Metro Life Score
Clarksville, TN-KY
Bottom-quartile composite Life Score — grade D, 6th percentile of the national corpus.
- 38.5
- Life Score / 100
- D
- Grade (curved)
- #363
- of 387 metros
- 6%
- composite percentile
Data updated August 2026
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The verdict
Clarksville is bottom-quartile composite Life Score — #363 of 387 (38.5/100, grade D, 6th percentile). Carried by cost of living at 70/100; held back most by safety at 4/100.
- 6th
- composite percentile
- #363
- of 387 peers
- 70th
- cost dimension percentile
- 17th
- wages dimension percentile
Life Score shape · BOTTOM · COST-LED · signature composite
Clarksville: bottom-third composite — where the drag concentrates
Clarksville sits in the bottom third of the metro corpus on composite (#363 of 387, 38.5/100, 6th percentile). Stamps BOTTOM · COST-LED; Safety at 4/100 is the main drag; Cost of Living (70/100) keeps the floor. Cost/wage marks CHEAP/LOW. According to PlainCompare's federal Life Score corpus ranking, Clarksville, TN-KY ranks #363 of 387 metros by composite Life Score (highest = #1) and #116 of 387 by cost-of-living dimension score (highest = #1). Methodology.
BEA RPP 90.9 (rent-RPP 73.8). BLS median salary $58,587, 95,950 jobs (Fast Food and Counter Workers, Retail Salespersons, Stockers and Order Fillers). HUD 2BR FMR $1,346/mo (studio $1,090).
FBI UCR (TN): 602 violent, 2058 property/100K. NCES: 15.3:1 ratio, 6.2% charter. DOL infant childcare $7,860/yr. EPA: 26 Superfund sites (TN).
Where Clarksville sits among all US metros
Composite Life Score vs the national field
39 6th percentile higher than 6% of 387 US metros
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Source PlainCompare composite of BEA, BLS, HUD, FBI, NCES, DOL, EPA data · August 2026
Dimension detail
How Clarksville scores, dimension by dimension
Score Breakdown
Dimension Scores
Key Data Points
Geography used: crime, schools, childcare, and environment cards above are TN state-level when metro-specific feeds are unavailable, see the scope key at the top of this page.
Compare Clarksville With...
Ranking Context
Clarksville outranks 6% of U.S. metros.
| Rank | Metro | Score | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| #360 | Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ | 38.7 | D |
| #361 | Springfield, MA | 38.8 | D |
| #362 | Elmira, NY | 38.8 | D |
| #363 | Clarksville, TN-KY | 38.5 | D |
| #364 | Napa, CA | 38.4 | D |
| #365 | Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN | 38.2 | D |
| #366 | Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | 38.2 | D |
TN Metro Scores
Read with Clarksville
Nearest composite peers and cost poles for Clarksville (BOTTOM · COST-LED · CHEAP/LOW), replacing the fixed Explore/Guides strip.
Napa, CA
ABS(composite) peer at 38.4 (Δ 0.1 vs this metro); lower Life Score · grade D vs this page's BOTTOM · COST-LED · CHEAP/LOW.
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ
ABS(composite) peer at 38.7 (Δ 0.2 vs this metro); higher Life Score · grade D vs this page's BOTTOM · COST-LED · CHEAP/LOW.
Elmira, NY
ABS(composite) peer at 38.8 (Δ 0.3 vs this metro); higher Life Score · grade D vs this page's BOTTOM · COST-LED · CHEAP/LOW.
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN
ABS(composite) peer at 38.2 (Δ 0.3 vs this metro); lower Life Score · grade D vs this page's BOTTOM · COST-LED · CHEAP/LOW.
Erie, PA (cost pole)
ABS(cost_score) orthogonal peer at 70/100 (Δ 0); cost stamp CHEAP vs this metro's CHEAP.
Saginaw, MI (cost pole)
ABS(cost_score) orthogonal peer at 70/100 (Δ 0); cost stamp CHEAP vs this metro's CHEAP.
Clarksville, TN-KY relocation guide
Stamp-branched guide for BOTTOM · COST-LED · CHEAP/LOW - how to read federal Life Score inputs before a move.