Best PlacesVonore, TN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Vonore, 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.
Vonore ranks 20,948th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state finances by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Vonore
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.
Vonore's strengths and weaknesses
Where Vonore ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 96% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 93% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 89% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 84% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 83% of towns
Where Vonore ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 63 pleasant days a year, better than only 13% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 18% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 22% of towns
- Short commute32.1 minutes each way, better than only 24% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 26% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Vonore
A household needs to earn about $93,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Vonore home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $77,112, 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 Vonore's effective rate of 0.38%, 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 Vonore
Vonore 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 Vonore.
Who works in Vonore, and how
Work in Vonore centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Vonore
Vonore has more restaurants and bars per resident than 92% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Vonore and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Vonore, month by month
Vonore 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 Vonore
The nearest airport, McGhee Tyson, is about 21 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International, about 134 miles away.
The best schools in and around Vonore
Schools across Vonore average a C−, better than 26% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Steekee ElementaryB · 45% proficient
- Tellico Plains ElementaryB− · 40% proficient
- Madisonville Intermediate SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
Top middle schools
- North Middle SchoolA− · 56% proficient
- Carpenters Middle SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Robbinsville MiddleB · 43% proficient
Top high schools
- Robbinsville HighB · 48% proficient
- William Blount High SchoolB− · 45% proficient
- Loudon High SchoolB− · 45% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Vonore school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Vonore 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 Vonore against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Vonore
Is Vonore a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Vonore ranks 20,948th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, a strong job market, and low property taxes, and lowest on the weather and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Vonore expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $375,697. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $77,112 median income, cost of living beats 68% of towns.
Is Vonore safe?
Vonore is safer than 40% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $446 per resident a year.
Compare Vonore with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Vonore. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Vonore 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.
Vonore detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Vonore: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Vonore: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Vonore: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Vonore: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Vonore 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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