Best PlacesLeipers Fork, TN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Leipers Fork, 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.
Leipers Fork ranks 4,916th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state finances by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Leipers Fork
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.
Leipers Fork's strengths and weaknesses
Where Leipers Fork ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 96% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 96% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 92% of towns
- Household income$115,807 median, better than 92% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 92% of towns
Where Leipers Fork ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 69 pleasant days a year, better than only 23% of towns
- Short commute30.8 minutes each way, better than only 29% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 31% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Leipers Fork
A household needs to earn about $157,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Leipers Fork home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $115,807, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Leipers Fork's effective rate of 0.26%, 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 Leipers Fork
Leipers Fork runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Leipers Fork.
Who works in Leipers Fork, and how
Work in Leipers Fork centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 77%
- Work from home 22%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Leipers Fork
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Leipers Fork.
What the weather is like in Leipers Fork, month by month
Leipers Fork sees roughly 69 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 Leipers Fork
Nashville International sits about 26 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 Leipers Fork
Schools across Leipers Fork average an A, better than 92% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Hillsboro Elementary/ Middle SchoolA · 68% proficient
- Fairview ElementaryA− · 58% proficient
Top middle schools
- Fairview Middle SchoolB+ · 49% proficient
Top high schools
- Nolensville High SchoolA · 74% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Leipers Fork school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Leipers Fork 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 Leipers Fork against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Leipers Fork
Is Leipers Fork a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Leipers Fork ranks 4,916th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, low property taxes, and what local pay buys, and lowest on an overheated housing market and walkability. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Leipers Fork expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $648,046. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $115,807 median income, cost of living beats 92% of towns.
Is Leipers Fork safe?
Leipers Fork is safer than 52% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $388 per resident a year.
Compare Leipers Fork with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Leipers Fork. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Leipers Fork 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.
Leipers Fork detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Leipers Fork: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Leipers Fork: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Leipers Fork: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Leipers Fork: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Leipers Fork 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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