Best PlacesCrossville, TN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Crossville, 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.
Crossville ranks 1,591st of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and health outcomes rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Crossville
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.
Crossville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Crossville ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 99% of cities
- State fiscal healthBetter than 98% of cities
- Cheap childcare$564 a month, better than 97% of cities
- Tree shadeBetter than 97% of cities
- QuietBetter than 96% of cities
Where Crossville ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 1% of cities
- BikingBetter than only 1% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than only 1% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than only 2% of cities
- Big-city accessBetter than only 9% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Crossville
A household needs to earn about $57,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Crossville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $62,411, 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 Crossville's effective rate of 0.29%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Crossville
Crossville 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 Crossville.
Who works in Crossville, and how
Work in Crossville centers on retail trade and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Crossville
Crossville has more restaurants and bars per resident than 77% of cities and more parkland per resident than 80% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Crossville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Crossville, month by month
Crossville sees roughly 101 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 46, with lows near 29. The comfortable stretch runs April through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 46° | 36° | 29° |
| April | 68° | 56° | 46° |
| July | 84° | 74° | 66° |
| October | 70° | 58° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Crossville
The nearest airport, McGhee Tyson, is about 60 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Nashville International, about 92 miles away.
The best schools in and around Crossville
Schools across Crossville average a C, better than 32% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Frank P. Brown ElementaryB+ · 52% proficient
- South Cumberland ElementaryB · 49% proficient
- Glenn Martin ElementaryB · 45% proficient
Top middle schools
- Bledsoe County Middle SchoolC · 32% proficient
Top high schools
- Stone Memorial High SchoolB · 48% proficient
- Bledsoe County High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
- Cumberland County High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Crossville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Crossville 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 Crossville against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Crossville suits
Families
Schools land around the 32nd percentile and crime safety beats 56%.
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 9% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Crossville
Is Crossville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Crossville ranks 1,591st of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on low property taxes, state finances, and affordable childcare, and lowest on health outcomes and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Crossville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $235,413. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $62,411 median income, cost of living beats 15% of cities.
Is Crossville safe?
Yes, Crossville is safer than 56% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $401 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Crossville?
July highs average about 84 degrees, and January highs near 46 with lows near 29. That works out to about 101 pleasant days a year, more than 61% of cities.
Is Crossville good for families?
Schools beat 32% of cities, crime safety beats 56%, and childcare runs $564 a month.
Compare Crossville with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Crossville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Crossville 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.
Crossville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Crossville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Crossville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Crossville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Crossville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Crossville 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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