Best PlacesDickson County, TN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Dickson County, 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.
Dickson County ranks 904th of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Dickson County
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.
The best areas in Dickson County
The parts of Dickson County, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first. Each note says how that part differs from the rest of the county.
Burns
Local pay stretches further, incomes run higher, and more adults hold degrees.
Dickson
Tree cover is thinner and fewer households have young kids.
White Bluff
Charlotte
It is quieter, though more homes sit empty.
Scores across Dickson County run from about the 30th to the 83rd percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Dickson County's strengths and weaknesses
Where Dickson County ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 96% of counties
- State fiscal healthBetter than 94% of counties
- Low property taxBetter than 87% of counties
- Tree shadeBetter than 82% of counties
- Crime safetyBetter than 81% of counties
Where Dickson County ranks low
- Short commute32.8 minutes each way, better than only 8% of counties
- Nice weatherabout 66 pleasant days a year, better than only 14% of counties
- WalkabilityBetter than only 20% of counties
- Cell coverageBetter than only 23% of counties
- BikingBetter than only 24% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Dickson County
A household needs to earn about $75,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Dickson County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $79,233, 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 Dickson County's effective rate of 0.45%, 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 Dickson County
Dickson County's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Dickson County.
Who works in Dickson County, and how
Work in Dickson County centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Dickson County
Dickson County has fewer places to eat and drink per resident than most counties and less parkland per resident than most counties. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Dickson County and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Dickson County growing, and who is moving in?
Dickson County has grown about 14% over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from the rest of the Nashville, TN metro.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Dickson County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Dickson County, month by month
Dickson County sees roughly 66 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 49, with lows near 32. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49° | 39° | 32° |
| April | 72° | 61° | 50° |
| July | 91° | 80° | 71° |
| October | 74° | 63° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Dickson County
Nashville International sits about 37 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 Dickson County
Schools across Dickson County average a B, better than 78% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Stuart Burns ElementaryA · 63% proficient
- Centennial ElementaryA− · 56% proficient
- The Discovery SchoolB · 50% proficient
Top middle schools
- Burns Middle SchoolA− · 56% proficient
- W James Middle SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Dickson Middle SchoolB+ · 48% proficient
Top high schools
- Dickson County High SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Creek Wood High SchoolB− · 45% proficient
- New Directions AcademyC+ · 39% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Dickson County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Dickson County 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 Dickson County against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Dickson County suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 79% of counties, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 12% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Dickson County
Is Dickson County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Dickson County ranks 904th of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on a strong job market, state finances, and low property taxes, and lowest on long commutes and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Dickson County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $300,463. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $79,233 median income, cost of living beats 79% of counties.
Is Dickson County safe?
Yes, Dickson County is safer than 81% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $356 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Dickson County?
July highs average about 91 degrees, and January highs near 49 with lows near 32. That works out to about 66 pleasant days a year, more than 14% of counties.
What are the best neighborhoods in Dickson County?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Burns, Dickson, and White Bluff. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Dickson County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Dickson County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Dickson County 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.
Dickson County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Dickson County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Dickson County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Dickson County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Dickson County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Dickson County 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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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