Best PlacesSylvan Park, Nashville, TN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Sylvan Park, Nashville, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Sylvan Park, Nashville ranks 978th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on an educated workforce by a wide margin, and distance from a big city ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Sylvan Park, Nashville
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.
Sylvan Park, Nashville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Sylvan Park, Nashville ranks high
- Educational attainmentBetter than 98% of neighborhoods
- State fiscal healthBetter than 98% of neighborhoods
- Local economyBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
- Internet speedBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 94% of neighborhoods
Where Sylvan Park, Nashville ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 18% of neighborhoods
- Nice weatherabout 69 pleasant days a year, better than only 22% of neighborhoods
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 27% of neighborhoods
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 27% of neighborhoods
- School gradeC, better than only 30% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Sylvan Park, Nashville
A household needs to earn about $202,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sylvan Park, Nashville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $123,979, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Sylvan Park, Nashville's effective rate of 0.64%, 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 Sylvan Park, Nashville
Sylvan Park, Nashville runs younger than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Sylvan Park, Nashville.
Who works in Sylvan Park, Nashville, and how
Work in Sylvan Park, Nashville centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 64%
- Work from home 28%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Sylvan Park, Nashville
Sylvan Park, Nashville has more restaurants and bars per resident than 70% of neighborhoods. That concentrates in some parts of Sylvan Park, Nashville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Sylvan Park, Nashville, month by month
Sylvan Park, Nashville sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 49, with lows near 32. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49° | 39° | 32° |
| April | 72° | 61° | 50° |
| July | 91° | 80° | 71° |
| October | 74° | 63° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Sylvan Park, Nashville
Nashville International sits about 9 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 Sylvan Park, Nashville
Schools across Sylvan Park, Nashville average a C, better than 30% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Sylvan Park ElementaryB+ · 55% proficient
Top middle schools
- Haynes MiddleF · 2% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Sylvan Park, Nashville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sylvan Park, Nashville 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 Sylvan Park, Nashville against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Sylvan Park, Nashville
Is Sylvan Park, Nashville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sylvan Park, Nashville ranks 978th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on an educated workforce, state finances, and a strong job market, and lowest on distance from a big city and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Sylvan Park, Nashville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $791,337. The overall cost of living runs about 5% below the national average. Set against a $123,979 median income, cost of living beats 94% of neighborhoods.
Is Sylvan Park, Nashville safe?
Sylvan Park, Nashville is safer than 46% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $599 per resident a year.
Compare Sylvan Park, Nashville with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sylvan Park, Nashville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sylvan Park, Nashville 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.
Sylvan Park, Nashville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sylvan Park, Nashville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sylvan Park, Nashville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sylvan Park, Nashville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sylvan Park, Nashville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sylvan Park, Nashville 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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