Best PlacesMoscow, TN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Moscow, 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.
Moscow ranks 29,009th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state finances by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Moscow
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.
Moscow's strengths and weaknesses
Where Moscow ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 96% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 93% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 84% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 83% of towns
- QuietBetter than 78% of towns
Where Moscow ranks low
- Short commute42.4 minutes each way, better than only 3% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 5% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 15% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 23% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 23% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Moscow
A household needs to earn about $60,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Moscow home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $82,409, 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 Moscow'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, 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 Moscow
Moscow 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 Moscow.
Who works in Moscow, and how
Work in Moscow centers on manufacturing and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Moscow
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Moscow.
What the weather is like in Moscow, month by month
Moscow sees roughly 95 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 52, with lows near 31. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 52° | 40° | 31° |
| April | 74° | 60° | 49° |
| July | 89° | 78° | 70° |
| October | 75° | 61° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Moscow
Memphis International sits about 33 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 2.4 million passengers in 2025, with 78 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Moscow
Schools across Moscow average a D, better than 5% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Southwest ElementaryD+ · 25% proficient
- La Grange Moscow ElementaryF · 10% proficient
Top middle schools
- Collierville Middle SchoolA− · 54% proficient
- West Junior High SchoolD− · 15% proficient
- East Jr. High SchoolF · 6% proficient
Top high schools
- Fayette Ware Comprehensive High SchoolC− · 27% proficient
- H. W. Byers High School (5-12)D · 23% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Moscow school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Moscow 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 Moscow against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Moscow
Is Moscow a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Moscow ranks 29,009th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, low property taxes, and low taxes, and lowest on long commutes and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Moscow expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $243,380. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $82,409 median income, cost of living beats 75% of towns.
Is Moscow safe?
Moscow is safer than 15% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $684 per resident a year.
Compare Moscow with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Moscow. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Moscow 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.
Moscow detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Moscow: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Moscow: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Moscow: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Moscow: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Moscow 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.