Best PlacesCalhoun, TN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Calhoun, 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.
Calhoun ranks 33,010th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state finances by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Calhoun
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.
Calhoun's strengths and weaknesses
Where Calhoun ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 96% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 96% 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 Calhoun ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 7% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 62 pleasant days a year, better than only 12% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 16% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 18% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Calhoun
A household needs to earn about $49,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Calhoun home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $63,706, 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 Calhoun's effective rate of 0.27%, 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 Calhoun
Calhoun runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Calhoun.
Who works in Calhoun, and how
Work in Calhoun centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Calhoun
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Calhoun.
What the weather is like in Calhoun, month by month
Calhoun sees roughly 62 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 54, with lows near 32. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 54° | 42° | 32° |
| April | 77° | 62° | 49° |
| July | 93° | 81° | 72° |
| October | 79° | 64° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Calhoun
The nearest airport, Lovell Field, is about 33 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International, about 116 miles away.
The best schools in and around Calhoun
Schools across Calhoun average a B, better than 63% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Calhoun ElementaryB · 45% proficient
- Rogers Creek ElementaryB− · 40% proficient
- Mountain View ElementaryC+ · 37% proficient
Top middle schools
- Ocoee Middle SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Chilhowee Middle SchoolB · 44% proficient
Top high schools
- Polk County High SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Walker Valley High SchoolB− · 44% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Calhoun school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Calhoun 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 Calhoun against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Calhoun
Is Calhoun a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Calhoun ranks 33,010th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, low property taxes, and low taxes, and lowest on noise and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Calhoun expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $202,951. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $63,706 median income, cost of living beats 37% of towns.
Is Calhoun safe?
Calhoun is safer than 47% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $405 per resident a year.
Compare Calhoun with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Calhoun. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Calhoun 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.
Calhoun detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Calhoun: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Calhoun: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Calhoun: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Calhoun: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Calhoun 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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