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Tellico Plains, Tennessee: commercial real estate data.
Tellico Plains is a Census town of 1,146 people across 1.95 square miles of land, in Monroe County. Median household income is $45,625, 74.2 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $1.3 m since FY2020.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Tellico Plains
What Tellico Plains is
- Census place typetown
- Land area1.95 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land587 plus or minus 180
- County holding the largest share of its areaMonroe County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Tellico Plains
How many people live in Tellico Plains
- Population1,146 plus or minus 352
- Median age34.7 plus or minus 8.7
- Population under 18400 plus or minus 152
- Share under 1834.9 percent plus or minus 7.9
- Population 65 and over161 plus or minus 53
- Share 65 and over14.0 percent
- Households442 plus or minus 115
- Family households309 plus or minus 107
- Share of households that are families69.9 percent plus or minus 16.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Tellico Plains
- Median household income$45,625 plus or minus $23,423
- Per capita income$24,544 plus or minus $6,528
- Civilian labor force461 plus or minus 136
- Employed427 plus or minus 127
- Unemployed34 plus or minus 55
- Unemployment rate7.4 percent plus or minus 11.7
- Adults 25 and over707 plus or minus 170
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher88.0 percent plus or minus 29.5
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher18.0 percent plus or minus 7.2
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree5.5 percent plus or minus 3.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Tellico Plains
- Housing units542 plus or minus 134
- Occupied units442 plus or minus 115
- Vacant units100 plus or minus 56
- Vacancy rate18.5 percent plus or minus 9.3
- Owner occupied328 plus or minus 104
- Renter occupied114 plus or minus 34
- Ownership rate74.2 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$187,500 plus or minus $51,962
- Median gross rent, monthly$639
- Annual rent as a share of median income16.8 percent plus or minus 9.1
- Single family units341 plus or minus 108
- Share single family62.9 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more112 plus or minus 43
- Share in buildings of two or more20.7 percent plus or minus 6.1
- Mobile homes89 plus or minus 49
- Median year structure built1978
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Tellico Plains gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute365 plus or minus 115
- Commuting under 15 minutes70 plus or minus 36
- Share commuting under 15 minutes19.2 percent plus or minus 7.6
- Commuting 30 minutes or more177 plus or minus 61
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more48.5 percent
- Drove alone87.3 percent
- Carpooled8.8 percent plus or minus 5.5
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.8 percent plus or minus 1.3
- Worked from home3.2 percent plus or minus 3.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Tellico Plains
SBA loans in Tellico Plains (7(a))
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$1,250,000
- Average approval$1,250,000
- Median approval$1,250,000
- Largest approval$1,250,000
- Jobs supported7
- Jobs per approval7.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term299 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more100.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS1
Counted by borrower city: approvals to borrowers whose address is in Tellico Plains, in any county, FY2020 to FY2026. Only 0 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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Flood risk in Tellico Plains
- NFIP communityCity of Tellico Plains
- NFIP community number470280
- Participating in the NFIPYes
- Community Rating System classNone
- Currently effective map date02/03/10
The City of Tellico Plains participates in the National Flood Insurance Program as community 470280 and carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
Federal Emergency Management Agency, NFIP Community Status Book (OpenFEMA), as of 2026-09-26.
Monroe County, not Tellico Plains
Monroe County context, not Tellico Plains figures
- Establishments in Monroe County773
- Covered employment, Monroe County15,485
- Average annual pay, Monroe County$49,323
- Housing units permitted, Monroe County157
Every figure in this section is published for Monroe County as a whole and is not a measurement of Tellico Plains.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual.
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What this page does not hold.
Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Tellico Plains questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Tellico Plains, Tennessee?
1,146, in 442 households. Tellico Plains town covers 1.95 square miles of land, which is 587 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Tellico Plains in?
Monroe County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Tellico Plains?
$45,625. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $187,500. Median gross rent is $639 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Tellico Plains businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totaling $1.3 m since FY2020, across 1 lenders, median approval $1,250,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Tellico Plains, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Tellico Plains borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Tellico Plains. Only 0 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published. The counts are shown instead.
Is Tellico Plains in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Tellico Plains appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as Tellico Plains, city of, community 470280, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Tellico Plains figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Monroe County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Tellico Plains.
Is zoning published for Tellico Plains?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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