Best PlacesPeeled Chestnut, TN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Peeled Chestnut, 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.
Peeled Chestnut ranks 24,576th 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 Peeled Chestnut
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.
Peeled Chestnut's strengths and weaknesses
Where Peeled Chestnut ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 96% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 90% 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 Peeled Chestnut ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 65 pleasant days a year, better than only 16% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 18% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 19% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 20% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Peeled Chestnut
A household needs to earn about $62,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Peeled Chestnut home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $77,481, 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 Peeled Chestnut's effective rate of 0.38%, 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 Peeled Chestnut
Peeled Chestnut runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Peeled Chestnut.
Who works in Peeled Chestnut, and how
Work in Peeled Chestnut 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 95%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Peeled Chestnut
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Peeled Chestnut.
What the weather is like in Peeled Chestnut, month by month
Peeled Chestnut sees roughly 65 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 48, with lows near 28. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48° | 37° | 28° |
| April | 71° | 58° | 46° |
| July | 88° | 77° | 68° |
| October | 73° | 59° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Peeled Chestnut
Nashville International sits about 57 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 Peeled Chestnut
Schools across Peeled Chestnut average a C, better than 38% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Cassville ElementaryB · 45% proficient
- Northside ElementaryD+ · 22% proficient
Top middle schools
- White Co Middle SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Dekalb Middle SchoolD+ · 27% proficient
Top high schools
- White County High SchoolB · 46% proficient
- De Kalb County High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Peeled Chestnut school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Peeled Chestnut 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 Peeled Chestnut against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Peeled Chestnut
Is Peeled Chestnut a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Peeled Chestnut ranks 24,576th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, low property taxes, and low taxes, and lowest on an overheated housing market and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Peeled Chestnut expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $249,792. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $77,481 median income, cost of living beats 73% of towns.
Is Peeled Chestnut safe?
Yes, Peeled Chestnut is safer than 61% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $340 per resident a year.
Compare Peeled Chestnut with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Peeled Chestnut. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Peeled Chestnut 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.
Peeled Chestnut detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Peeled Chestnut: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Peeled Chestnut: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Peeled Chestnut: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Peeled Chestnut: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Peeled Chestnut 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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