Memphis ranks #8 in Tennessee for low depression
Memphis is ranked on 35 lists against the 184 Tennessee towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 1 and the top quarter on 6.
Milder winters than 100% of Tennessee
Not better or worse, just Memphis’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Memphis does best on
Each list ranks every TN town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Memphis marked.
Memphis lands in the top half on 8 of 22 lists
Each dot is Memphis’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in TN, the right end is last. Areas where Memphis does best come first.
Memphis out-ranks 0 of its 6 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 Memphis 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.
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Oak Ridge · 57.4%
#20
Most trails#1 Sewanee · 5.3 mi / sq mi
#24
Most walkable#1 Newport · 90.3 / sq mi
#16 Health
Healthiest#1 Oak Hill · 98 / 100
#129
Lowest obesity#1 Sewanee · 25%
#139
Fewest smokers#1 Belle Meade · 7%
#107
Most active#1 Signal Mountain · 15%
#118
Fewest uninsured#1 Belle Meade · 4%
#155
T
Lowest depression#1 Tellico Village · 21%
#8
Closest to a top hospital#1 Dyersburg · 0.2 mi
#74 Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Sewanee · 10.3 min
#44 People
Most educated#1 Belle Meade · 86.8%
#63
Youngest#1 Sewanee · 21.5
#25
Oldest#1 Fairfield Glade · 71.1
#160
Most residents 65+#1 Fairfield Glade · 68.5%
#141
Most kids#1 Monterey · 35.7%
#45 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Newbern · 1.4 yrs
#34
Cheapest rent#1 Tiptonville · $510/mo
#130
Lowest property tax#1 Mosheim · $536/yr
#148
Rent easiest to afford#1 Seymour · 25.4%
#53 Growth
Fastest growing#1 Thompson's Station · +241.2%
#155
C
Losing population#1 Colonial Heights · −55.9%
#24 Schools
Best schools#1 Forest Hills · +43.8 pts
#162
C
Highest graduation rate#1 Coalfield · 99%
#163 
Climate
Snowiest#1 Monterey · 16 in
#123
Least snow#1 Savannah · 1.0 in
#52
Mildest winters#1 Memphis · 32.4°
#1
Hottest summers#1 Memphis · 91.0°
#1
Coolest summers#1 Mountain City · 82.2°
#181
Longest growing season#1 Memphis · 244 days
#1
Wettest#1 Sewanee · 65 in
#65 
The number on the right is Memphis’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.