Best PlacesMuddy Pond, TN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Muddy Pond, 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.
Muddy Pond ranks 23,790th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and education levels rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Muddy Pond
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.
Muddy Pond's strengths and weaknesses
Where Muddy Pond ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 99% of towns
- Short commute15.1 minutes each way, better than 97% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 96% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 96% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 95% of towns
Where Muddy Pond ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 6% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 7% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 17% of towns
- Household income$53,903 median, better than only 17% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Muddy Pond
A household needs to earn about $41,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Muddy Pond home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $53,903, 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 Muddy Pond's effective rate of 0.26%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Muddy Pond
Muddy Pond 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 Muddy Pond.
Who works in Muddy Pond, and how
Work in Muddy Pond centers on manufacturing and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Muddy Pond
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Muddy Pond.
What the weather is like in Muddy Pond, month by month
Muddy Pond sees roughly 126 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 45, with lows near 28. The comfortable stretch runs April through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45° | 35° | 28° |
| April | 67° | 55° | 45° |
| July | 83° | 73° | 65° |
| October | 69° | 57° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Muddy Pond
The nearest airport, McGhee Tyson, is about 67 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Nashville International, about 88 miles away.
The best schools in and around Muddy Pond
Schools across Muddy Pond average a C, better than 40% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Wilson ElementaryB · 45% proficient
- South Fentress Elementary SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- A H Roberts ElementaryD · 20% proficient
Top middle schools
- Livingston Middle SchoolB · 43% proficient
Top high schools
- Clarkrange High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
- Livingston AcademyC · 32% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Muddy Pond school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Muddy Pond 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 Muddy Pond against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Muddy Pond
Is Muddy Pond a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Muddy Pond ranks 23,790th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, short commutes, and state finances, and lowest on education levels and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Muddy Pond expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $170,896. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $53,903 median income, cost of living beats 26% of towns.
Is Muddy Pond safe?
Muddy Pond is safer than 54% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $375 per resident a year.
Compare Muddy Pond with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Muddy Pond. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Muddy Pond 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.
Muddy Pond detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Muddy Pond: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Muddy Pond: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Muddy Pond: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Muddy Pond: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Muddy Pond 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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