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Ranked · Buying a home · Tennessee

Best cities for buying a home in Tennessee

Cities of 25,000+ residents, scored with the “Buying a home” weighting the live tool uses, heaviest on median home price, property tax rate, home price yoy, cost of living index. Scores are relative to this set; open the tool to change the weights and re-rank.

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Top 10 · computed ranking

  1. 1.Bristol, TN28k residents

    76/100

    median home price: $194,500 · property tax rate: 0.65% · home price yoy: -1.7%

  2. 2.La Vergne, TN40k residents

    74/100

    median home price: $309,900 · property tax rate: 0.65% · home price yoy: -2.3%

  3. 3.Bartlett, TN57k residents

    73/100

    median home price: $310,400 · property tax rate: 0.65% · home price yoy: -0.8%

  4. 4.Jackson, TN68k residents

    72/100

    median home price: $217,800 · property tax rate: 0.65% · home price yoy: -0.6%

  5. 5.Collierville, TN52k residents

    72/100

    median home price: $485,900 · property tax rate: 0.65% · home price yoy: -2.0%

  6. 6.Germantown, TN41k residents

    72/100

    median home price: $470,800 · property tax rate: 0.65% · home price yoy: -1.2%

  7. 7.Clarksville, TN176k residents

    71/100

    median home price: $263,600 · property tax rate: 0.65% · home price yoy: -0.4%

  8. 8.Kingsport, TN56k residents

    71/100

    median home price: $234,100 · property tax rate: 0.65% · home price yoy: -0.2%

  9. 9.Nashville, TN690k residents

    70/100

    median home price: $450,000 · property tax rate: 0.6% · home price yoy: -3.3%

  10. 10.Johnson City, TN72k residents

    69/100

    median home price: $268,200 · property tax rate: 0.65% · home price yoy: +0.2%

Methodology: each city is scored 0–100 by min–max normalizing every weighted facet across this candidate set (direction-aware), identical math to the tool's “Best fit” tab. A different weighting produces a different order, which is the point: this is a starting shortlist, not a verdict.

Questions & answers
Which city is best for buying a home in Tennessee?
Bristol, TN ranks first with a fit score of 76/100, followed by La Vergne (74) and Bartlett (73), using the "Buying a home" weighting.
How is this ranking calculated?
Each of the 10 candidate cities (25,000+ residents) is scored 0 to 100 by min-max normalizing the weighted facets, heaviest on median home price, property tax rate, home price yoy, cost of living index, across this set. Change the weights in the live tool and the order changes with them.