Best PlacesCades, TN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cades, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Cades ranks 43,062nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state finances by a wide margin, and low incomes rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Cades
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.
Cades' strengths and weaknesses
Where Cades ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 96% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 84% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 84% of towns
- Cheap childcare$564 a month, better than 84% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 83% of towns
Where Cades ranks low
- Household income$47,580 median, better than only 10% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 10% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 11% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 13% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Cades
A household needs to earn about $32,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cades home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $47,580, 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 Cades' effective rate of 0.61%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Cades
Cades runs younger than the country, 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 Cades.
Who works in Cades, and how
Work in Cades centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 97%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 0%
Life in Cades
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Cades.
What the weather is like in Cades, month by month
Cades sees roughly 67 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 50, with lows near 32. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 50° | 40° | 32° |
| April | 73° | 61° | 50° |
| July | 91° | 80° | 71° |
| October | 75° | 62° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Cades
The nearest airport, McKellar-Sipes Regional, is about 27 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 94 miles away.
The best schools in and around Cades
Schools across Cades average a B−, better than 58% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bradford ElementaryB · 45% proficient
- Milan ElementaryC · 33% proficient
Top middle schools
- Milan Middle SchoolB− · 39% proficient
Top high schools
- Milan High SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Bradford High SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cades school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cades 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 Cades against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Cades
Is Cades a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cades ranks 43,062nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, a strong job market, and low taxes, and lowest on low incomes and thin health care access. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Cades expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $126,932. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $47,580 median income, cost of living beats 11% of towns.
Is Cades safe?
Cades is safer than 21% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $580 per resident a year.
Compare Cades with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cades. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cades 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.
Cades detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cades: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cades: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cades: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cades: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cades 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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