Best Places37191, TN Best Neighborhoods

2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026

Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 37191, 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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37191 ranks 8,746th 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 37191

Map of the best neighborhoods in the 37191 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.

37191's strengths and weaknesses

Top 5%State finances
Top 10%A strong job market
Each measure against the national median. Bars to the right beat the median; bars to the left fall short. Percentiles compare 37191 with other zip codes.

Where 37191 ranks high

  • State fiscal healthBetter than 96% of zip codes
  • Local economyBetter than 95% of zip codes
  • Low property taxBetter than 84% of zip codes
  • Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 82% of zip codes
  • State infrastructureBetter than 82% of zip codes

Where 37191 ranks low

  • Short commute36.7 minutes each way, better than only 8% of zip codes
  • Nice weatherabout 64 pleasant days a year, better than only 14% of zip codes
  • BikingBetter than only 19% of zip codes
  • WalkabilityBetter than only 20% of zip codes
  • Cell coverageBetter than only 24% of zip codes

What it costs to buy a home in 37191

A household needs to earn about $68,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 37191 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $90,647, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.

Income to buy the median home
$68,000
a year, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate
Estimated monthly payment
$1,584
principal, interest, tax, and insurance on a $271,786 home
Median rent
$1,306
a month, across all home sizes

Where the monthly payment goes

Principal & interest$1,386
Property tax$108
Homeowners insurance$91

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 37191's effective rate of 0.47%, 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 7 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 37191

37191's age mix sits close to the national median.

Median age
40
about the U.S. median of 41
Residents 65 and older
14%
versus 18% nationally
Average household
2.8
near the U.S. average of 2.6

Residents by age

Under 1824%
18 to 3422%
35 to 4920%
50 to 6419%
65 and older14%

Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for 37191.


Who works in 37191, and how

Work in 37191 centers on manufacturing and education. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.

Work from home
14%
about the national average
Unemployment
0.3%
below the national average
Job growth
−0.9%
/y 2019-2023, slower than the national pace

Largest industries

Manufacturing14%
Education13%
Retail trade11%
Admin & support services9%
Professional & technical9%

How people get to work

  • Drive or carpool 82%
  • Work from home 14%
  • Transit, walk, or bike 4%

Life in 37191

The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across 37191.


What the weather is like in 37191, month by month

37191 sees roughly 64 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 48, 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.
Show the monthly temperatures
MonthAvg highAvgAvg low
January48°38°30°
April72°59°49°
July89°79°71°
October73°60°50°

Flying in and out of 37191

Nashville International sits about 54 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 54 miles
Airport size
Large hub
25th-busiest in the US, 158 nonstop destinations
Average drive
77 min
from the area, with no traffic

The best schools in and around 37191

Schools across 37191 average a B, better than 69% of zip codes.

Top elementary schools

Top middle schools

Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 37191 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.


37191 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 37191 against the other 33,109 zip codes.


Common questions about living in 37191

Is 37191 a good place to live?

Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 37191 ranks 8,746th of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on state finances, a strong job market, and low property taxes, 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 37191 expensive to live in?

The median home is worth $271,786. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $90,647 median income, cost of living beats 77% of zip codes.

Is 37191 safe?

Yes, 37191 is safer than 74% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $311 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 37191. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 37191 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.

37191 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:

  1. Walk Grade for 37191: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
  2. Noise in 37191: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
  3. Conservative vs liberal map of 37191: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
  4. Mobile and cell coverage in 37191: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.

37191 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.