Best PlacesWalnut Grove - Shelby Farms PD, Germantown, TN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Walnut Grove - Shelby Farms PD, Germantown, 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.
Walnut Grove - Shelby Farms PD, Germantown ranks 413th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and biking ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Walnut Grove - Shelby Farms PD, Germantown
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.
Walnut Grove - Shelby Farms PD, Germantown's strengths and weaknesses
Where Walnut Grove - Shelby Farms PD, Germantown ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of neighborhoods
- State fiscal healthBetter than 98% of neighborhoods
- Household income$196,156 median, better than 98% of neighborhoods
- Healthcare accessBetter than 95% of neighborhoods
- QuietBetter than 93% of neighborhoods
Where Walnut Grove - Shelby Farms PD, Germantown ranks low
- BikingBetter than only 2% of neighborhoods
- WalkabilityBetter than only 2% of neighborhoods
- Cell coverageBetter than only 4% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than only 5% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than only 13% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Walnut Grove - Shelby Farms PD, Germantown
A household needs to earn about $185,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Walnut Grove - Shelby Farms PD, Germantown home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $196,156, 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 Walnut Grove - Shelby Farms PD, Germantown's effective rate of 0.99%, 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 Walnut Grove - Shelby Farms PD, Germantown
Walnut Grove - Shelby Farms PD, Germantown runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Walnut Grove - Shelby Farms PD, Germantown.
Who works in Walnut Grove - Shelby Farms PD, Germantown, and how
Work in Walnut Grove - Shelby Farms PD, Germantown centers on manufacturing and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 19%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Walnut Grove - Shelby Farms PD, Germantown
Walnut Grove - Shelby Farms PD, Germantown has more parkland per resident than 89% of neighborhoods. That concentrates in some parts of Walnut Grove - Shelby Farms PD, Germantown and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Walnut Grove - Shelby Farms PD, Germantown, month by month
Walnut Grove - Shelby Farms PD, Germantown sees roughly 72 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 50, with lows near 33. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 50° | 40° | 33° |
| April | 72° | 61° | 52° |
| July | 91° | 81° | 72° |
| October | 75° | 64° | 54° |
Flying in and out of Walnut Grove - Shelby Farms PD, Germantown
Memphis International sits about 13 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 2.4 million passengers in 2025, with 78 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Walnut Grove - Shelby Farms PD, Germantown
Schools across Walnut Grove - Shelby Farms PD, Germantown average an A−, better than 91% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Dogwood Elementary SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
- Farmington Elementary SchoolA+ · 77% proficient
- Forest Hill Elementary SchoolA+ · 74% proficient
Top middle schools
- Houston Middle SchoolA · 63% proficient
- Center Hill MiddleA− · 57% proficient
Top high schools
- Houston High SchoolA · 68% proficient
- Center Hill High SchoolA− · 59% proficient
- Southwind HighD · 19% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Walnut Grove - Shelby Farms PD, Germantown school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Walnut Grove - Shelby Farms PD, Germantown 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 Walnut Grove - Shelby Farms PD, Germantown against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Walnut Grove - Shelby Farms PD, Germantown
Is Walnut Grove - Shelby Farms PD, Germantown a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Walnut Grove - Shelby Farms PD, Germantown ranks 413th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on what local pay buys, state finances, and high incomes, and lowest on biking and walkability. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Walnut Grove - Shelby Farms PD, Germantown expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $689,526. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $196,156 median income, cost of living beats 99% of neighborhoods.
Is Walnut Grove - Shelby Farms PD, Germantown safe?
Yes, Walnut Grove - Shelby Farms PD, Germantown is safer than 66% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $481 per resident a year.
Compare Walnut Grove - Shelby Farms PD, Germantown with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Walnut Grove - Shelby Farms PD, Germantown. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Walnut Grove - Shelby Farms PD, Germantown 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.
Walnut Grove - Shelby Farms PD, Germantown detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Walnut Grove - Shelby Farms PD, Germantown: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Walnut Grove - Shelby Farms PD, Germantown: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Walnut Grove - Shelby Farms PD, Germantown: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Walnut Grove - Shelby Farms PD, Germantown: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Walnut Grove - Shelby Farms PD, Germantown 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.
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