Best PlacesGraball, TN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Graball, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Graball ranks 9,939th 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 Graball
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.
Graball's strengths and weaknesses
Where Graball ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 96% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 93% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 90% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 84% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 83% of towns
Where Graball ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 56 pleasant days a year, better than only 3% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 14% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 16% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Short commute30.1 minutes each way, better than only 33% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Graball
A household needs to earn about $83,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Graball home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $93,536, 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 Graball'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 Graball
Graball's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Graball.
Who works in Graball, and how
Work in Graball centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Graball
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Graball.
What the weather is like in Graball, month by month
Graball sees roughly 56 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 53, with lows near 30. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 53° | 40° | 30° |
| April | 75° | 61° | 48° |
| July | 94° | 81° | 71° |
| October | 78° | 64° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Graball
Nashville International sits about 28 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 Graball
Schools across Graball average a C+, better than 54% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Benny C. Bills Elementary SchoolD+ · 24% proficient
Top middle schools
- Joe Shafer Middle SchoolC · 34% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Graball school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Graball 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 Graball against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Graball
Is Graball a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Graball ranks 9,939th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, fast internet, and a strong job market, and lowest on the weather and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Graball expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $331,618. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $93,536 median income, cost of living beats 81% of towns.
Is Graball safe?
Yes, Graball is safer than 83% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $272 per resident a year.
Compare Graball with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Graball. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Graball 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.
Graball detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Graball: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Graball: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Graball: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Graball: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Graball 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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