Collierville makes Tennessee’s top 10 on 10 lists
Collierville is ranked on 40 lists against the 184 Tennessee towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 10 and the top quarter on 15.
A podium finish, and more
Each list ranks every TN town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Collierville marked.
Longer growing season than 99% of Tennessee
Not better or worse, just Collierville’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
1 spot from the top 3 for kids’ library use
Lists where Collierville sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Collierville lands in the top half on 22 of 26 lists
Each dot is Collierville’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in TN, the right end is last. Areas where Collierville does best come first.
Collierville out-ranks 1 of its 3 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.
Where Collierville lands in every TN ranking
41 lists from Census, school, health, library, crime, climate and land data. Tap any list to see every town on it.
Health
Healthiest#1 Oak Hill · 98 / 100
#9
Lowest obesity#1 Sewanee · 25%
#8
Fewest smokers#1 Belle Meade · 7%
#13
Most active#1 Signal Mountain · 15%
#8
Fewest uninsured#1 Belle Meade · 4%
#10
T
Lowest depression#1 Tellico Village · 21%
#3
Closest to a top hospital#1 Dyersburg · 0.2 mi
#54 
People
Most educated#1 Belle Meade · 86.8%
#11
Youngest#1 Sewanee · 21.5
#108
Oldest#1 Fairfield Glade · 71.1
#76
Most residents 65+#1 Fairfield Glade · 68.5%
#129
Most kids#1 Monterey · 35.7%
#25 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Oak Ridge · 57.4%
#54
Most trails#1 Sewanee · 5.3 mi / sq mi
#33
Most walkable#1 Newport · 90.3 / sq mi
#22 Growth
Fastest growing#1 Thompson's Station · +241.2%
#41
C
Losing population#1 Colonial Heights · −55.9%
Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 Gatlinburg · 8.3 per resident
#9
Most library borrowing#1 Brentwood · 15.0 per resident
#5
Best libraries for kids#1 Collegedale · 66.7 per child
#4 
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Gatlinburg · 34%
#100
Most new homes#1 White House · 33.2 per 1,000
#68
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Jasper · +97.6%
#165
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Rogersville · 25.1 per home
#39 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Newbern · 1.4 yrs
#171
Cheapest rent#1 Tiptonville · $510/mo
#162
Lowest property tax#1 Mosheim · $536/yr
#181
Rent easiest to afford#1 Seymour · 25.4%
#5 Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Sewanee · 10.3 min
#97 
The number on the right is Collierville’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.