Oak Ridge, TN
Recent Oak Ridge City Council topics include planning & zoning, housing, development projects, roads & infrastructure, permits & licensing, budget & taxes.
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We have no upcoming meetings on file for Oak Ridge. The most recent record we hold is from Fri Aug 14, 2026. Newer meetings may not have been published to the official portal yet, or may not have been collected by us yet — this is a statement about our record, not about whether the city council has met.
Oak RidgeTN averageUS Census ACS
Typical home value $329,586 +2.3% yr/yr · +48.2% 5-yr
Home-value trend 2000–2026 (Zillow ZHVI)
Municipal budget
Total revenue$286.9M (FY2023)
Total spending$228.0M (FY2023)
Taxes$67.6M (FY2023)
Debt outstanding$53.2M (FY2023)
Spending per resident$7,165 (FY2023)
Development activity
Housing units permitted — US Census Building Permits Survey
2025226 housing units ($33.5M)
Recent meetings
Tue Aug 11, 2026
Environmental Quality Advisory Board Existing Trees Ad-Hoc Working Group
Tue Aug 11, 2026
Environmental Quality Advisory Board Existing Trees Ad-Hoc Working Group
Wed Aug 5, 2026
Traffic Safety Advisory Board
This is a special called meeting. The only agenda item is discussion of Traffic Engineering Speed Study, Oak Ridge Turnpike, dated August 3, 2026
Showing the 30 most recent meetings of 155 on record.
💰 Federal awards (top 10 by amount)
Largest recent federal contract/grant awards to recipients in this city (2023–present), via USAspending.gov.
| $42.3B | UT-BATTELLE LLC Department of Energy · MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF THE OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY |
| $11.0B | BWXT Y - 12, LLC Department of Energy · MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF THE Y-12 FACILITY |
| $3.9B | UCOR LLC Department of Energy · DECONTAMINATION AND DECOMISSIONING OF THE EAST TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGY PA |
| $3.1B | OAK RIDGE ASSOCIATED UNIVERSITIES, INCORPORATED Department of Energy · IGF::OT::IGF MANAGEMENT OF THE OAK RIDGE INSTITUTE FOR SCIENCE AND EDU |
| $972.5M | MID-AMERICA CONVERSION SERVICES, LLC Department of Energy · IGF::OT::IGF OPERATION OF DEPLETED URANIUM HEXAFLUORIDE (DUF6) |
| $912.3M | ISOTEK SYSTEMS, LLC Department of Energy · U-233 DISPOSITION AND BUILDING 3019-PLANNING AND DESIGN (PHASE I) FOR |
| $428.7M | NAVARRO RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING, INC. Department of Energy · IGF::OT::IGF LONG TERM SURVEILLANCE AND MAINTENANCE (LTS&M), INFORMATI |
| $183.8M | OAK RIDGE ASSOCIATED UNIVERSITIES, INCORPORATED Department of Health and Human Services · DOSE RECONSTRUCTION AND RELATED ACTIVITIES TO SUPPORT NIOSH'S RESPONSI |
| $162.2M | RSI ENTECH, LLC Department of Energy · TO INCREMENTALLY FUND TO 8 FOR ONE MONTH. |
| $143.0M | NAVARRO RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING, INC. Department of Energy · ENVIRONMENTAL OPERATIONS TASK ORDER FOR NEVADA |
Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury) — federal awards only, not city budgets.
🌐 County-level context (Anderson County)
County-level context — from BLS, IRS, FEMA, HUD, Census. These figures cover the whole county this city sits in, not just the city itself.
Net migration+1,000 people (+$46.6M net AGI · 2023)
Federal disasters (10 yr)8 ({"Severe Storm": 12, "Flood": 5, "Biological": 2, "Winter St · last Fri Feb 6, 2026)
Traffic fatalities2 (2024)
Business establishments1,599 (48,104 employees · 2023)
Fair Market Rent (2BR)$1,548/mo (700 assisted households · 2025)
Adults with low literacy20.1% (low numeracy 31% · 2017)
Sources: BLS LAUS, IRS SOI, FEMA, NHTSA FARS, Census CBP, HUD, NCES PIAAC
City profile
Everything below is drawn from this city’s own public record and primary-source government data. AI-written summaries are a finding aid, not a citable quote.
$286.9M
Annual budget
$53.2M
Debt outstanding
226
Permitted housing units
The money — in
source: Census gov-finance & state comptrollerBudget
Revenue$286.9M
Spending$228.0M
Revenue ran ahead of operating spending this year.
Debt load LOW
Outstanding debt$53.2M
Debt-to-revenue0.19×
Debt-load index41 / 100
A debt-load indicator (national percentile of debt, deficit & aid-reliance) — not a solvency verdict. Cross-checked against official state fiscal-stress scores where they exist.
Outcomes — economic mobility
source: Opportunity Atlas (Harvard) · research useFor kids who grew up here in low-income households, their adult household-income rank (0–1). The average hides a gap by race:
Research-only layer, shown here for context — not included in the CC BY 4.0 bulk download.
Where it’s happening
geocoded land-use decisions🗺 Interactive map
Every rezoning, development approval, and permit — explore the geocoded records in the research explorer.