Best PlacesBell Buckle, TN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bell Buckle, 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.
Bell Buckle ranks 10,034th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state finances by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Bell Buckle
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.
Bell Buckle's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bell Buckle ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 96% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 87% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 85% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 84% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 83% of towns
Where Bell Buckle ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 13% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 68 pleasant days a year, better than only 22% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 34% of towns
- Short commute29.5 minutes each way, better than only 36% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 39% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bell Buckle
A household needs to earn about $86,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bell Buckle home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $94,197, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
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 Bell Buckle's effective rate of 0.42%, 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.
Who lives in Bell Buckle
Bell Buckle's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Bell Buckle.
Who works in Bell Buckle, and how
Work in Bell Buckle centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 72%
- Work from home 22%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Bell Buckle
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Bell Buckle.
What the weather is like in Bell Buckle, month by month
Bell Buckle sees roughly 68 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 49, with lows near 31. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49° | 39° | 31° |
| April | 71° | 59° | 48° |
| July | 88° | 77° | 69° |
| October | 73° | 61° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Bell Buckle
Nashville International sits about 38 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 Bell Buckle
Schools across Bell Buckle average a C+, better than 54% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Homer Pittard Campus SchoolA · 65% proficient
- Christiana ElementaryB− · 43% proficient
- Cascade ElementaryB− · 42% proficient
Top middle schools
- Christiana Middle SchoolB · 46% proficient
- Rockvale Middle SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Cascade Middle SchoolC · 34% proficient
Top high schools
- Riverdale High SchoolA · 70% proficient
- Cascade High SchoolB− · 45% proficient
- Community High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bell Buckle school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bell Buckle 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 Bell Buckle against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bell Buckle
Is Bell Buckle a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bell Buckle ranks 10,034th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, low property taxes, and what local pay buys, and lowest on an overheated housing market and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bell Buckle expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $345,803. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $94,197 median income, cost of living beats 85% of towns.
Is Bell Buckle safe?
Yes, Bell Buckle is safer than 70% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $321 per resident a year.
Compare Bell Buckle with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bell Buckle. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bell Buckle 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.
Bell Buckle detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bell Buckle: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bell Buckle: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bell Buckle: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bell Buckle: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bell Buckle 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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