Best PlacesMidtown, TN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Midtown, 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.
Midtown ranks 10,267th of 50,333 U.S. towns 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 Midtown
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.
Midtown's strengths and weaknesses
Where Midtown ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 96% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 96% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 87% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 84% of towns
Where Midtown ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 62 pleasant days a year, better than only 12% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 14% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 16% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 22% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 28% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Midtown
A household needs to earn about $67,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Midtown home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $78,745, 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 Midtown's effective rate of 0.42%, 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 Midtown
Midtown runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Midtown.
Who works in Midtown, and how
Work in Midtown centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Midtown
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Midtown.
What the weather is like in Midtown, month by month
Midtown sees roughly 62 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 50, 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 | 50° | 39° | 29° |
| April | 75° | 60° | 47° |
| July | 91° | 79° | 70° |
| October | 76° | 61° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Midtown
The nearest airport, McGhee Tyson, is about 33 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Nashville International, about 119 miles away.
The best schools in and around Midtown
Schools across Midtown average a B, better than 68% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Dyllis Springs ElementaryB+ · 55% proficient
Top middle schools
- Midway Middle SchoolA− · 55% proficient
Top high schools
- Rockwood High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Midtown school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Midtown 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 Midtown against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Midtown
Is Midtown a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Midtown ranks 10,267th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, state finances, and low crime, 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 Midtown expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $269,480. The overall cost of living runs about 24% below the national average. Set against a $78,745 median income, cost of living beats 80% of towns.
Is Midtown safe?
Yes, Midtown is safer than 96% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $210 per resident a year.
Compare Midtown with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Midtown. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Midtown 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.
Midtown detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Midtown: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Midtown: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Midtown: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Midtown: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Midtown 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.