Best PlacesNormandy, TN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Normandy, 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.
Normandy ranks 15,214th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state finances by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Normandy
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.
Normandy's strengths and weaknesses
Where Normandy ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 96% 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
- Educational attainmentBetter than 80% of towns
Where Normandy ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 21% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 24% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 72 pleasant days a year, better than only 29% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 29% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 36% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Normandy
A household needs to earn about $70,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Normandy home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $80,340, 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 Normandy's effective rate of 0.53%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Normandy
Normandy runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Normandy.
Who works in Normandy, and how
Work in Normandy centers on manufacturing and education. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Normandy
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Normandy.
What the weather is like in Normandy, month by month
Normandy sees roughly 72 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 49, 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 | 49° | 39° | 31° |
| April | 71° | 59° | 48° |
| July | 88° | 77° | 69° |
| October | 73° | 61° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Normandy
Nashville International sits about 54 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 12.6 million passengers in 2025, with 158 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Normandy
Schools across Normandy average a C, better than 40% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Cascade ElementaryB− · 42% proficient
- Hickerson ElementaryB− · 40% proficient
- Robert E Lee ElementaryC · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- Cascade Middle SchoolC · 34% proficient
- East Middle SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Coffee County Middle SchoolC− · 29% proficient
Top high schools
- Tullahoma High SchoolB · 49% proficient
- Coffee County Central High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
- Community High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Normandy school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Normandy 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 Normandy against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Normandy
Is Normandy a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Normandy ranks 15,214th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, low taxes, and affordable childcare, and lowest on an overheated housing market and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Normandy expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $276,171. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $80,340 median income, cost of living beats 74% of towns.
Is Normandy safe?
Yes, Normandy is safer than 69% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $327 per resident a year.
Compare Normandy with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Normandy. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Normandy 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.
Normandy detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Normandy: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Normandy: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Normandy: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Normandy: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Normandy 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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