Best PlacesTiptonville, TN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Tiptonville, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Tiptonville ranks 48,058th 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 Tiptonville
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.
Tiptonville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Tiptonville ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 96% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 92% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 89% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 84% of towns
- Cheap childcare$564 a month, better than 84% of towns
Where Tiptonville ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$26,338 median, better than only 3% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 5% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Tiptonville
A household needs to earn about $29,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Tiptonville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $26,338; 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 Tiptonville's effective rate of 0.68%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Tiptonville
Tiptonville 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 Tiptonville.
Who works in Tiptonville, and how
Work in Tiptonville centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 95%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Tiptonville
Tiptonville has more restaurants and bars per resident than 97% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Tiptonville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Tiptonville, month by month
Tiptonville sees roughly 100 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 48, with lows near 32. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48° | 39° | 32° |
| April | 72° | 61° | 52° |
| July | 90° | 81° | 72° |
| October | 74° | 62° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Tiptonville
The nearest airport, Cape Girardeau Regional, is about 59 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 96 miles away.
The best schools in and around Tiptonville
Schools across Tiptonville average a D, better than 10% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Lake Road ElementaryB · 47% proficient
- Black Oak ElementaryB− · 40% proficient
Top middle schools
- Central Middle SchoolD− · 18% proficient
- Lara Kendall ElementaryD− · 17% proficient
Top high schools
- Obion County Central High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
- Lake Co High SchoolD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Tiptonville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Tiptonville 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 Tiptonville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Tiptonville
Is Tiptonville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Tiptonville ranks 48,058th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, cell coverage, and walkability, and lowest on health outcomes and the cost of living against local pay. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Tiptonville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $114,157. The overall cost of living runs about 28% below the national average. Set against a $26,338 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Tiptonville safe?
Tiptonville is safer than 8% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $829 per resident a year.
Compare Tiptonville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Tiptonville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Tiptonville 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.
Tiptonville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Tiptonville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Tiptonville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Tiptonville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Tiptonville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Tiptonville 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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