Harrison makes Tennessee’s top 10 on 2 lists
Harrison is ranked on 32 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 Harrison’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Harrison does best on
Each list ranks every TN town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Harrison marked.
Harrison lands in the top half on 11 of 19 lists
Each dot is Harrison’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in TN, the right end is last. Areas where Harrison does best come first.
2 spots from the top 10 for conserved land
Lists where Harrison sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Harrison out-ranks every neighbor it can be compared with
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 Harrison lands
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
#19
Lowest obesity#1 Sewanee · 25%
#22
Fewest smokers#1 Belle Meade · 7%
#19
Most active#1 Signal Mountain · 15%
#15
Fewest uninsured#1 Belle Meade · 4%
#15
T
Lowest depression#1 Tellico Village · 21%
#8
Closest to a top hospital#1 Dyersburg · 0.2 mi
#46 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Oak Ridge · 57.4%
#12
Most trails#1 Sewanee · 5.3 mi / sq mi
#10
Most walkable#1 Newport · 90.3 / sq mi
#148 People
Most educated#1 Belle Meade · 86.8%
#33
Youngest#1 Sewanee · 21.5
#148
Oldest#1 Fairfield Glade · 71.1
#35
Most residents 65+#1 Fairfield Glade · 68.5%
#68
Most kids#1 Monterey · 35.7%
#136 
Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Newbern · 1.4 yrs
#132
Cheapest rent#1 Tiptonville · $510/mo
#137
Lowest property tax#1 Mosheim · $536/yr
#94
Rent easiest to afford#1 Seymour · 25.4%
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Sewanee · 10.3 min
#126 Growth
Fastest growing#1 Thompson's Station · +241.2%
#128
C
Losing population#1 Colonial Heights · −55.9%
Climate
Snowiest#1 Monterey · 16 in
#85
Least snow#1 Savannah · 1.0 in
#81
Mildest winters#1 Memphis · 32.4°
#20
Hottest summers#1 Memphis · 91.0°
#35
Coolest summers#1 Mountain City · 82.2°
#149
Longest growing season#1 Memphis · 244 days
#2
Wettest#1 Sewanee · 65 in
#37 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Gatlinburg · 34%
#124
Most new homes#1 White House · 33.2 per 1,000
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Jasper · +97.6%
#77
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 Harrison’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.