Paris ranks #5 in Tennessee for short commutes
Paris 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 5.
The lists Paris does best on
Each list ranks every TN town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Paris marked.
2 spots from the top 3 for short commutes
Lists where Paris sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Paris lands in the top half on 8 of 22 lists
Each dot is Paris’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in TN, the right end is last. Areas where Paris does best come first.
More vacation homes than 83% of Tennessee
Not better or worse, just Paris’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Where Paris 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.
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Sewanee · 10.3 min
#5 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Newbern · 1.4 yrs
#28
Cheapest rent#1 Tiptonville · $510/mo
#41
Lowest property tax#1 Mosheim · $536/yr
#43
Rent easiest to afford#1 Seymour · 25.4%
#12 
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Oak Ridge · 57.4%
#116
Most trails#1 Sewanee · 5.3 mi / sq mi
#76
Most walkable#1 Newport · 90.3 / sq mi
#58 Health
Healthiest#1 Oak Hill · 98 / 100
#155
Lowest obesity#1 Sewanee · 25%
#104
Fewest smokers#1 Belle Meade · 7%
#147
Most active#1 Signal Mountain · 15%
#164
Fewest uninsured#1 Belle Meade · 4%
#99
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Lowest depression#1 Tellico Village · 21%
#131
Closest to a top hospital#1 Dyersburg · 0.2 mi
#90 People
Most educated#1 Belle Meade · 86.8%
#97
Youngest#1 Sewanee · 21.5
#75
Oldest#1 Fairfield Glade · 71.1
#109
Most residents 65+#1 Fairfield Glade · 68.5%
#38
Most kids#1 Monterey · 35.7%
#78 
Growth
Fastest growing#1 Thompson's Station · +241.2%
#129
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Losing population#1 Colonial Heights · −55.9%
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Gatlinburg · 34%
#32
Most new homes#1 White House · 33.2 per 1,000
#107
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Jasper · +97.6%
#108
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Rogersville · 25.1 per home
The number on the right is Paris’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.