How Springfield compares across Tennessee
Springfield 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 1.
Fewer seniors than 90% of Tennessee
Not better or worse, just Springfield’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Springfield 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.
Springfield lands in the top half on 7 of 22 lists
Each dot is Springfield’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in TN, the right end is last. Areas where Springfield does best come first.
1 spot from the top 25 for affordable rent
Lists where Springfield sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
The lists Springfield does best on
Each list ranks every TN town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Springfield marked.
Where Springfield 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%
#53
C
Losing population#1 Colonial Heights · −55.9%
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Gatlinburg · 34%
#84
Most new homes#1 White House · 33.2 per 1,000
#47
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Jasper · +97.6%
#126
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Rogersville · 25.1 per home
#14 Health
Healthiest#1 Oak Hill · 98 / 100
#152
Lowest obesity#1 Sewanee · 25%
#139
Fewest smokers#1 Belle Meade · 7%
#124
Most active#1 Signal Mountain · 15%
#164
Fewest uninsured#1 Belle Meade · 4%
#177
T
Lowest depression#1 Tellico Village · 21%
#41
Closest to a top hospital#1 Dyersburg · 0.2 mi
#82 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Oak Ridge · 57.4%
#72
Most trails#1 Sewanee · 5.3 mi / sq mi
Most walkable#1 Newport · 90.3 / sq mi
#54 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Newbern · 1.4 yrs
#105
Cheapest rent#1 Tiptonville · $510/mo
#119
Lowest property tax#1 Mosheim · $536/yr
#102
Rent easiest to afford#1 Seymour · 25.4%
#26 
People
Most educated#1 Belle Meade · 86.8%
#126
Youngest#1 Sewanee · 21.5
#28
Oldest#1 Fairfield Glade · 71.1
#156
Most residents 65+#1 Fairfield Glade · 68.5%
#165
Most kids#1 Monterey · 35.7%
#21 Schools
Best schools#1 Forest Hills · +43.8 pts
#152
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Highest graduation rate#1 Coalfield · 99%
#91 Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Sewanee · 10.3 min
#147 
The number on the right is Springfield’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.