Best PlacesSpring City, TN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Spring City, 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.
Spring City ranks 31,024th 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 Spring City
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.
Spring City's strengths and weaknesses
Where Spring City ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 96% 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
- WalkabilityBetter than 76% of towns
Where Spring City ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 5% of towns
- Short commute36.0 minutes each way, better than only 12% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 16% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 22% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 23% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Spring City
A household needs to earn about $63,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Spring City home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $60,553; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Spring City's effective rate of 0.59%, 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 Spring City
Spring City runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Spring City.
Who works in Spring City, and how
Work in Spring City centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Spring City
Spring City has more parkland per resident than 95% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Spring City and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Spring City, month by month
Spring City sees roughly 87 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 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 | 68° | 56° | 46° |
| July | 84° | 74° | 66° |
| October | 70° | 58° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Spring City
The nearest airport, McGhee Tyson, is about 48 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Nashville International, about 107 miles away.
The best schools in and around Spring City
Schools across Spring City average a B−, better than 59% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Spring City ElementaryB+ · 54% proficient
- Cecil B Rigsby ElementaryB− · 40% proficient
- Rhea Central ElementaryC+ · 39% proficient
Top middle schools
- Rhea Middle SchoolC · 35% proficient
- Spring City Middle SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Bledsoe County Middle SchoolC · 32% proficient
Top high schools
- Rhea County High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Bledsoe County High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Spring City school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Spring City 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 Spring City against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Spring City
Is Spring City a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Spring City ranks 31,024th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, low taxes, and affordable childcare, and lowest on health outcomes and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Spring City expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $246,848. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $60,553 median income, cost of living beats 30% of towns.
Is Spring City safe?
Spring City is safer than 51% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $392 per resident a year.
Compare Spring City with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Spring City. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Spring City 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.
Spring City detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Spring City: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Spring City: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Spring City: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Spring City: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Spring City 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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