22. Elizabethton
- Population: 14,112
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10 / 30#21. Spurgeon
- Population: 3,966
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11 / 30#20. Norris
- Population: 1,643
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12 / 30#19. New Tazewell
- Population: 2,767
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13 / 30#18. Crump
- Population: 1,825
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14 / 30#17. Forest Hills
- Population: 4,959
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15 / 30#16. Walnut Hill
- Population: 2,520
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16 / 30#15. Tusculum
- Population: 2,970
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17 / 30#14. Pine Crest
- Population: 2,316
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18 / 30#13. Piperton
- Population: 2,521
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19 / 30#12. Oakland
- Population: 8,805
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20 / 30#11. Lookout Mountain
- Population: 2,070
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21 / 30#10. Fairfield Glade
- Population: 8,798
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22 / 30#9. Banner Hill
- Population: 1,421
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23 / 30#8. Oak Hill
- Population: 4,814
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24 / 30#7. Tellico Village
- Population: 5,699
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25 / 30#6. Gray
- Population: 1,146
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26 / 30#5. Hopewell
- Population: 2,258
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27 / 30#4. Signal Mountain
- Population: 8,770
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28 / 30#3. Bloomingdale
- Population: 8,759
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29 / 30#2. Germantown
- Population: 40,955
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30 / 30#1. Farragut
- Population: 23,388
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