Best Places37073, TN Best Neighborhoods

2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026

Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 37073, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.

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37073 ranks 10,772nd of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state finances by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.

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The best neighborhoods in 37073

Map of the best neighborhoods in the 37073 area, with better matches in green and worse matches in red
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BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.

37073's strengths and weaknesses

Top 5%State finances
Each measure against the national median. Bars to the right beat the median; bars to the left fall short. Percentiles compare 37073 with other zip codes.

Where 37073 ranks high

  • State fiscal healthBetter than 96% of zip codes
  • Low property taxBetter than 86% of zip codes
  • Low vacancyBetter than 85% of zip codes
  • Internet speedBetter than 84% of zip codes
  • Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 82% of zip codes

Where 37073 ranks low

  • Short commute31.8 minutes each way, better than only 20% of zip codes
  • Nice weatherabout 68 pleasant days a year, better than only 21% of zip codes
  • School gradeC, better than only 30% of zip codes
  • Air qualityBetter than only 31% of zip codes
  • Housing crash safetyBetter than only 34% of zip codes

What it costs to buy a home in 37073

A household needs to earn about $92,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 37073 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $90,694; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.

Income to buy the median home
$92,000
a year, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate
Estimated monthly payment
$2,147
principal, interest, tax, and insurance on a $369,319 home
Median rent
$1,438
a month, across all home sizes

Where the monthly payment goes

Principal & interest$1,883
Property tax$141
Homeowners insurance$123

Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses 37073's effective rate of 0.46%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.

Renting versus buying

At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.

Cumulative cost of renting versus owning the median home, first 10 years. Illustrative estimate.

Who lives in 37073

37073's age mix sits close to the national median.

Median age
42
about the U.S. median of 41
Residents 65 and older
15%
versus 18% nationally
Average household
2.7
near the U.S. average of 2.6

Residents by age

Under 1822%
18 to 3419%
35 to 4921%
50 to 6423%
65 and older15%

Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for 37073.


Who works in 37073, and how

Work in 37073 centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.

Work from home
17%
about the national average
Unemployment
2.3%
below the national average
Job growth
+12.2%
/y 2019-2023, faster than the national pace

Largest industries

Health care & social14%
Retail trade14%
Manufacturing13%
Education9%
Construction9%

How people get to work

  • Drive or carpool 82%
  • Work from home 17%
  • Transit, walk, or bike 1%

Life in 37073

The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across 37073.

Places to eat and drink
40
restaurants, bars, and fast food, about 27.5 per 10,000 residents, more than 41% of zip codes

What the weather is like in 37073, month by month

37073 sees roughly 68 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 49, with lows near 32. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.

Average daily high, mean, and low in degrees Fahrenheit, NOAA station data 2016 to 2025.
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MonthAvg highAvgAvg low
January49°39°32°
April72°61°50°
July91°80°71°
October74°63°52°

Flying in and out of 37073

Nashville International sits about 22 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 12.6 million passengers in 2025, with 158 nonstop destinations.

Nearest airport
BNA
Nashville International, about 22 miles
Airport size
Large hub
25th-busiest in the US, 158 nonstop destinations
Average drive
31 min
from the area, with no traffic

The best schools in and around 37073

Schools across 37073 average a C, better than 30% of zip codes.

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Top high schools

Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 37073 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.


37073 measure by measure

Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare 37073 against the other 33,109 zip codes.


Common questions about living in 37073

Is 37073 a good place to live?

Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 37073 ranks 10,772nd of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on state finances, low property taxes, and few empty homes, and lowest on long commutes and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.

Is 37073 expensive to live in?

The median home is worth $369,319. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $90,694 median income, cost of living beats 80% of zip codes.

Is 37073 safe?

Yes, 37073 is safer than 69% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $336 per resident a year.


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Sources and methodology

Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 37073. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 37073 represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.

37073 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:

  1. Walk Grade for 37073: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
  2. Noise in 37073: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
  3. Conservative vs liberal map of 37073: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
  4. Mobile and cell coverage in 37073: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.

37073 detail on related sites:

  1. CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
  2. ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
  3. CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.

Federal and public data:

  1. U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
  2. NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
  3. FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
  4. Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
  5. FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
  6. U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
  7. FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
  8. CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
  9. National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
  10. FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
  11. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
  12. Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.