Best PlacesRoddy, TN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Roddy, 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.
Roddy ranks 35,360th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state finances by a wide margin, and health outcomes rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Roddy
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.
Roddy's strengths and weaknesses
Where Roddy ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 96% 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
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 74% of towns
Where Roddy ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 4% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 9% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 17% of towns
- Household income$54,022 median, better than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Roddy
A household needs to earn about $65,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Roddy home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $54,022, 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 Roddy's effective rate of 0.80%, 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 Roddy
Roddy 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 Roddy.
Who works in Roddy, and how
Work in Roddy centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Roddy
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Roddy.
What the weather is like in Roddy, month by month
Roddy sees roughly 86 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 46, with lows near 29. The comfortable stretch runs April through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 46° | 36° | 29° |
| April | 68° | 56° | 46° |
| July | 84° | 74° | 66° |
| October | 70° | 58° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Roddy
The nearest airport, McGhee Tyson, is about 43 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Nashville International, about 110 miles away.
The best schools in and around Roddy
Schools across Roddy average a B−, better than 60% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Spring City ElementaryB+ · 54% proficient
Top middle schools
- Spring City Middle SchoolC · 32% proficient
Top high schools
- Rhea County High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Roddy school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Roddy 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 Roddy against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Roddy
Is Roddy a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Roddy ranks 35,360th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, low taxes, and affordable childcare, and lowest on health outcomes and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Roddy expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $248,092. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $54,022 median income, cost of living beats 23% of towns.
Is Roddy safe?
Yes, Roddy is safer than 65% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $336 per resident a year.
Compare Roddy with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Roddy. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Roddy 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.
Roddy detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Roddy: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Roddy: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Roddy: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Roddy: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Roddy 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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