Best PlacesShop Springs, TN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Shop Springs, 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.
Shop Springs ranks 21,041st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state finances by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Shop Springs
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.
Shop Springs' strengths and weaknesses
Where Shop Springs ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 96% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 96% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 87% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 84% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 83% of towns
Where Shop Springs ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 58 pleasant days a year, better than only 5% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 6% of towns
- Short commute34.7 minutes each way, better than only 15% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 16% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Shop Springs
A household needs to earn about $82,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Shop Springs home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $86,341, 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 Shop Springs' effective rate of 0.41%, 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 Shop Springs
Shop Springs runs older than the country, though fewer residents are over 65 than the national share, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Shop Springs.
Who works in Shop Springs, and how
Work in Shop Springs centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Shop Springs
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Shop Springs.
What the weather is like in Shop Springs, month by month
Shop Springs 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 Shop Springs
Nashville International sits about 26 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 Shop Springs
Schools across Shop Springs average a B−, better than 57% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Watertown ElementaryA− · 56% proficient
- Tuckers Crossroads ElementaryB · 47% proficient
Top middle schools
- Watertown Middle SchoolB− · 39% proficient
Top high schools
- Lebanon High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
- Watertown High SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Shop Springs school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Shop Springs 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 Shop Springs against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Shop Springs
Is Shop Springs a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Shop Springs ranks 21,041st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, a strong job market, and low property taxes, and lowest on the weather and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Shop Springs expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $330,659. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $86,341 median income, cost of living beats 66% of towns.
Is Shop Springs safe?
Yes, Shop Springs is safer than 66% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $339 per resident a year.
Compare Shop Springs with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Shop Springs. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Shop Springs 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.
Shop Springs detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Shop Springs: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Shop Springs: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Shop Springs: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Shop Springs: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Shop Springs 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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