White Bluff ranks #20 in Tennessee for new homes
White Bluff is ranked on 34 lists against the 184 Tennessee towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 4.
The lists White Bluff does best on
Each list ranks every TN town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with White Bluff marked.
White Bluff lands in the top half on 11 of 20 lists
Each dot is White Bluff’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in TN, the right end is last. Areas where White Bluff does best come first.
Fewer kids than 92% of Tennessee
Not better or worse, just White Bluff’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Where White Bluff 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.
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Gatlinburg · 34%
#156
Most new homes#1 White House · 33.2 per 1,000
#20
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Jasper · +97.6%
#115
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Rogersville · 25.1 per home
#41 Growth
Fastest growing#1 Thompson's Station · +241.2%
#32
C
Losing population#1 Colonial Heights · −55.9%
Health
Healthiest#1 Oak Hill · 98 / 100
#87
Lowest obesity#1 Sewanee · 25%
#65
Fewest smokers#1 Belle Meade · 7%
#107
Most active#1 Signal Mountain · 15%
#83
Fewest uninsured#1 Belle Meade · 4%
#72
T
Lowest depression#1 Tellico Village · 21%
#131
Closest to a top hospital#1 Dyersburg · 0.2 mi
#108 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Newbern · 1.4 yrs
#116
Cheapest rent#1 Tiptonville · $510/mo
#95
Lowest property tax#1 Mosheim · $536/yr
#99
Rent easiest to afford#1 Seymour · 25.4%
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Oak Ridge · 57.4%
Most trails#1 Sewanee · 5.3 mi / sq mi
Most walkable#1 Newport · 90.3 / sq mi
#138 People
Most educated#1 Belle Meade · 86.8%
#156
Youngest#1 Sewanee · 21.5
#128
Oldest#1 Fairfield Glade · 71.1
#57
Most residents 65+#1 Fairfield Glade · 68.5%
#115
Most kids#1 Monterey · 35.7%
#169 Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Sewanee · 10.3 min
#181 
The number on the right is White Bluff’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.