Best PlacesMorristown, TN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in the Morristown metro, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Costs and crime read low across the board, which puts the choice down to which part suits you. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
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Morristown ranks 234th of 387 U.S. metro areas on the BestNeighborhood index. It earns the spot by being affordable and steady rather than flashy: everyday costs run well below the national average, and crime is low. The trade is biking: the nearest large city and its jobs, flights, and culture are a drive away.
The best neighborhoods in the Morristown metro
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 Morristown
The towns and districts of the Morristown metro, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood in each, highest scoring first. Each note says how that part differs from the rest of the metro.
Dandridge, New Market & Strawberry Plains
Tree cover is thicker, local pay stretches further, and incomes run higher.
Jefferson City & Talbott
Health outcomes score higher, though fewer households have young kids.
White Pine
It is quieter, though more homes sit empty.
Downtown Morristown
Heat risk is lower, though health care is harder to reach.
Scores across Morristown run from about the 9th to the 89th percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Morristown's strengths and weaknesses
Morristown lands in the middle because its strengths and weaknesses roughly balance. State finances is the standout, in the top 3% of metro areas. Affordable childcare and low property taxes follow.
The one real hole is biking, near the bottom of the country. Health outcomes and walkability also cost it ground. That one depends almost entirely on which part you pick, which is what the map below settles.
Where Morristown ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 97% of metro areas
- Cheap childcare$564 a month, better than 97% of metro areas
- Low property taxBetter than 95% of metro areas
- Internet speedBetter than 95% of metro areas
- QuietBetter than 90% of metro areas
Where Morristown ranks low
- BikingBetter than only 1% of metro areas
- Health outlookBetter than only 4% of metro areas
- WalkabilityBetter than only 4% of metro areas
- Household income$64,521 median, better than only 9% of metro areas
- Cell coverageBetter than only 12% of metro areas
What it costs to buy a home in Morristown
A household needs to earn about $55,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Morristown home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $64,521, 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 Morristown's effective rate of 0.41%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Morristown
Morristown runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Morristown.
Who works in Morristown, and how
Work in Morristown centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Morristown
Morristown has fewer places to eat and drink per resident than most metro areas and less parkland per resident than most metro areas. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Morristown and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Morristown growing, and who is moving in?
Morristown has grown about 10% over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from Knoxville, TN.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Morristown go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Morristown, month by month
Morristown sees roughly 78 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 46, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 46° | 35° | 27° |
| April | 70° | 56° | 44° |
| July | 88° | 75° | 66° |
| October | 72° | 57° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Morristown
The nearest airport, McGhee Tyson, is about 48 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Charlotte/Douglas International, about 149 miles away.
The best schools in and around Morristown
Schools across Morristown average a C+, better than 46% of metro areas.
Top elementary schools
- Russellville ElementaryB+ · 51% proficient
- Alpha ElementaryB · 48% proficient
- John Hay ElementaryB · 45% proficient
Top middle schools
- East Ridge Middle SchoolB+ · 50% proficient
- West View Middle SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Lincoln Heights Middle SchoolC · 34% proficient
Top high schools
- Morristown West HighB− · 41% proficient
- Morristown East HighC · 32% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Morristown school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Morristown 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 Morristown against the other 386 metro areas.
Who Morristown suits
Families
Schools land around the 46th percentile and crime safety beats 73%.
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 7% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Morristown
Is Morristown a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Morristown ranks 234th of 387 metro areas. It scores highest on state finances, affordable childcare, and low property taxes, and lowest on biking and health outcomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Morristown expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $222,369. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $64,521 median income, cost of living beats 23% of metro areas.
Is Morristown safe?
Yes, Morristown is safer than 73% of metro areas. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $383 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Morristown?
July highs average about 88 degrees, and January highs near 46 with lows near 27. That works out to about 78 pleasant days a year, more than 38% of metro areas.
What are the best neighborhoods in Morristown?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Dandridge, New Market & Strawberry Plains, Jefferson City & Talbott, and White Pine. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Is Morristown good for families?
Schools beat 46% of metro areas, crime safety beats 73%, and childcare runs $564 a month.
Is Morristown good for remote workers?
Cost of living against local pay beats 23% of metro areas, and the fastest advertised internet here beats 95% of metro areas. About 7% of workers already work from home.
Compare Morristown with other metro areas
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Morristown. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Morristown 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.
Morristown detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Morristown: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Morristown: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Morristown: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Morristown: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Morristown 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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