Browse / United States / Tennessee / Watauga
Watauga
Tennesseecity
Total population
644
Median home value
$156,900
Bachelor's+
Median income
$62,917
Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Within Tennessee, United States, Watauga stands as a small city. Around 644 people are recorded as living there in the most recent open data. Watauga maps to 36.368°, -82.292° — squarely within the warm temperate belt. It covers a compact 2.3 km² of land area. Resident density is around 280 per km², indicating an average residential density. Based on its warm temperate position, residents likely encounter warm summers and cool winters. Solar-resource estimates put the area at about 1,542 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year with sunshine for roughly 60% of daylight hours. Continue scrolling for population, climate, environmental and points-of-interest data drawn from public sources.
Summary composed automatically from structured open data on this page. See our Terms for details.
History & geography
Demographics & economy
Race & ethnicity
Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Current forecast
Forecast for Watauga, TN from NOAA NWS API.
Air quality
Industrial & pollution facilities
Natural hazard risk
Health (adults)
Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Schools
Largest nearby schools
- Elizabethton High SchoolHigh · Elizabethton · 863 students · 13.5:1 ratio
- T A Dugger Junior High SchoolMiddle · Elizabethton · 633 students · 16.7:1 ratio
- Hampton ElementaryElementary · Hampton · 548 students · 13.7:1 ratio
- Happy Valley ElementaryElementary · Johnson City · 529 students · 15.1:1 ratio
- East Side ElementaryElementary · Elizabethton · 491 students · 18.2:1 ratio
- Happy Valley High SchoolHigh · Elizabethton · 446 students · 15.4:1 ratio
- Hampton High SchoolHigh · Hampton · 439 students · 14.6:1 ratio
- Hunter ElementaryElementary · Elizabethton · 433 students · 14:1 ratio
Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).
Earthquake history
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Nearby places in Tennessee
- Elizabethton3.6 mi away
- Pine Crest5.3 mi away
- Hampton9.1 mi away · pop. 1,883
- Spurgeon10.8 mi away
- Bristol13.8 mi away · pop. 27,147
- Walnut Hill13.9 mi away · pop. 2,415
- Colonial Heights14.1 mi away
- Embreeville15.9 mi away · pop. 1,062
- Sullivan Gardens18.6 mi away · pop. 1,267
- Bloomingdale19 mi away
- Mount Carmel24.9 mi away · pop. 5,472
- Baileyton30.4 mi away · pop. 551
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.
Books about Watauga
Search results from Open Library.
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species
Nearest stream gauge
Events
Gallery
Sources
- • US Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates)
- • NOAA National Weather Service
- • Wikidata
- • NCES via Urban Institute Education Data Portal
- • CDC PLACES
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Open Library