Best PlacesPark City, Knoxville, TN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Park City, Knoxville, 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.
Park City, Knoxville ranks 5,271st of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and health outcomes rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Park City, Knoxville
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.
Park City, Knoxville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Park City, Knoxville ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 99% of neighborhoods
- State fiscal healthBetter than 98% of neighborhoods
- Low property taxBetter than 90% of neighborhoods
- Cheap childcare$811 a month, better than 88% of neighborhoods
- Tree shadeBetter than 83% of neighborhoods
Where Park City, Knoxville ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
- Household income$41,860 median, better than only 5% of neighborhoods
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 5% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than only 6% of neighborhoods
- Crime safetyBetter than only 11% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Park City, Knoxville
A household needs to earn about $38,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Park City, Knoxville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $41,860, 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 Park City, Knoxville'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 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Park City, Knoxville
Park City, Knoxville runs younger 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 Park City, Knoxville.
Who works in Park City, Knoxville, and how
Work in Park City, Knoxville centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Park City, Knoxville
Park City, Knoxville has more restaurants and bars per resident than 69% of neighborhoods. That concentrates in some parts of Park City, Knoxville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Park City, Knoxville, month by month
Park City, Knoxville sees roughly 82 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 48, 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 | 48° | 38° | 31° |
| April | 73° | 60° | 50° |
| July | 90° | 78° | 70° |
| October | 74° | 61° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Park City, Knoxville
The nearest airport, McGhee Tyson, is about 14 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Nashville International, about 156 miles away.
The best schools in and around Park City, Knoxville
Schools across Park City, Knoxville average a D, better than 15% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Dogwood ElementaryD+ · 21% proficient
- Spring Hill ElementaryD · 19% proficient
- Sarah Moore Greene Magnet Technology AcademyF · 9% proficient
Top middle schools
- South Doyle Middle SchoolC · 34% proficient
- Holston Middle SchoolC− · 29% proficient
- Carter Middle SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- Austin East High/magnetF · 10% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Park City, Knoxville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Park City, Knoxville 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 Park City, Knoxville against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Park City, Knoxville
Is Park City, Knoxville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Park City, Knoxville ranks 5,271st of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on fast internet, state finances, and low property taxes, and lowest on health outcomes and low incomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Park City, Knoxville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $152,191. The overall cost of living runs about 21% below the national average. Set against a $41,860 median income, cost of living beats 13% of neighborhoods.
Is Park City, Knoxville safe?
Park City, Knoxville is safer than 11% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,101 per resident a year.
Compare Park City, Knoxville with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Park City, Knoxville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Park City, Knoxville 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.
Park City, Knoxville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Park City, Knoxville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Park City, Knoxville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Park City, Knoxville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Park City, Knoxville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Park City, Knoxville 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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