Tennessee · Census place 4764668

Rocky Top, Tennessee

Rocky Top is a city in 2 counties of Tennessee with an estimated 1,664 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 194th largest of 232 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,664
#194 of 232 in Tennessee
Change since 2020
+2.2%
+36 people
Land area
1.6 sq mi
Density
1,027 / sq mi
State median 947
Orange pin: Rocky Top. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Nashville.

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Rocky Top population, 2020 to 2024

Rocky Top added 36 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.2%. In the latest year it moved by +27.

1,62820201,61620211,62620221,63720231,6642024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,625. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Rocky Top covers 1.62 square miles of land, for 1,027 people per square mile of land. The median Tennessee place of 5,000+ has 947, so Rocky Top is close to the typical town.

The 2 counties Rocky Top spans

Rocky Top crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 1,664 residents as follows; Anderson County holds 97.2% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Anderson County1,617
  2. 02Campbell County47
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Rocky Top

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Rocky Top by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 37714, 37769. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Rocky Top is

The Census internal point of Rocky Top is at 36.224900, -84.154800. Nashville, the capital, is 146.7 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Caryville, TN (2,207 people), 6.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Knoxville, TN, 21.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
36.224900, -84.154800
DMS
36°13'29.64"N 84°09'17.28"W
UTM
16N 755733.0E 4012647.8N
Geohash
dnknj4837
Plus code
868Q6RFW+X3

Daylight in Rocky Top

At 36.22° N, Rocky Top gets about 14 h 38 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 42 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 56 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Rocky Top

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Tennessee, measured between internal points. The closest is Norris, 5.2 miles away, with 1,623 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Rocky Top, TN?

1,664 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 36 (2.2%) from 1,628 in July 2020.

What county is Rocky Top in?

It spans 2 counties: Anderson County (1,617 residents), Campbell County (47 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Rocky Top?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 37714, 37769.

How far is Rocky Top from Nashville?

146.7 miles (236.0 km) in a straight line, heading W from Rocky Top.

What is the nearest larger city to Rocky Top?

Caryville, TN, with 2,207 residents, 6.5 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.