With no state income tax and low property taxes, Tennessee has
become a top relocation and retirement destination. The Knoxville
area was recently ranked the best place to live in the United States second
only to Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina in the Southeast.*
The Knoxville area was ranked above the 80th percentile in the areas of cost of
living, job opportunity, education, health care and recreation. Knoxville's
overall ranking was a score of 72.74, only 2 points behind Denver.
Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill was the only other southeast city to rank higher.
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Cost of Living - 88.11 percentile
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Transportation - 69.97 percentile
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Education - 81.58 percentile
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Crime - 30.32 percentile
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Arts - 66.01 percentile
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Health Care - 86.68 percentile
* "Places Rated Almanac" published by IDG Books Worldwide; among cities with a
population of less than 1 million..
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