Best PlacesMadie, TN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Madie, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Madie ranks 32,021st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and health outcomes rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Madie
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.
Madie's strengths and weaknesses
Where Madie ranks high
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 96% of towns
- Short commute17.6 minutes each way, better than 94% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 85% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 84% of towns
Where Madie ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 1% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Madie
A household needs to earn about $33,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Madie home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $72,500, 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 Madie's effective rate of 0.83%, 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 Madie
Madie runs younger than the country, 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 Madie.
Who works in Madie, and how
Work in Madie centers on education and manufacturing. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 95%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Madie
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Madie.
What the weather is like in Madie, month by month
Madie sees roughly 100 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 48, with lows near 32. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48° | 39° | 32° |
| April | 72° | 61° | 52° |
| July | 90° | 81° | 72° |
| October | 74° | 62° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Madie
The nearest airport, McKellar-Sipes Regional, is about 56 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 90 miles away.
The best schools in and around Madie
Schools across Madie average a D, better than 9% of towns.
Top middle schools
- Lara Kendall ElementaryD− · 17% proficient
Top high schools
- Lake Co High SchoolD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Madie school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Madie 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 Madie against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Madie
Is Madie a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Madie ranks 32,021st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, state finances, and short commutes, and lowest on health outcomes and a weak job market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Madie expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $127,100. The overall cost of living runs about 28% below the national average. Set against a $72,500 median income, cost of living beats 71% of towns.
Is Madie safe?
Madie is safer than 48% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $401 per resident a year.
Compare Madie with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Madie. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Madie 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.
Madie detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Madie: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Madie: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Madie: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Madie: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Madie 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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