Best PlacesMount Crest, TN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mount Crest, 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.
Mount Crest ranks 43,748th 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 Mount Crest
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.
Mount Crest's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mount Crest ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 96% of towns
- QuietBetter than 92% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 84% of towns
- Cheap childcare$564 a month, better than 84% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 83% of towns
Where Mount Crest ranks low
- Short commute45.8 minutes each way, better than only 2% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 4% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 8% of towns
- Household income$51,232 median, better than only 14% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Mount Crest
A household needs to earn about $43,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mount Crest home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $51,232, 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 Mount Crest's effective rate of 0.45%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Mount Crest
Mount Crest runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Mount Crest.
Who works in Mount Crest, and how
Work in Mount Crest 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 90%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Mount Crest
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Mount Crest.
What the weather is like in Mount Crest, month by month
Mount Crest sees roughly 95 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 46, with lows near 29. The comfortable stretch runs April through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 46° | 36° | 29° |
| April | 68° | 56° | 46° |
| July | 84° | 74° | 66° |
| October | 70° | 58° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Mount Crest
The nearest airport, Lovell Field, is about 44 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Nashville International, about 87 miles away.
The best schools in and around Mount Crest
Schools across Mount Crest average a C+, better than 43% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Mary V Wheeler ElementaryC · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- Bledsoe County Middle SchoolC · 32% proficient
Top high schools
- Bledsoe County High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mount Crest school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mount Crest 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 Mount Crest against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Mount Crest
Is Mount Crest a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mount Crest ranks 43,748th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, quiet, and low taxes, and lowest on long commutes and thin health care access. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mount Crest expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $174,550. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $51,232 median income, cost of living beats 17% of towns.
Is Mount Crest safe?
Mount Crest is safer than 21% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $609 per resident a year.
Compare Mount Crest with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mount Crest. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mount Crest 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.
Mount Crest detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mount Crest: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mount Crest: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mount Crest: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mount Crest: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mount Crest 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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