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Middle Valley, Tennessee.

A community in Hamilton County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Hamilton County’s.

Living in Middle Valley, Hamilton County, Tennessee

Middle Valley, in Hamilton County, had 11,695 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $95,000 a year and half less, against $76,183 across Hamilton County; 5% of its people live below the poverty line. 84% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 16% are rented. Unemployment in Hamilton County was 3.5% in August 2026, and the county had 0.7% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then professional services.

People 11,695 in the 2020 census; median age 45.4
Household income $95,000 the median, give or take $10,028 · Hamilton County: $76,183
Unemployment 3.5% Hamilton County, August 2026; 3.4% a year before
Homes 84% lived in by their owners; 16% rented
  • 4,846households
  • 31%of adults have a degree
  • 5%below the poverty line
  • 24 mintypical commute
  • 19%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care21%
  • Professional and business services13%
  • Manufacturing12%
  • Shops (retail)10%
  • Banks, insurance and property10%
  • Transport, warehouses and utilities9%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Hamilton County had 219,580 jobs in 2025, 0.7% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 48° and 28°; warmest in July, 88° and 66° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 48° 28° F M A M J J 88° 66° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 48° and 28°; warmest in July, 88° and 66° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 48° 28° F M A M J J 88° 66° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 48° and lows near 28°; warmest in July, with highs near 88° and lows near 66°. About 4 inches of snow and 63 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Soddy Daisy-mowbray Mountain weather station, 7 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Middle Valley

  1. WalmartSupermarkets and other grocery stores119
  2. Grocery OutletSupermarkets and other grocery stores23
  3. Mitchell Shelton ConstructionExcavation23

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 3 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 165 people in all. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. TornadoesVery high
  2. Strong windRelatively high
  3. LightningRelatively high
  4. Inland floodingRelatively high
  5. Winter weatherRelatively moderate
  6. Cold wavesRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Middle Valley’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Hamilton County.