Best PlacesCaryville, TN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Caryville, 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.
Caryville ranks 36,796th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state finances by a wide margin, and the schools rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Caryville
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.
Caryville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Caryville ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 96% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 94% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 85% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 84% of towns
- Cheap childcare$564 a month, better than 84% of towns
Where Caryville ranks low
- School gradeD, better than only 8% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 8% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 9% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 14% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Caryville
A household needs to earn about $58,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Caryville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $64,151, 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 Caryville's effective rate of 0.32%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Caryville
Caryville runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Caryville.
Who works in Caryville, and how
Work in Caryville centers on construction and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Caryville
Caryville has more parkland per resident than 99% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Caryville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Caryville, month by month
Caryville sees roughly 79 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 47, with lows near 29. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 47° | 37° | 29° |
| April | 71° | 58° | 47° |
| July | 87° | 76° | 68° |
| October | 72° | 58° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Caryville
The nearest airport, McGhee Tyson, is about 35 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Nashville International, about 138 miles away.
The best schools in and around Caryville
Schools across Caryville average a D, better than 8% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Lafollette Elementary SchoolD · 19% proficient
Top middle schools
- Lafollette Middle SchoolD− · 14% proficient
Top high schools
- Jellico High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Campbell County Comprehensive High SchoolC− · 27% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Caryville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Caryville 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 Caryville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Caryville
Is Caryville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Caryville ranks 36,796th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, low property taxes, and tree cover, and lowest on the schools and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Caryville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $237,855. The overall cost of living runs about 22% below the national average. Set against a $64,151 median income, cost of living beats 52% of towns.
Is Caryville safe?
Caryville is safer than 50% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $397 per resident a year.
Compare Caryville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Caryville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Caryville 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.
Caryville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Caryville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Caryville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Caryville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Caryville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Caryville 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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