Lynchburg, Moore County metropolitan government, Tennessee
2026 Edition · 10 cards · data as of Oct 30, 2026
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Population
Growing. Up 6.9% since 2020.
6,920
people, the 86th-largest of Tennessee's cities and towns.
Census Population Estimates, 2025. Rank among Tennessee's cities and towns computed by the Almanac. Sources: Census Population Estimates
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The workday
7 in 10 jobs here go to people who live somewhere else.
72.8%
of 2,668 jobs located in Lynchburg, Moore County metropolitan government are filled by in-commuters.
Census LEHD LODES, 2023. Sources: Census LEHD LODES
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Rent
Median rent is up 72% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.
$841
a month. Tennessee's median is $1,189.
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024 (latest), with earlier 5-year windows. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
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The seam
Cross one tract line and median rent jumps $116.
A $116 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Moore County.
- $746 Tract 9301
- $862 Tract 9302
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
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Room to build
Local wages can carry more rent than the median charged today.
$1,096–$1,643
is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.
- $841 median
Supportable rent computed by the Almanac from 2023 source wage data. Median rent: Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Computed by the Almanac, Census ACS 5-year
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Building
69% of the housing here was built before 2000.
- 69% of all homes were built before 2000
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
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Units needed
Closing the gap would add 0.2–0.9% to the 3,017 homes here.
5–27
is the estimated number of missing housing units, from the lowest to the highest of three estimates.
Range computed by the Almanac from 2023 jobs and household data, using three demand models: 1% of jobs located here, 1% of renter households, and a rate by town size applied to renters. The low end is the lowest of the three and the high end the highest. It is an estimate, not a count. Sources: Computed by the Almanac
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Home value
A median home costs about the same as Tennessee's.
$285,300
median home value in Lynchburg, Moore County metropolitan government.
- $285,300 Lynchburg, Moore County metropolitan government
- $286,700 Tennessee
- $332,700 U.S.
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census ACS 5-year