Best PlacesSharps Chapel, TN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Sharps Chapel, 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.
Sharps Chapel ranks 32,896th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state finances by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Sharps Chapel
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.
Sharps Chapel's strengths and weaknesses
Where Sharps Chapel ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 96% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 94% 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
Where Sharps Chapel ranks low
- Short commute40.7 minutes each way, better than only 5% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 12% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 17% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Sharps Chapel
A household needs to earn about $66,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sharps Chapel home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $70,303, 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 Sharps Chapel's effective rate of 0.30%, 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 Sharps Chapel
Sharps Chapel's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Sharps Chapel.
Who works in Sharps Chapel, and how
Work in Sharps Chapel centers on professional & technical and health care & social. 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 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 13%
Life in Sharps Chapel
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Sharps Chapel.
What the weather is like in Sharps Chapel, month by month
Sharps Chapel sees roughly 76 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 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 | 71° | 57° | 45° |
| July | 88° | 75° | 67° |
| October | 72° | 58° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Sharps Chapel
The nearest airport, McGhee Tyson, is about 39 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Nashville International, about 160 miles away.
The best schools in and around Sharps Chapel
Schools across Sharps Chapel average a C, better than 32% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Sharps Chapel ElementaryB− · 40% proficient
- Powell Valley ElementaryC+ · 37% proficient
- Big Ridge ElementaryC · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- H Maynard Middle SchoolD · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- Cumberland Gap High SchoolB− · 45% proficient
- Union County High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Sharps Chapel school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sharps Chapel 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 Sharps Chapel against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Sharps Chapel
Is Sharps Chapel a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sharps Chapel ranks 32,896th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, low property taxes, and low taxes, and lowest on long commutes and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Sharps Chapel expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $271,901. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $70,303 median income, cost of living beats 62% of towns.
Is Sharps Chapel safe?
Sharps Chapel is safer than 20% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $579 per resident a year.
Compare Sharps Chapel with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sharps Chapel. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sharps Chapel 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.
Sharps Chapel detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sharps Chapel: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sharps Chapel: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sharps Chapel: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sharps Chapel: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sharps Chapel 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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