Best PlacesWilder, TN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Wilder, 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.
Wilder ranks 32,708th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Wilder
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's strengths and weaknesses
Where Wilder ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 99% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 96% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 96% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
Where Wilder ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 5% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than only 11% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 12% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 12% of towns
- Household income$54,206 median, better than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Wilder
A household needs to earn about $46,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Wilder home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $54,206, 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's effective rate of 0.27%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Wilder
Wilder runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Wilder.
Who works in Wilder, and how
Work in Wilder centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Wilder
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Wilder.
What the weather is like in Wilder, month by month
Wilder sees roughly 127 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 45, with lows near 28. The comfortable stretch runs April through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45° | 35° | 28° |
| April | 67° | 55° | 45° |
| July | 83° | 73° | 65° |
| October | 69° | 57° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Wilder
The nearest airport, McGhee Tyson, is about 70 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Nashville International, about 89 miles away.
The best schools in and around Wilder
Schools across Wilder average a C, better than 36% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- South Fentress Elementary SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- A H Roberts ElementaryD · 20% proficient
Top middle schools
- Livingston Middle SchoolB · 43% proficient
Top high schools
- Livingston AcademyC · 32% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Wilder school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Wilder 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 against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Wilder
Is Wilder a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Wilder ranks 32,708th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, state finances, and low property taxes, and lowest on cell coverage and health outcomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Wilder expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $189,988. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $54,206 median income, cost of living beats 19% of towns.
Is Wilder safe?
Wilder is safer than 41% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $530 per resident a year.
Compare Wilder with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Wilder. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Wilder 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 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Wilder: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Wilder: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Wilder: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Wilder: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Wilder 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.