Best PlacesLoudon County, TN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Loudon County, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The averages hide a wide spread here, so the area matters as much as the address. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Loudon County ranks 595th of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Loudon 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 Loudon County
The parts of Loudon 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.
Tellico Village & Greenback
More adults hold degrees, local pay stretches further, and incomes run higher.
Lenoir City
Fewer households have young kids and tree cover is thinner.
Philadelphia
Homes cost less, though fewer residents vote.
Loudon
Prices have run up less, though health care is harder to reach.
Scores across Loudon County run from about the 16th to the 91st percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Loudon County's strengths and weaknesses
Where Loudon County ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 95% of counties
- Low property taxBetter than 94% of counties
- State fiscal healthBetter than 94% of counties
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 94% of counties
- Household income$86,227 median, better than 83% of counties
Where Loudon County ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 63 pleasant days a year, better than only 9% of counties
- WalkabilityBetter than only 26% of counties
- BikingBetter than only 26% of counties
- Heat safetyBetter than only 27% of counties
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 32% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Loudon County
A household needs to earn about $83,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Loudon County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $86,227, 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 Loudon County's effective rate of 0.34%, 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 Loudon County
Loudon County runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Loudon County.
Who works in Loudon County, and how
Work in Loudon County centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Loudon County
Loudon 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 Loudon County and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Loudon County growing, and who is moving in?
Loudon County has grown about 23% over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from the rest of the Knoxville, TN metro.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Loudon County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Loudon County, month by month
Loudon County sees roughly 63 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 51, with lows near 29. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 51° | 39° | 29° |
| April | 74° | 60° | 47° |
| July | 91° | 79° | 69° |
| October | 76° | 62° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Loudon County
The nearest airport, McGhee Tyson, is about 16 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Nashville International, about 136 miles away.
The best schools in and around Loudon County
Schools across Loudon County average a B−, better than 70% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Steekee ElementaryB · 45% proficient
- Eaton ElementaryB− · 42% proficient
- Highland Park ElementaryB− · 40% proficient
Top middle schools
- North Middle SchoolA− · 56% proficient
- Ft Loudoun Middle SchoolC− · 29% proficient
- Lenoir City Intermediate/middle SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Loudon High SchoolB− · 45% proficient
- Lenoir City High SchoolB− · 43% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Loudon County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Loudon 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 Loudon County against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Loudon County suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 94% of counties, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 14% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Loudon County
Is Loudon County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Loudon County ranks 595th of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on a strong job market, low property taxes, and state finances, and lowest on the weather and walkability. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Loudon County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $338,229. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $86,227 median income, cost of living beats 94% of counties.
Is Loudon County safe?
Loudon County is safer than 50% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $444 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Loudon County?
July highs average about 91 degrees, and January highs near 51 with lows near 29. That works out to about 63 pleasant days a year, more than 9% of counties.
What are the best neighborhoods in Loudon County?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Tellico Village & Greenback, Lenoir City, and Philadelphia. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Loudon County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Loudon County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Loudon 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.
Loudon County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Loudon County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Loudon County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Loudon County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Loudon County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Loudon 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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