Best PlacesPiperton, TN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Piperton, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Piperton ranks 7,475th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Piperton
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.
Piperton's strengths and weaknesses
Where Piperton ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 98% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 96% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 95% of towns
- Household income$130,103 median, better than 95% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 93% of towns
Where Piperton ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 13% of towns
- Short commute35.3 minutes each way, better than only 13% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 16% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 17% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 22% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Piperton
A household needs to earn about $150,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Piperton home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $130,103, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Piperton's effective rate of 0.42%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Piperton
Piperton runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Piperton.
Who works in Piperton, and how
Work in Piperton centers on health care & social and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 0%
Life in Piperton
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Piperton.
What the weather is like in Piperton, month by month
Piperton sees roughly 73 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 50, with lows near 33. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 50° | 40° | 33° |
| April | 72° | 61° | 52° |
| July | 91° | 81° | 72° |
| October | 75° | 64° | 54° |
Flying in and out of Piperton
Memphis International sits about 20 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 2.4 million passengers in 2025, with 78 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Piperton
Schools across Piperton average a D+, better than 16% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Sycamore Elementary SchoolA · 65% proficient
- Southwest ElementaryD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Collierville Middle SchoolA− · 54% proficient
- West Junior High SchoolD− · 15% proficient
Top high schools
- Collierville High SchoolB+ · 57% proficient
- Fayette Ware Comprehensive High SchoolC− · 27% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Piperton school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Piperton 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 Piperton against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Piperton
Is Piperton a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Piperton ranks 7,475th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, state finances, and a strong job market, and lowest on summer heat and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Piperton expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $605,074. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $130,103 median income, cost of living beats 98% of towns.
Is Piperton safe?
Piperton is safer than 39% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $436 per resident a year.
Compare Piperton with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Piperton. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Piperton 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.
Piperton detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Piperton: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Piperton: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Piperton: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Piperton: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Piperton 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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