Best PlacesYokley, TN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Yokley, 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.
Yokley ranks 41,901st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state finances by a wide margin, and the cost of living against local pay is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Yokley
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.
Yokley's strengths and weaknesses
Where Yokley ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 96% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 91% of towns
- QuietBetter than 90% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 84% of towns
- Cheap childcare$564 a month, better than 84% of towns
Where Yokley ranks low
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$41,519 median, better than only 3% of towns
- Short commute40.0 minutes each way, better than only 5% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 7% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Yokley
A household needs to earn about $84,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Yokley home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $41,519, 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 Yokley's effective rate of 0.36%, 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 Yokley
Yokley 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 Yokley.
Who works in Yokley, and how
Work in Yokley centers on manufacturing and education. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Yokley
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Yokley.
What the weather is like in Yokley, month by month
Yokley sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 50, with lows near 32. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 50° | 40° | 32° |
| April | 72° | 61° | 50° |
| July | 90° | 80° | 71° |
| October | 75° | 62° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Yokley
Nashville International sits about 54 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 12.6 million passengers in 2025, with 158 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Yokley
Schools across Yokley average a B−, better than 55% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Richland ElementaryB− · 42% proficient
Top high schools
- Richland SchoolB− · 45% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Yokley school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Yokley 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 Yokley against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Yokley
Is Yokley a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Yokley ranks 41,901st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, low property taxes, and quiet, and lowest on the cost of living against local pay and low incomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Yokley expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $343,800. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $41,519 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Yokley safe?
Yes, Yokley is safer than 73% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $308 per resident a year.
Compare Yokley with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Yokley. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Yokley 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.
Yokley detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Yokley: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Yokley: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Yokley: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Yokley: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Yokley 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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