Best PlacesYum Yum, TN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Yum Yum, 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.
Yum Yum ranks 45,475th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state finances by a wide margin, and the schools rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Yum Yum
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.
Yum Yum's strengths and weaknesses
Where Yum Yum ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 96% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 95% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 84% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 83% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 69% of towns
Where Yum Yum ranks low
- School gradeD, better than only 5% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 9% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Household income$50,584 median, better than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Yum Yum
A household needs to earn about $76,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Yum Yum home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $50,584, 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 Yum Yum's effective rate of 0.30%, 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 Yum Yum
Yum Yum runs older than the country, though fewer residents are over 65 than the national share, 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 Yum Yum.
Who works in Yum Yum, and how
Work in Yum Yum centers on other services and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Yum Yum
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Yum Yum.
What the weather is like in Yum Yum, month by month
Yum Yum sees roughly 71 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 Yum Yum
The nearest airport, McKellar-Sipes Regional, is about 31 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 41 miles away.
The best schools in and around Yum Yum
Schools across Yum Yum average a D, better than 5% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Buckley-carpenter Elementary SchoolD · 17% proficient
Top middle schools
- Haywood Middle SchoolF · 7% proficient
- East Jr. High SchoolF · 6% proficient
Top high schools
- Fayette Ware Comprehensive High SchoolC− · 27% proficient
- Haywood High SchoolD− · 15% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Yum Yum school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Yum Yum 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 Yum Yum against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Yum Yum
Is Yum Yum a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Yum Yum ranks 45,475th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, low property taxes, 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 Yum Yum expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $312,564. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $50,584 median income, cost of living beats 9% of towns.
Is Yum Yum safe?
Yum Yum is safer than 7% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $823 per resident a year.
Compare Yum Yum with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Yum Yum. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Yum Yum 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.
Yum Yum detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Yum Yum: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Yum Yum: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Yum Yum: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Yum Yum: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Yum Yum 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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