Best PlacesEast Ridge, TN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around East Ridge, 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.
East Ridge ranks 24,241st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in East Ridge
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.
East Ridge's strengths and weaknesses
Where East Ridge ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 99% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 96% of towns
- BikingBetter than 93% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 93% of towns
- TransitBetter than 92% of towns
Where East Ridge ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 10% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 62 pleasant days a year, better than only 11% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 14% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 16% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in East Ridge
A household needs to earn about $56,000 a year to comfortably buy the median East Ridge home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $63,682, 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 East Ridge's effective rate of 0.79%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in East Ridge
East Ridge's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 East Ridge.
Who works in East Ridge, and how
Work in East Ridge centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in East Ridge
East Ridge has more restaurants and bars per resident than 92% of towns and more parkland per resident than 94% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of East Ridge and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in East Ridge, month by month
East Ridge 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 East Ridge
The nearest airport, Lovell Field, is about 3 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International, about 105 miles away.
The best schools in and around East Ridge
Schools across East Ridge average a C+, better than 46% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Spring Creek ElementaryC− · 30% proficient
- East Ridge ElementaryD+ · 23% proficient
- East Side ElementaryD+ · 23% proficient
Top middle schools
- East Ridge Middle SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
- Orchard Knob MiddleF · 9% proficient
- East Lake Academy Of Fine ArtsF · 7% proficient
Top high schools
- East Ridge High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every East Ridge school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
East Ridge 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 East Ridge against the other 50,332 towns.
Who East Ridge suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 12% already work from home.
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in East Ridge
Is East Ridge a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, East Ridge ranks 24,241st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, state finances, and biking, 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 East Ridge expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $214,345. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $63,682 median income, cost of living beats 50% of towns.
Is East Ridge safe?
East Ridge is safer than 29% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $490 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in East Ridge?
July highs average about 93 degrees, and January highs near 54 with lows near 32. That works out to about 62 pleasant days a year, more than 11% of towns.
Is East Ridge good for families?
Schools beat 46% of towns, crime safety beats 29%, and childcare runs $811 a month.
Compare East Ridge with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to East Ridge. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in East Ridge 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.
East Ridge detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for East Ridge: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in East Ridge: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of East Ridge: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in East Ridge: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
East Ridge 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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