McDonald is a community in Bradley County, Tennessee, home to about 712 people across 1.5 square miles. It has no ZIP code of its own: it’s part of 37353.
Homes sold for a median of $199 per square foot in the three months ending August 2026, a balanced market.
Part is in McDonald, part in South Cleveland and Collegedale
Each card is that ZIP code’s whole market, including any part outside McDonald. Seller’s market: under 4 months of supply; buyer’s market: over 6. Methodology
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| Nearest major airport | McGhee Tyson Airport (TYS)75 miles away |
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| Closer regional airport | Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport (Lovell Field) (CHA)13 miles away |
| Nearest city of 250,000+ | Atlanta, GA97 miles away |
| Nearest city of 1 million+ | Chicago, IL488 miles away |
Straight-line distances from the center of McDonald; driving is longer.
Source: Airports from OurAirports (scheduled passenger service); city centers and populations from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Source: Members of Congress from the congress-legislators project; districts from the Census Bureau’s relationship files; governor and mayor from Wikidata.
It’s the 344th largest of 502 towns in Tennessee by population.
Bradley County grew from 15,759 residents in 1900 to 108,620 in 2020.
Bradley County, 1900–2020
Source: U.S. Census Bureau decennial censuses (counties 1900–1990 from the Bureau’s historical county file).
Average highs peak around 91°F in summer, and winter lows average 32°F. About 55 inches of rain and melted snow fall in a typical year, with about 4 inches of snow.
Source: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Chattanooga Lovell Ap, TN weather station (13 miles away).
42,835 jobs at 2,074 businesses in Bradley County. The biggest industries by employees:
Source: U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023 (private employers; jobs counted where people work).
8 doctors and other health care providers list an office in McDonald.
Nearest hospitals
Providers with an office here
| Specialist doctors | 1 |
|---|---|
| Dentists | 1 |
| Nurse practitioners and physician assistants | 3 |
| Physical and occupational therapists | 3 |
Source: Hospitals from CMS Hospital General Information (ratings are CMS overall star ratings); straight-line distances; providers from the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), by practice address and primary specialty.
Grocery stores
Libraries
Theaters and performance venues
Counts are within about 1 mile of the center of town.
Source: Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (openstreetmap.org/copyright), as mapped by volunteers; it can miss places or include closed ones.
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Shares ZIP codes with South Cleveland, Collegedale and Cleveland.
Town boundaries don’t always match ZIP codes: a ZIP code can cross into neighboring towns, and a town can share a ZIP code with its neighbors. Facts describe the town itself; market figures describe whole ZIP codes.