Best PlacesRussellville, TN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Russellville, 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.
Russellville ranks 15,181st 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 Russellville
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.
Russellville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Russellville ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 96% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 94% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 92% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 92% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 87% of towns
Where Russellville ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 23% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 24% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 29% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 30% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 73 pleasant days a year, better than only 32% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Russellville
A household needs to earn about $57,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Russellville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $77,082, 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 Russellville's effective rate of 0.31%, 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 Russellville
Russellville runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Russellville.
Who works in Russellville, and how
Work in Russellville centers on manufacturing and transportation & warehousing. 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 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Russellville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Russellville.
What the weather is like in Russellville, month by month
Russellville sees roughly 73 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 46, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 46° | 35° | 27° |
| April | 70° | 56° | 44° |
| July | 88° | 75° | 66° |
| October | 72° | 57° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Russellville
The nearest airport, Tri-Cities, is about 48 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Charlotte/Douglas International, about 146 miles away.
The best schools in and around Russellville
Schools across Russellville average a B−, better than 59% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Russellville ElementaryB+ · 51% proficient
- Whitesburg ElementaryB · 45% proficient
- Union Heights ElementaryC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- East Ridge Middle SchoolB+ · 50% proficient
- Jefferson Middle SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
- Rogersville Middle SchoolD+ · 26% proficient
Top high schools
- Jefferson Co High SchoolB− · 45% proficient
- Morristown East HighC · 32% proficient
- Cherokee High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Russellville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Russellville 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 Russellville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Russellville
Is Russellville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Russellville ranks 15,181st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, low property taxes, and few empty homes, and lowest on health outcomes and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Russellville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $232,688. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $77,082 median income, cost of living beats 68% of towns.
Is Russellville safe?
Yes, Russellville is safer than 65% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $341 per resident a year.
Compare Russellville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Russellville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Russellville 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.
Russellville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Russellville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Russellville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Russellville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Russellville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Russellville 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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