Best PlacesTellico Village, TN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Tellico Village, 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.
Tellico Village ranks 2,905th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Tellico Village
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.
Tellico Village's strengths and weaknesses
Where Tellico Village ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 98% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 96% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 96% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 95% of towns
Where Tellico Village ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 63 pleasant days a year, better than only 13% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 27% of towns
- TransitBetter than only 44% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 44% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Tellico Village
A household needs to earn about $124,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Tellico Village home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $103,688, 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 Tellico Village's effective rate of 0.37%, 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 Tellico Village
Tellico Village runs older 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 Tellico Village.
Who works in Tellico Village, and how
Work in Tellico Village centers on retail trade and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 19%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Tellico Village
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Tellico Village.
What the weather is like in Tellico Village, month by month
Tellico Village sees roughly 63 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 51, with lows near 29. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 51° | 39° | 29° |
| April | 74° | 60° | 47° |
| July | 91° | 79° | 69° |
| October | 76° | 62° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Tellico Village
The nearest airport, McGhee Tyson, is about 17 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Nashville International, about 138 miles away.
The best schools in and around Tellico Village
Schools across Tellico Village average a B, better than 71% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Steekee ElementaryB · 45% proficient
Top middle schools
- North Middle SchoolA− · 56% proficient
Top high schools
- Loudon High SchoolB− · 45% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Tellico Village school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Tellico Village 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 Tellico Village against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Tellico Village
Is Tellico Village a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Tellico Village ranks 2,905th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, civic engagement, and state finances, and lowest on summer heat and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Tellico Village expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $504,913. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $103,688 median income, cost of living beats 96% of towns.
Is Tellico Village safe?
Yes, Tellico Village is safer than 68% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $321 per resident a year.
Compare Tellico Village with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Tellico Village. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Tellico Village 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.
Tellico Village detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Tellico Village: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Tellico Village: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Tellico Village: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Tellico Village: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Tellico Village 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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