Best PlacesWilliston, TN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Williston, 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.
Williston ranks 30,389th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and the schools rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Williston
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.
Williston's strengths and weaknesses
Where Williston ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 98% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 96% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 84% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 83% of towns
- QuietBetter than 81% of towns
Where Williston ranks low
- School gradeD, better than only 4% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 11% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 14% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 17% of towns
- Short commute33.3 minutes each way, better than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Williston
A household needs to earn about $61,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Williston home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $81,631, 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 Williston's effective rate of 0.20%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Williston
Williston 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 Williston.
Who works in Williston, and how
Work in Williston centers on manufacturing and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Williston
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Williston.
What the weather is like in Williston, month by month
Williston sees roughly 81 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 52, with lows near 33. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 52° | 41° | 33° |
| April | 73° | 61° | 51° |
| July | 90° | 80° | 71° |
| October | 74° | 61° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Williston
Memphis International sits about 37 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 Williston
Schools across Williston average a D, better than 4% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Buckley-carpenter Elementary SchoolD · 17% proficient
- La Grange Moscow ElementaryF · 10% proficient
Top middle schools
- East Jr. High SchoolF · 6% proficient
Top high schools
- Fayette Ware Comprehensive High SchoolC− · 27% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Williston school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Williston 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 Williston against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Williston
Is Williston a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Williston ranks 30,389th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, state finances, and low taxes, and lowest on the schools and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Williston expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $252,341. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $81,631 median income, cost of living beats 69% of towns.
Is Williston safe?
Williston is safer than 11% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $779 per resident a year.
Compare Williston with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Williston. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Williston 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.
Williston detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Williston: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Williston: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Williston: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Williston: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Williston 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.