Best PlacesWilder Chapel, TN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Wilder Chapel, 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.
Wilder Chapel ranks 19,232nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Wilder Chapel
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.
Wilder Chapel's strengths and weaknesses
Where Wilder Chapel ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 98% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 96% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 84% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 84% of towns
- Cheap childcare$564 a month, better than 84% of towns
Where Wilder Chapel ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 1% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 7% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 18% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Wilder Chapel
A household needs to earn about $69,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Wilder Chapel home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $84,643, 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 Wilder Chapel's effective rate of 0.45%, 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 Wilder Chapel
Wilder Chapel 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 Wilder Chapel.
Who works in Wilder Chapel, and how
Work in Wilder Chapel centers on education and public administration. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Wilder Chapel
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Wilder Chapel.
What the weather is like in Wilder Chapel, month by month
Wilder Chapel sees roughly 85 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 50, with lows near 32. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 50° | 40° | 32° |
| April | 72° | 60° | 50° |
| July | 89° | 78° | 70° |
| October | 74° | 62° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Wilder Chapel
The nearest airport, Lovell Field, is about 47 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Nashville International, about 70 miles away.
The best schools in and around Wilder Chapel
Schools across Wilder Chapel average a C−, better than 28% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Hillsboro ElementaryB · 45% proficient
- Decherd ElementaryC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- North Middle SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Coffee County Middle SchoolC− · 29% proficient
Top high schools
- Coffee County Central High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
- Franklin Co High SchoolD · 23% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Wilder Chapel school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Wilder Chapel 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 Wilder Chapel against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Wilder Chapel
Is Wilder Chapel a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Wilder Chapel ranks 19,232nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, state finances, and what local pay buys, and lowest on internet speeds and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Wilder Chapel expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $275,600. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $84,643 median income, cost of living beats 84% of towns.
Is Wilder Chapel safe?
Wilder Chapel is safer than 34% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $465 per resident a year.
Compare Wilder Chapel with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Wilder Chapel. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Wilder Chapel 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.
Wilder Chapel detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Wilder Chapel: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Wilder Chapel: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Wilder Chapel: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Wilder Chapel: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Wilder Chapel 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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