Best PlacesBrentwood, TN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Brentwood, 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.
Brentwood ranks 102nd of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Brentwood
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.
Brentwood's strengths and weaknesses
Where Brentwood ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of cities
- State fiscal healthBetter than 98% of cities
- Household income$174,079 median, better than 96% of cities
- Educational attainmentBetter than 96% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than 96% of cities
Where Brentwood ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 55 pleasant days a year, better than only 2% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than only 3% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 8% of cities
- BikingBetter than only 15% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than only 21% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Brentwood
A household needs to earn about $235,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Brentwood home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $174,079, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Brentwood's effective rate of 0.43%, 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 Brentwood
Brentwood runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Brentwood.
Who works in Brentwood, and how
Work in Brentwood centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 70%
- Work from home 28%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Brentwood
Brentwood has more restaurants and bars per resident than 73% of cities. That concentrates in some parts of Brentwood and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Brentwood, month by month
Brentwood 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 Brentwood
Nashville International sits about 10 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 Brentwood
Schools across Brentwood average an A−, better than 92% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Clovercroft Elementary SchoolA+ · 87% proficient
- Lipscomb ElementaryA+ · 84% proficient
- Jordan Elementary SchoolA+ · 84% proficient
Top middle schools
- Brentwood Middle SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
- Woodland Middle SchoolA+ · 76% proficient
- Grassland Middle SchoolA+ · 72% proficient
Top high schools
- Brentwood High SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
- Ravenwood High SchoolA · 79% proficient
- Nolensville High SchoolA · 74% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Brentwood school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Brentwood 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 Brentwood against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Brentwood suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 99% of cities and 28% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Brentwood
Is Brentwood a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Brentwood ranks 102nd of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on what local pay buys, state finances, and high incomes, and lowest on the weather and walkability. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Brentwood expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $948,354. The overall cost of living runs about 1% above the national average. Set against a $174,079 median income, cost of living beats 99% of cities.
Is Brentwood safe?
Brentwood is safer than 44% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $456 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Brentwood?
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 2% of cities.
Is Brentwood good for families?
Schools beat 92% of cities, crime safety beats 44%, and childcare runs $811 a month.
Compare Brentwood with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Brentwood. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Brentwood 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.
Brentwood detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Brentwood: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Brentwood: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Brentwood: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Brentwood: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Brentwood 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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