Best counties in Tennessee

Ranked by composite score — 95 counties

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Rank	County	Score	Tax	Cost	Income
1	Moore County	76.3	88.7	81.2	26.9
2	Van Buren County	76.3	91	86.9	22.7
3	Meigs County	75.6	91.2	84.6	21.5
4	Johnson County	75	91.5	90.2	17.4
5	Pickett County	74.9	91.8	87.2	12.5
6	Clay County	74.5	85	91.8	12.6
7	Trousdale County	74.5	90.4	78.4	24.6
8	Fentress County	74.2	92.7	89.9	16.6
9	Hancock County	74.2	89.6	92	4.3
10	Union County	74.2	91.4	82.8	23.8
11	Houston County	74	86.1	86.9	19
12	Overton County	73.8	91.2	85.7	13.5
13	Unicoi County	73.8	86.2	86.7	16.3
14	Smith County	73.7	89.2	80.9	24.4
15	Grainger County	73.6	88	87.6	16.9
16	Bledsoe County	73.5	90.9	87.4	15.8
17	Cannon County	73.5	88.8	84.9	21.3
18	Stewart County	73.4	87.6	84.1	23.9
19	Polk County	73.2	86.4	87.6	22.7
20	Morgan County	73	85.9	86.2	20.9
21	Wayne County	72.6	87.1	89.3	17.9
22	Scott County	72.5	87.4	88.5	11.3
23	Grundy County	72.4	90.4	87.1	13.1
24	Jackson County	72.3	88.3	86.8	10.5
25	Lewis County	72.2	88.1	84.6	15.7
26	Perry County	72.1	86	87.4	16.4
27	Claiborne County	71.9	88.4	87.1	13.8
28	Decatur County	71.9	88.5	87.2	13.5
29	Jefferson County	71.9	89	80.9	24.6
30	Chester County	71.7	87.1	85.2	22.9
31	DeKalb County	71.6	92.1	82.4	15
32	Macon County	71.5	90.8	82	20.1
33	Greene County	71.4	90.2	85.7	18.7
34	McNairy County	71.4	91.3	86.7	16.5
35	White County	71.4	90.3	84	17.5
36	Lincoln County	71.3	88.9	82.7	24.6
37	McMinn County	71.2	91.8	82.9	22.3
38	Fayette County	71.1	92.5	76.6	38.7
39	Sequatchie County	71.1	89.5	84.1	17.5
40	Cumberland County	71	93.6	82.9	21.6
41	Hawkins County	71	86.4	86	19.5
42	Benton County	70.9	85.9	85.6	16.3
43	Monroe County	70.7	89.8	86.4	20.4
44	Humphreys County	70.6	88.8	83.2	22.1
45	Marion County	70.6	89.8	82.6	21.3
46	Loudon County	70.5	91.1	76.6	35.8
47	Rhea County	70.5	89.3	84.2	21.3
48	Hamblen County	70.4	89.4	82.2	17.9
49	Marshall County	70.4	87	78.2	29.6
50	Roane County	70.4	86.7	81.9	26.6
51	Campbell County	70	91.5	84.6	16.2
52	Henderson County	70	89.1	84.8	18.3
53	Giles County	69.9	89.1	81.6	23.5
54	Hardin County	69.9	90.1	85.5	15.5
55	Carter County	69.8	87.4	87	15
56	Franklin County	69.7	86.4	80.3	23.6
57	Dickson County	69.6	88.2	75.3	31.2
58	Weakley County	69.4	87.1	85.7	15.7
59	Putnam County	69.1	87.5	79.7	20.3
60	Hickman County	69	86.3	80.8	20.7
61	Warren County	69	89.7	85.5	18.7
62	Crockett County	68.9	84.1	82.9	21.9
63	Sullivan County	68.9	84.5	81.9	20.5
64	Lawrence County	68.8	87.3	84.7	18.1
65	Sevier County	68.8	93.4	78.6	25.1
66	Lake County	68.6	82.3	91.8	3.3
67	Blount County	68.5	88.1	74.7	32.1
68	Washington County	68.4	86.8	77.6	23.2
69	Cheatham County	68.3	88	67.5	36.9
70	Henry County	68.3	88.7	85.9	15.1
71	Carroll County	68.1	83.6	85.9	16.3
72	Bradley County	68	88	76.5	25
73	Cocke County	68	84.2	85.5	15
74	Coffee County	67.9	85.2	80.2	23
75	Anderson County	67.8	84.9	77.7	24.6
76	Obion County	67.7	86.3	84.8	18.1
77	Bedford County	67.2	88.2	76.4	24
78	Hardeman County	67	83.9	82.3	13.5
79	Maury County	66.9	88.8	69.6	31.8
80	Tipton County	66.7	87.5	74	30.2
81	Robertson County	66.6	87.6	68.1	34.6
82	Dyer County	66.5	85.2	83.4	19.3
83	Lauderdale County	66.5	83.7	84.8	15.5
84	Haywood County	66.2	82.2	85	11.8
85	Knox County	66	88.9	70.3	30.2
86	Gibson County	65.9	83.2	82.2	21.9
87	Wilson County	65.9	89.9	60.1	44.8
88	Sumner County	64.8	87.2	63.2	39.5
89	Hamilton County	64.7	83.4	70.7	30.8
90	Williamson County	64.7	90.2	42.6	69
91	Madison County	64.5	85.1	74.9	21.4
92	Montgomery County	63.2	83.3	66.3	30.6
93	Rutherford County	63.2	88	61.4	37.3
94	Davidson County	60	84.9	58.9	32.8
95	Shelby County	58.4	73.2	68.6	24.1