The Best Places To Live In Tennessee Ranked

NASHVILLE, TN - Brentwood is the best place to live in Tennessee, according to a new set of rankings released by Niche. Brentwood and three other suburbs of Nashville ranked in the top 10; Franklin ranked second on the list.

Brentwood, Franklin and three other Tennessee communities received an A+ grade on Niche’s rankings of best places to live for 2018. Nashville ranked 25th for best places to live in the state and received an A- grade.

The rankings of best places to live awarded grades from A+ to D- to communities across the nation. The top 57 communities in Tennessee received grades of between A+ and B+, with five communities getting an A+ grade, 11 communities receiving an A grade, 17 communities receiving a grade of A-, and 24 getting a B+.

To calculate the rankings and assign grades to communities, Niche looks at factors like the quality of local schools, crime rates, housing trends, employment statistics and access to amenities. Niche gets its data from government sources like the Department of Education, the FBI and the U.S. Census. You can read more about Niche’s methodology and data sources.

According to Niche, these are the 57 best communities to live in Tennessee:

Communities getting an A+ grade were:

Brentwood
Franklin
Nolensville
Farragut
Collierville

Communities getting A grades were:

Germantown
Oak Hill
Signal Mountain
Mount Juliet
Lookout Mountain
Forest Hills
Spring Hill
Maryville
Fairmount
Thompson's Station
Walden

Communities getting A- grades were:

Collegedale
Murfreesboro
Johnson City
Oak Ridge
Lakeland
Bartlett
Hendersonville
Belle Meade
Nashville
Smyrna
Shackle Island
Norris
Green Hill
Fairview
La Vergne
Knoxville
Clarksville

Communities getting B+ grades were:

Medina
Arlington
Kingsport
Lakesite
Gallatin
Alamo
Goodlettsville
Chattanooga
Harrison
White House
Atoka
Tusculum
Park City
Manchester
Alcoa
Bells
Piperton
Martin
Henderson
Lexington
Pine Crest
New Market
Greeneville
Harrogate

You can see how all of Tennessee communities scored on the Niche rankings here.

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