Tennessee · Census place 4770400

Spring City, Tennessee

Spring City is a town in Rhea County, Tennessee with an estimated 1,996 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 174th largest of 232 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,996
#174 of 232 in Tennessee
Change since 2020
+2.7%
+52 people
Land area
2.8 sq mi
+ 0.04 sq mi water
Density
721 / sq mi
State median 947
Orange pin: Spring City. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Nashville.

Spring City population, 2020 to 2024

Spring City added 52 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.7%. In the latest year it moved by +43.

1,94420201,93120211,93520221,95320231,9962024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,947. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Spring City covers 2.77 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 721 people per square mile of land. The median Tennessee place of 5,000+ has 947, so Spring City is less dense than the typical town.

What county Spring City is in

All of Spring City's residents live in Rhea County, which had 34,759 residents in 2024. Spring City holds 5.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Spring City

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Spring City by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 37381. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Spring City is

The Census internal point of Spring City is at 35.686400, -84.864200. Nashville, the capital, is 112.4 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Dayton, TN (7,796 people), 15.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Chattanooga, TN, 48.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
35.686400, -84.864200
DMS
35°41'11.04"N 84°51'51.12"W
UTM
16N 693268.2E 3951268.4N
Geohash
dn7ehbeb2
Plus code
867QM4PP+H8

Daylight in Spring City

At 35.69° N, Spring City gets about 14 h 35 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 44 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 50 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Spring City

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Tennessee, measured between internal points. The closest is Decatur, 11.6 miles away, with 1,652 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Spring City, TN?

1,996 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 52 (2.7%) from 1,944 in July 2020.

What county is Spring City in?

Rhea County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Spring City?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 37381.

How far is Spring City from Nashville?

112.4 miles (180.9 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Spring City.

What is the nearest larger city to Spring City?

Dayton, TN, with 7,796 residents, 15.5 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.