Best PlacesPorter Gap, TN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Porter Gap, 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.
Porter Gap ranks 30,831st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state finances by a wide margin, and biking ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Porter Gap
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.
Porter Gap's strengths and weaknesses
Where Porter Gap ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 96% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 86% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 84% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 84% of towns
- Cheap childcare$564 a month, better than 84% of towns
Where Porter Gap ranks low
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 10% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 11% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 17% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Porter Gap
A household needs to earn about $44,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Porter Gap home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $69,375, 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 Porter Gap's effective rate of 0.56%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Porter Gap
Porter Gap 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 Porter Gap.
Who works in Porter Gap, and how
Work in Porter Gap centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Porter Gap
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Porter Gap.
What the weather is like in Porter Gap, month by month
Porter Gap sees roughly 102 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 48, with lows near 32. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48° | 39° | 32° |
| April | 72° | 61° | 52° |
| July | 90° | 81° | 72° |
| October | 74° | 62° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Porter Gap
The nearest airport, McKellar-Sipes Regional, is about 38 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 65 miles away.
The best schools in and around Porter Gap
Schools across Porter Gap average a D+, better than 17% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Halls Elementary SchoolC · 31% proficient
Top middle schools
- Three Oaks Middle SchoolA− · 55% proficient
- Halls Junior High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Dyer County High SchoolA · 69% proficient
- Halls High SchoolD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Porter Gap school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Porter Gap 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 Porter Gap against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Porter Gap
Is Porter Gap a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Porter Gap ranks 30,831st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, few empty homes, and low taxes, and lowest on biking and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Porter Gap expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $173,400. The overall cost of living runs about 25% below the national average. Set against a $69,375 median income, cost of living beats 84% of towns.
Is Porter Gap safe?
Porter Gap is safer than 36% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $443 per resident a year.
Compare Porter Gap with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Porter Gap. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Porter Gap 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.
Porter Gap detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Porter Gap: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Porter Gap: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Porter Gap: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Porter Gap: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Porter Gap 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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