Healthiest Cities in Tennessee.

Cities in Tennessee whose adults have the lowest rates of chronic health problems.

How we rank: Each city’s adult rates of obesity, diabetes, smoking, inactivity and high blood pressure, compared with the typical US city and averaged. Lower is healthier. These are CDC estimates, not counts.

65 cities ranked · See the national list

#	City	Population	Obesity	Smoking	Inactive
1	Nolensville	15,074	29.3%	10.1%	15.9%
2	Brentwood	45,556	27.9%	8.8%	16.3%
3	Germantown	40,673	27.5%	8.8%	15.4%
4	Franklin	87,133	29.3%	10.2%	18.2%
5	Lakeland	14,192	30.1%	10.9%	16.9%
6	Collegedale	11,330	29.0%	11.9%	19.5%
7	Collierville	51,515	29.1%	10.6%	17.3%
8	Mount Juliet	42,073	29.5%	12.2%	18.8%
9	Spring Hill	55,765	31.8%	12.7%	18.9%
10	Farragut	24,634	28.6%	9.6%	18.0%
11	Arlington	15,205	33.3%	14.0%	18.2%
12	Red Bank	12,010	32.4%	14.1%	19.3%
13	Hendersonville	63,091	38.4%	12.7%	20.3%
14	Murfreesboro	161,445	37.3%	14.0%	22.2%
15	Nashville	690,130	32.0%	14.1%	24.9%
16	Middle Valley	12,187	31.8%	14.5%	20.1%
17	White House	14,631	37.1%	15.5%	22.3%
18	Bartlett	56,876	33.4%	14.3%	21.7%
19	Powell	13,739	33.1%	15.6%	23.4%
20	Cookeville	36,088	36.5%	16.5%	25.1%
21	Clarksville	176,456	39.3%	16.2%	24.9%
22	Lebanon	44,788	32.9%	16.6%	25.2%
23	Soddy-Daisy	13,231	33.5%	16.9%	22.4%
24	Maryville	32,392	35.3%	15.8%	25.0%
25	Atoka	10,385	41.7%	16.3%	22.9%
26	Seymour	16,216	36.2%	16.7%	23.8%
27	Smyrna	56,692	39.3%	16.3%	25.8%
28	Johnson City	72,222	36.2%	17.4%	26.5%
29	Martin	10,915	39.4%	17.5%	28.5%
30	Goodlettsville	17,597	36.2%	15.8%	27.1%
31	Knoxville	195,185	36.0%	17.8%	27.2%
32	La Vergne	40,243	41.6%	17.0%	27.0%
33	East Ridge	22,070	35.6%	18.1%	25.3%
34	Chattanooga	185,783	36.3%	16.7%	24.9%
35	Dickson	16,424	37.6%	17.0%	27.6%
36	Gallatin	48,532	42.0%	16.5%	26.0%
37	Oak Ridge	32,693	39.9%	16.1%	25.7%
38	Columbia	45,441	36.9%	18.0%	27.5%
39	Alcoa	12,222	38.4%	17.6%	27.2%
40	Cleveland	48,829	41.4%	17.7%	27.1%
41	Manchester	12,944	38.8%	19.0%	28.2%
42	Sevierville	18,397	39.0%	18.9%	29.1%
43	Portland	13,449	43.6%	20.9%	28.4%
44	Hartsville	11,957	40.3%	21.3%	28.4%
45	Bristol	27,636	37.8%	19.0%	28.6%
46	Tullahoma	21,103	38.9%	19.2%	28.3%
47	Elizabethton	14,374	36.3%	19.3%	30.4%
48	Lenoir City	11,110	40.0%	19.9%	30.7%
49	Clinton	10,239	42.4%	19.4%	28.5%
50	Greeneville	15,646	40.2%	19.2%	30.7%
51	Millington	11,289	38.2%	20.1%	29.3%
52	Kingsport	56,262	38.6%	19.9%	30.7%
53	Shelbyville	24,661	46.0%	20.3%	32.5%
54	Lewisburg	12,861	42.1%	20.6%	31.1%
55	Athens	14,471	46.5%	19.9%	31.1%
56	Dyersburg	15,979	41.0%	20.7%	32.4%
57	Springfield	19,255	41.7%	21.3%	34.7%
58	Memphis	618,980	42.1%	19.9%	31.1%
59	Jackson	68,435	44.9%	19.7%	32.1%
60	Lawrenceburg	11,844	42.1%	21.8%	32.9%
61	Crossville	12,428	40.9%	22.3%	31.9%
62	McMinnville	13,844	43.0%	22.5%	34.2%
63	Union City	10,982	42.0%	21.3%	33.7%
64	Paris	10,338	39.8%	22.0%	35.0%
65	Morristown	31,527	42.7%	23.2%	36.2%