Best Places37135, TN Best Neighborhoods

2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026

Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 37135, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.

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37135 ranks 550th of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.

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The best neighborhoods in 37135

Map of the best neighborhoods in the 37135 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.

37135's strengths and weaknesses

#550Best US zip overall
Top 3%What local pay buys
Top 3%A strong job market
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 37135 with other zip codes.

Where 37135 ranks high

  • Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of zip codes
  • Local economyBetter than 98% of zip codes
  • State fiscal healthBetter than 96% of zip codes
  • Household income$153,658 median, better than 96% of zip codes
  • Educational attainmentBetter than 95% of zip codes

Where 37135 ranks low

  • Nice weatherabout 57 pleasant days a year, better than only 4% of zip codes
  • Short commute35.9 minutes each way, better than only 9% of zip codes
  • Housing crash safetyBetter than only 21% of zip codes
  • Air qualityBetter than only 25% of zip codes
  • TransitBetter than only 35% of zip codes

What it costs to buy a home in 37135

A household needs to earn about $183,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 37135 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $153,658, so buying stretches a typical household.

Income to buy the median home
$183,000
a year, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate
Estimated monthly payment
$4,270
principal, interest, tax, and insurance on a $741,871 home
Median rent
$2,414
a month, across all home sizes

Where the monthly payment goes

Principal & interest$3,783
Property tax$240
Homeowners insurance$247

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 37135's effective rate of 0.39%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.

Renting versus buying

At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. 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 37135

37135's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run larger than average.

Median age
39
about the U.S. median of 41
Residents 65 and older
11%
versus 18% nationally
Average household
3.1
above the U.S. average of 2.6

Residents by age

Under 1826%
18 to 3420%
35 to 4920%
50 to 6422%
65 and older11%

Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for 37135.


Who works in 37135, and how

Work in 37135 centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.

Work from home
31%
above the national average
Unemployment
3.0%
below the national average
Job growth
+11.7%
/y 2019-2023, faster than the national pace

Largest industries

Health care & social16%
Professional & technical12%
Education11%
Retail trade11%
Finance & insurance9%

How people get to work

  • Drive or carpool 68%
  • Work from home 31%
  • Transit, walk, or bike 1%

Life in 37135

37135 has more parkland per resident than 71% of zip codes. That concentrates in some parts of 37135 and thins out in others, which the map shows.

Places to eat and drink
75
restaurants, bars, and fast food, about 35.7 per 10,000 residents, more than 52% of zip codes
Coffee shops
17
about 8.1 per 10,000 residents, more than 79% of zip codes
Parkland
84 acres
about 4.0 acres per 1,000 residents, more than 71% of zip codes

What the weather is like in 37135, month by month

37135 sees roughly 57 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 50, with lows near 30. 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
January50°39°30°
April73°60°48°
July91°80°71°
October75°62°50°

Flying in and out of 37135

Nashville International sits about 12 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 12 miles
Airport size
Large hub
25th-busiest in the US, 158 nonstop destinations
Average drive
17 min
from the area, with no traffic

The best schools in and around 37135

Schools across 37135 average an A−, better than 90% of zip codes.

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Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 37135 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.


37135 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 37135 against the other 33,109 zip codes.


Who 37135 suits

Families

Schools beat 90% of zip codes and crime safety beats 81%.

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Remote workers

Cost of living against local pay beats 99% of zip codes, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 31% already work from home.

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Retirees

Health care access beats 62%.

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Common questions about living in 37135

Is 37135 a good place to live?

Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 37135 ranks 550th of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on what local pay buys, a strong job market, and state finances, and lowest on the weather and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.

Is 37135 expensive to live in?

The median home is worth $741,871. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $153,658 median income, cost of living beats 99% of zip codes.

Is 37135 safe?

Yes, 37135 is safer than 81% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $290 per resident a year.

What is the weather like in 37135?

July highs average about 91 degrees, and January highs near 50 with lows near 30. That works out to about 57 pleasant days a year, more than 4% of zip codes.

Is 37135 good for families?

Schools beat 90% of zip codes, crime safety beats 81%, and childcare runs $811 a month.


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Sources and methodology

Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 37135. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 37135 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.

37135 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:

  1. Walk Grade for 37135: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
  2. Noise in 37135: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
  3. Conservative vs liberal map of 37135: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
  4. Mobile and cell coverage in 37135: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.

37135 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.