Apison makes Tennessee’s top 10 on 2 lists
Apison is ranked on 31 lists against the 184 Tennessee towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 2 and the top quarter on 11.
Longer growing season than 99% of Tennessee
Not better or worse, just Apison’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Apison does best on
Each list ranks every TN town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Apison marked.
Apison lands in the top half on 13 of 20 lists
Each dot is Apison’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in TN, the right end is last. Areas where Apison does best come first.
1 spot from the top 3 for growth
Lists where Apison sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Apison out-ranks 0 of its 1 ranked neighbors
Head to head on the lists where both towns are ranked: a point for each list where one town places higher. Tap a town for its own rankings.
Every TN list, and where Apison lands
41 lists from Census, school, health, library, crime, climate and land data. Tap any list to see every town on it.
Growth
Fastest growing#1 Thompson's Station · +241.2%
#4
C
Losing population#1 Colonial Heights · −55.9%
Health
Healthiest#1 Oak Hill · 98 / 100
#29
Lowest obesity#1 Sewanee · 25%
#22
Fewest smokers#1 Belle Meade · 7%
#30
Most active#1 Signal Mountain · 15%
#19
Fewest uninsured#1 Belle Meade · 4%
#24
T
Lowest depression#1 Tellico Village · 21%
#23
Closest to a top hospital#1 Dyersburg · 0.2 mi
#73 People
Most educated#1 Belle Meade · 86.8%
#30
Youngest#1 Sewanee · 21.5
#159
Oldest#1 Fairfield Glade · 71.1
#28
Most residents 65+#1 Fairfield Glade · 68.5%
#169
Most kids#1 Monterey · 35.7%
#92 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Newbern · 1.4 yrs
#167
Cheapest rent#1 Tiptonville · $510/mo
#53
Lowest property tax#1 Mosheim · $536/yr
#158
Rent easiest to afford#1 Seymour · 25.4%
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Oak Ridge · 57.4%
#101
Most trails#1 Sewanee · 5.3 mi / sq mi
#59
Most walkable#1 Newport · 90.3 / sq mi
#177 Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Sewanee · 10.3 min
#118 Climate
Snowiest#1 Monterey · 16 in
Least snow#1 Savannah · 1.0 in
Mildest winters#1 Memphis · 32.4°
#22
Hottest summers#1 Memphis · 91.0°
#81
Coolest summers#1 Mountain City · 82.2°
#104
Longest growing season#1 Memphis · 244 days
#2
Wettest#1 Sewanee · 65 in
#87 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Gatlinburg · 34%
#154
Most new homes#1 White House · 33.2 per 1,000
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Jasper · +97.6%
#94
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Rogersville · 25.1 per home
Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 Gatlinburg · 8.3 per resident
Most library borrowing#1 Brentwood · 15.0 per resident
Best libraries for kids#1 Collegedale · 66.7 per child
Safety
Safest#1 Nolensville · 3.6
The number on the right is Apison’s spot. All of Tennessee’s rankings, with the map → · National lists and other states: all rankings.
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- 2,500+ residents. Census estimates for smaller towns carry margins of error too wide to rank fairly, so they sit out every TN list.
- One town, one row. A city that is both a city and a town in Census data, or a village inside a town, is counted once.
- Ties share a rank. Towns on one weather station, one school district or one CDC estimate share a figure, so they share a spot (T).
- No “worst” lists. Lists rank toward the good end, and share cards are made only for the top half. Age, snow and the like are character, not grades.
U.S. Census Bureau (American Community Survey 5-year, 2010 and 2020 censuses, Building Permits Survey), U.S. Department of Education, FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, CDC PLACES, Medicare Care Compare, IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FHFA House Price Index, NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. Each list explains its own method.