Best PlacesFanchers Mills, TN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Fanchers Mills, 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.
Fanchers Mills ranks 15,598th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state finances by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Fanchers Mills
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.
Fanchers Mills' strengths and weaknesses
Where Fanchers Mills ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 96% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 91% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 84% of towns
- Cheap childcare$564 a month, better than 84% of towns
Where Fanchers Mills ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 65 pleasant days a year, better than only 15% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 18% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 19% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 21% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Fanchers Mills
A household needs to earn about $51,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Fanchers Mills home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $67,505, 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 Fanchers Mills' effective rate of 0.36%, 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 Fanchers Mills
Fanchers Mills runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Fanchers Mills.
Who works in Fanchers Mills, and how
Work in Fanchers Mills centers on manufacturing 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 90%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Fanchers Mills
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Fanchers Mills.
What the weather is like in Fanchers Mills, month by month
Fanchers Mills sees roughly 65 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 48, with lows near 28. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48° | 37° | 28° |
| April | 71° | 58° | 46° |
| July | 88° | 77° | 68° |
| October | 73° | 59° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Fanchers Mills
Nashville International sits about 60 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 Fanchers Mills
Schools across Fanchers Mills average a B, better than 64% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Northfield Elementary SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Cassville ElementaryB · 45% proficient
- Northside ElementaryD+ · 22% proficient
Top middle schools
- Prescott South Middle SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- White Co Middle SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Dekalb Middle SchoolD+ · 27% proficient
Top high schools
- Upperman High SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- White County High SchoolB · 46% proficient
- De Kalb County High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Fanchers Mills school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Fanchers Mills 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 Fanchers Mills against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Fanchers Mills
Is Fanchers Mills a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Fanchers Mills ranks 15,598th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, low crime, and low property taxes, and lowest on the weather and health outcomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Fanchers Mills expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $207,699. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $67,505 median income, cost of living beats 52% of towns.
Is Fanchers Mills safe?
Yes, Fanchers Mills is safer than 94% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $227 per resident a year.
Compare Fanchers Mills with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Fanchers Mills. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Fanchers Mills 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.
Fanchers Mills detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Fanchers Mills: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Fanchers Mills: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Fanchers Mills: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Fanchers Mills: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Fanchers Mills 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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