Best PlacesRudderville, TN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Rudderville, 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.
Rudderville ranks 1,585th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on an educated workforce by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Rudderville
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.
Rudderville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Rudderville ranks high
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 98% of towns
- Household income$158,745 median, better than 98% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 96% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 96% of towns
Where Rudderville ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 58 pleasant days a year, better than only 5% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 6% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 35% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Rudderville
A household needs to earn about $218,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Rudderville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $158,745, 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 Rudderville's effective rate of 0.30%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Rudderville
Rudderville runs older than the country, though fewer residents are over 65 than the national share.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Rudderville.
Who works in Rudderville, and how
Work in Rudderville centers on construction and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 69%
- Work from home 30%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Rudderville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Rudderville.
What the weather is like in Rudderville, month by month
Rudderville sees roughly 58 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 50, with lows near 30. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 50° | 39° | 30° |
| April | 73° | 60° | 48° |
| July | 91° | 80° | 71° |
| October | 75° | 62° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Rudderville
Nashville International sits about 19 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 Rudderville
Schools across Rudderville average an A, better than 96% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Oak View Elem SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
- Trinity ElementaryA+ · 74% proficient
- College Grove ElementaryA+ · 74% proficient
Top middle schools
- Fred J Page Middle SchoolA+ · 76% proficient
- Spring Station Middle SchoolA · 62% proficient
Top high schools
- Nolensville High SchoolA · 74% proficient
- Fred J Page High SchoolA− · 59% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Rudderville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Rudderville 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 Rudderville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Rudderville
Is Rudderville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Rudderville ranks 1,585th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on an educated workforce, what local pay buys, and high incomes, and lowest on the weather and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Rudderville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $895,794. The overall cost of living runs about 4% above the national average. Set against a $158,745 median income, cost of living beats 98% of towns.
Is Rudderville safe?
Rudderville is safer than 49% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $403 per resident a year.
Compare Rudderville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Rudderville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Rudderville 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.
Rudderville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Rudderville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Rudderville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Rudderville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Rudderville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Rudderville 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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