Murfreesboro ranks #12 in Tennessee for growth
Murfreesboro 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 10.
Younger than 97% of Tennessee
Not better or worse, just Murfreesboro’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Murfreesboro does best on
Each list ranks every TN town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Murfreesboro marked.
2 spots from the top 10 for growth
Lists where Murfreesboro sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Murfreesboro lands in the top half on 16 of 22 lists
Each dot is Murfreesboro’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in TN, the right end is last. Areas where Murfreesboro does best come first.
Murfreesboro 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.
Where Murfreesboro 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.
Growth
Fastest growing#1 Thompson's Station · +241.2%
#12
C
Losing population#1 Colonial Heights · −55.9%
People
Most educated#1 Belle Meade · 86.8%
#24
Youngest#1 Sewanee · 21.5
#7
Oldest#1 Fairfield Glade · 71.1
#178
Most residents 65+#1 Fairfield Glade · 68.5%
#176
Most kids#1 Monterey · 35.7%
#71 Health
Healthiest#1 Oak Hill · 98 / 100
#31
Lowest obesity#1 Sewanee · 25%
#55
Fewest smokers#1 Belle Meade · 7%
#22
Most active#1 Signal Mountain · 15%
#29
Fewest uninsured#1 Belle Meade · 4%
#58
T
Lowest depression#1 Tellico Village · 21%
#41
Closest to a top hospital#1 Dyersburg · 0.2 mi
#62 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Oak Ridge · 57.4%
#63
Most trails#1 Sewanee · 5.3 mi / sq mi
#34
Most walkable#1 Newport · 90.3 / sq mi
#14 
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Gatlinburg · 34%
#82
Most new homes#1 White House · 33.2 per 1,000
#31
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Jasper · +97.6%
#131
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Rogersville · 25.1 per home
#43 Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Sewanee · 10.3 min
#128 
Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Newbern · 1.4 yrs
#161
Cheapest rent#1 Tiptonville · $510/mo
#156
Lowest property tax#1 Mosheim · $536/yr
#166
Rent easiest to afford#1 Seymour · 25.4%
#45 
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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.