Best PlacesTennille, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Tennille, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Tennille ranks 40,430th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Tennille
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.
Tennille's strengths and weaknesses
Where Tennille ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 99% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 96% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- QuietBetter than 92% of towns
- Cheap childcare$531 a month, better than 89% of towns
Where Tennille ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 6% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Tennille
A household needs to earn about $37,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Tennille home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $58,426, 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 Tennille's effective rate of 0.51%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Tennille
Tennille runs older than the country, though fewer residents are over 65 than the national share, 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 Tennille.
Who works in Tennille, and how
Work in Tennille centers on transportation & warehousing and other services. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Tennille
The coast is about 33 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Tennille, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Tennille, month by month
Tennille sees roughly 117 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 68, with lows near 41. The comfortable stretch runs February through May and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 68° | 53° | 41° |
| April | 83° | 69° | 56° |
| July | 92° | 81° | 73° |
| October | 86° | 72° | 61° |
Flying in and out of Tennille
The nearest airport, Valdosta Regional, is about 62 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Jacksonville International, about 111 miles away.
The best schools in and around Tennille
Schools across Tennille average a B, better than 63% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Lafayette Elementary SchoolA · 64% proficient
- James M. Anderson Elementary SchoolA− · 55% proficient
Top middle schools
- Ruth Rains Middle SchoolB+ · 49% proficient
- Taylor County Middle SchoolB · 44% proficient
Top high schools
- Lafayette High SchoolA− · 63% proficient
- Branford High SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
- Dixie County High SchoolB− · 44% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Tennille school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Tennille 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 Tennille against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Tennille
Is Tennille a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Tennille ranks 40,430th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, low taxes, and tree cover, and lowest on disaster risk and car insurance costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Tennille expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $147,400. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $58,426 median income, cost of living beats 24% of towns.
Is Tennille safe?
Tennille is safer than 26% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $258 per resident a year.
Compare Tennille with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Tennille. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Tennille 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.
Tennille detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Tennille: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Tennille: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Tennille: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Tennille: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Tennille 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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