Fairview ranks #13 in Tennessee for safety
Fairview is ranked on 36 lists against the 184 Tennessee towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 15.
The lists Fairview does best on
Each list ranks every TN town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Fairview marked.
3 spots from the top 10 for safety
Lists where Fairview sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Fairview lands in the top half on 17 of 22 lists
Each dot is Fairview’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in TN, the right end is last. Areas where Fairview does best come first.
Younger than 93% of Tennessee
Not better or worse, just Fairview’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Every TN list, and where Fairview lands
41 lists from Census, school, health, library, crime, climate and land data. Tap any list to see every town on it.
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Gatlinburg · 34%
#41
Most new homes#1 White House · 33.2 per 1,000
#15
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Jasper · +97.6%
#81
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Rogersville · 25.1 per home
#48 Health
Healthiest#1 Oak Hill · 98 / 100
#33
Lowest obesity#1 Sewanee · 25%
#22
Fewest smokers#1 Belle Meade · 7%
#42
Most active#1 Signal Mountain · 15%
#35
Fewest uninsured#1 Belle Meade · 4%
#24
T
Lowest depression#1 Tellico Village · 21%
#55
Closest to a top hospital#1 Dyersburg · 0.2 mi
#80 Growth
Fastest growing#1 Thompson's Station · +241.2%
#29
C
Losing population#1 Colonial Heights · −55.9%
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Oak Ridge · 57.4%
#29
Most trails#1 Sewanee · 5.3 mi / sq mi
#18
Most walkable#1 Newport · 90.3 / sq mi
#162 
People
Most educated#1 Belle Meade · 86.8%
#40
Youngest#1 Sewanee · 21.5
#14
Oldest#1 Fairfield Glade · 71.1
#171
Most residents 65+#1 Fairfield Glade · 68.5%
#163
Most kids#1 Monterey · 35.7%
#23 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Newbern · 1.4 yrs
#159
Cheapest rent#1 Tiptonville · $510/mo
#145
Lowest property tax#1 Mosheim · $536/yr
#144
Rent easiest to afford#1 Seymour · 25.4%
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Sewanee · 10.3 min
#182 
The number on the right is Fairview’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.