Best PlacesAntioch, TN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Antioch, 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.
Antioch ranks 354th of 445 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It does not top any single list, but it lands above the national middle on state finances and tree cover. The weaker spots are the weather, the schools, and biking.
The best neighborhoods in Antioch
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.
The best areas in Antioch
The parts of Antioch, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first. Each note says how that part differs from the rest of the city.
Cane Ridge
More adults hold degrees, local pay stretches further, and incomes run higher.
Four Corners
Hickory Woods
Tree cover is thinner and fewer households have young kids.
Northwestern Antioch
Disaster risk is higher and fewer residents vote.
Scores across Antioch run from about the 2nd to the 88th percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Antioch's strengths and weaknesses
Antioch ranks near the bottom because several of the basics fall short at once. State finances is the standout, in the top 2% of cities. Tree cover and affordable childcare follow.
The weak spots are broad rather than narrow: the weather, the schools, and biking all drag on the score. Those are area averages, and the map below shows which parts run well above them.
Where Antioch ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 98% of cities
- Tree shadeBetter than 85% of cities
- Cheap childcare$811 a month, better than 84% of cities
- QuietBetter than 83% of cities
- State infrastructureBetter than 80% of cities
Where Antioch ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 55 pleasant days a year, better than only 1% of cities
- School gradeD, better than only 6% of cities
- BikingBetter than only 8% of cities
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 9% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than only 11% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Antioch
A household needs to earn about $83,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Antioch home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $80,894; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
Where the monthly payment goes
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 Antioch's effective rate of 0.64%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Antioch
Antioch runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Antioch.
Who works in Antioch, and how
Work in Antioch centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Antioch
Antioch has more parkland per resident than 79% of cities. That concentrates in some parts of Antioch and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Antioch, month by month
Antioch sees roughly 55 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 53, with lows near 30. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 53° | 40° | 30° |
| April | 75° | 61° | 48° |
| July | 94° | 81° | 71° |
| October | 78° | 64° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Antioch
Nashville International sits about 5 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 12.6 million passengers in 2025, with 158 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Antioch
Schools across Antioch average a D, better than 6% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Gladeville ElementaryA · 65% proficient
- East Cheatham ElementaryB · 45% proficient
- May Werthan Shayne Elementary SchoolC− · 27% proficient
Top middle schools
- West Wilson Middle SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Sycamore Middle SchoolB− · 39% proficient
- William Henry Oliver MiddleD · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- Wilson Central High SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Sycamore High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Intrepid College Preparatory Charter SchoolD− · 13% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Antioch school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Antioch 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 Antioch against the other 444 cities.
Who Antioch suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 15% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Antioch
Is Antioch a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Antioch ranks 354th of 445 cities. It scores highest on state finances, tree cover, and affordable childcare, and lowest on the weather and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Antioch expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $325,022. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $80,894 median income, cost of living beats 62% of cities.
Is Antioch safe?
Antioch is safer than 36% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $564 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Antioch?
July highs average about 94 degrees, and January highs near 53 with lows near 30. That works out to about 55 pleasant days a year, more than 1% of cities.
What are the best neighborhoods in Antioch?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Cane Ridge, Four Corners, and Hickory Woods. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Is Antioch good for families?
Schools beat 6% of cities, crime safety beats 36%, and childcare runs $811 a month.
Is Antioch good for remote workers?
Cost of living against local pay beats 62% of cities, and the fastest advertised internet here beats 70% of cities. About 15% of workers already work from home.
Compare Antioch with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Antioch. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Antioch 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.
Antioch detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Antioch: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Antioch: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Antioch: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Antioch: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Antioch detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- 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.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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