Best PlacesRockwood Hill, TN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Rockwood Hill, 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.
Rockwood Hill ranks 29,425th 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 Rockwood Hill
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.
Rockwood Hill's strengths and weaknesses
Where Rockwood Hill ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 96% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 88% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 84% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 83% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 82% of towns
Where Rockwood Hill ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- Household income$49,783 median, better than only 12% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 63 pleasant days a year, better than only 13% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 20% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Rockwood Hill
A household needs to earn about $63,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Rockwood Hill home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $49,783, 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 Rockwood Hill's effective rate of 0.50%, 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 Rockwood Hill
Rockwood Hill 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 Rockwood Hill.
Who works in Rockwood Hill, and how
Work in Rockwood Hill centers on retail trade and manufacturing. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Rockwood Hill
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Rockwood Hill.
What the weather is like in Rockwood Hill, month by month
Rockwood Hill sees roughly 63 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 50, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 50° | 37° | 27° |
| April | 73° | 57° | 42° |
| July | 90° | 76° | 65° |
| October | 75° | 59° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Rockwood Hill
The nearest airport, Tri-Cities, is about 33 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Charlotte/Douglas International, about 122 miles away.
The best schools in and around Rockwood Hill
Schools across Rockwood Hill average a B−, better than 54% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Doak ElementaryC · 34% proficient
- Camp Creek ElementaryC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Chuckey Doak Middle SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
- South Greene Middle SchoolC · 31% proficient
Top high schools
- South Greene High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
- Chuckey Doak High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Rockwood Hill school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Rockwood Hill 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 Rockwood Hill against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Rockwood Hill
Is Rockwood Hill a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Rockwood Hill ranks 29,425th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, low disaster risk, and low taxes, and lowest on an overheated housing market and low incomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Rockwood Hill expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $251,484. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $49,783 median income, cost of living beats 20% of towns.
Is Rockwood Hill safe?
Rockwood Hill is safer than 50% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $397 per resident a year.
Compare Rockwood Hill with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Rockwood Hill. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Rockwood Hill 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.
Rockwood Hill detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Rockwood Hill: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Rockwood Hill: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Rockwood Hill: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Rockwood Hill: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Rockwood Hill 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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