Best PlacesSilver Point, TN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Silver Point, 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.
Silver Point ranks 23,800th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Silver Point
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.
Silver Point's strengths and weaknesses
Where Silver Point ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 99% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 96% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 88% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 84% of towns
Where Silver Point ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 14% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 65 pleasant days a year, better than only 16% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 20% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 22% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 25% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Silver Point
A household needs to earn about $78,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Silver Point home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $79,589, 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 Silver Point's effective rate of 0.57%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Silver Point
Silver Point'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 Silver Point.
Who works in Silver Point, and how
Work in Silver Point centers on construction and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 19%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Silver Point
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Silver Point.
What the weather is like in Silver Point, month by month
Silver Point sees roughly 65 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 48, with lows near 28. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48° | 37° | 28° |
| April | 71° | 58° | 46° |
| July | 88° | 77° | 68° |
| October | 73° | 59° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Silver Point
Nashville International sits about 53 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 Silver Point
Schools across Silver Point average a C+, better than 51% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Gordonsville Elementary SchoolA− · 58% proficient
- Dekalb West ElementaryC+ · 38% proficient
- Forks River ElementaryC · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- Upperman Middle SchoolB− · 39% proficient
- Dekalb Middle SchoolD+ · 27% proficient
Top high schools
- Upperman High SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- De Kalb County High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Gordonsville High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Silver Point school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Silver Point 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 Silver Point against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Silver Point
Is Silver Point a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Silver Point ranks 23,800th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, state finances, and tree cover, and lowest on an overheated housing market and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Silver Point expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $306,947. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $79,589 median income, cost of living beats 65% of towns.
Is Silver Point safe?
Silver Point is safer than 46% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $426 per resident a year.
Compare Silver Point with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Silver Point. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Silver Point 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.
Silver Point detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Silver Point: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Silver Point: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Silver Point: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Silver Point: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Silver Point 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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