Ranked · Best value · Tennessee

Best value cities in Tennessee

Cities of 25,000+ residents, scored with the “Best value” weighting the live tool uses, heaviest on cost of living index, median home price, 2-bedroom rent, median household income. Scores are relative to this set; open the tool to change the weights and re-rank.

1. 1.Knoxville, TN195k residents

   66/100

   cost of living index: 93 · median home price: $350,000 · median household income: $55,000

2. 2.Bristol, TN28k residents

   64/100

   cost of living index: 79 · median home price: $194,500 · median household income: $58,162

3. 3.Morristown, TN32k residents

   63/100

   cost of living index: 78 · median home price: $181,100 · median household income: $47,917

4. 4.Chattanooga, TN186k residents

   62/100

   cost of living index: 93 · median home price: $330,000 · median household income: $59,000

5. 5.Kingsport, TN56k residents

   62/100

   cost of living index: 81 · median home price: $234,100 · median household income: $52,490

6. 6.Bartlett, TN57k residents

   61/100

   cost of living index: 91 · median home price: $310,400 · median household income: $102,070

7. 7.Cleveland, TN49k residents

   61/100

   cost of living index: 84 · median home price: $272,200 · median household income: $58,559

8. 8.Oak Ridge, TN33k residents

   61/100

   cost of living index: 86 · median home price: $270,200 · median household income: $72,311

9. 9.Clarksville, TN176k residents

   60/100

   cost of living index: 86 · median home price: $263,600 · median household income: $69,303

10. 10.Johnson City, TN72k residents

    60/100

    cost of living index: 85 · median home price: $268,200 · median household income: $57,254

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.