Best PlacesMaury County, TN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Maury County, 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.
Maury County ranks 972nd of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. It does not top any single list, but it lands above the national middle on state finances and a strong job market. The weaker spots are an overheated housing market, the weather, and long commutes.
The best neighborhoods in Maury 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 Maury County
The parts of Maury 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.
Spring Hill
Local pay stretches further, incomes run higher, and crime runs lower.
Mount Pleasant
It is quieter, though fewer households have young kids.
Culleoka
Columbia
Fewer residents vote and fewer adults hold degrees.
Scores across Maury County run from about the 4th to the 87th percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Maury County's strengths and weaknesses
Maury County lands in the middle because its strengths and weaknesses roughly balance. State finances, a strong job market, and low property taxes carry most of that.
The drawbacks are real but narrow. An overheated housing market, the weather, and long commutes hold the score down. Cost swings more from one part of Maury County to another than it does between Maury County and its neighbors, which the map below shows.
Where Maury County ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 94% of counties
- Local economyBetter than 91% of counties
- Low property taxBetter than 87% of counties
- Internet speedBetter than 82% of counties
- TransitBetter than 82% of counties
Where Maury County ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 10% of counties
- Nice weatherabout 69 pleasant days a year, better than only 18% of counties
- Short commute29.0 minutes each way, better than only 20% of counties
- School gradeC−, better than only 25% of counties
- WalkabilityBetter than only 36% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Maury County
A household needs to earn about $87,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Maury County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $81,836; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Maury County's effective rate of 0.44%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Maury County
Maury County's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Maury County.
Who works in Maury County, and how
Work in Maury County centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Maury County
Maury County has less late-night activity than most counties. That concentrates in some parts of Maury County and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Maury County growing, and who is moving in?
Maury County has grown about 33% over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from the rest of the Nashville, TN metro.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Maury County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Maury County, month by month
Maury County sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 50, with lows near 32. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 50° | 40° | 32° |
| April | 72° | 61° | 50° |
| July | 90° | 80° | 71° |
| October | 75° | 62° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Maury County
Nashville International sits about 39 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 Maury County
Schools across Maury County average a C−, better than 25% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Hillsboro Elementary/ Middle SchoolA · 68% proficient
- Fairview ElementaryA− · 58% proficient
- Richland ElementaryB− · 42% proficient
Top middle schools
- Spring Hill Middle SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
- Battle Creek Middle SchoolC · 34% proficient
- Mt. Pleasant Middle Visual Perform. ArtsD+ · 26% proficient
Top high schools
- Spring Hill High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Columbia Central High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Mt Pleasant High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Maury County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Maury 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 Maury County against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Maury County suits
Families
Schools land around the 25th percentile and crime safety beats 76%.
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 81% of counties, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 14% already work from home.
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in Maury County
Is Maury County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Maury County ranks 972nd of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on state finances, a strong job market, and low property taxes, and lowest on an overheated housing market and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Maury County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $350,934. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $81,836 median income, cost of living beats 81% of counties.
Is Maury County safe?
Yes, Maury County is safer than 76% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $377 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Maury County?
July highs average about 90 degrees, and January highs near 50 with lows near 32. That works out to about 69 pleasant days a year, more than 18% of counties.
What are the best neighborhoods in Maury County?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Spring Hill, Mount Pleasant, and Culleoka. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Is Maury County good for families?
Schools beat 25% of counties, crime safety beats 76%, and childcare runs $811 a month.
Is Maury County good for remote workers?
Cost of living against local pay beats 81% of counties, and the fastest advertised internet here beats 82% of counties. About 14% of workers already work from home.
Compare Maury County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Maury County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Maury 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.
Maury County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Maury County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Maury County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Maury County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Maury County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Maury 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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