These Tennessee Cities Are Among The Safest In The United States

When determining where to live, safety is usually one of the top priorities someone considers. To help shed light on some of the safest places to live in the country, Wallethub has created a list of "2020's Safest Cities in America."

The list compares 182 cities across the country that people can consult if they plan on relocating soon. Many people have moved to Tennessee over the last few years, but what cities made it on the list of safest places to live?

The following Tennessee cities made an appearance on the list.

• Knoxville (111)
• Nashville (122)
• Chattanooga (173)
• Memphis (175)

Although Chattanooga and Memphis made the list, there is still room for improvement. Memphis was even tied for the most assaults per capita of all the cities included on the list.

According to the list, the safest city in America is Columbia, Maryland. South Burlington, Vermont came in second. Plano, Texas was named third safest city, followed by Nashua, New Hampshire and Lewiston, Maine.

To determine the list, Wallethub compared 182 cities across three key dimensions: home and community safety, natural-disaster risk, and financial safety.

Those three dimensions were then evaluated using 42 relevant metrics, including average number of COVID-19 cases within the last seven days, number of mass shootings, share of sheltered homeless, earthquake risk level, tornado risk level, foreclosure rate, job security, and share of households with emergency savings.

The full list of cities can be found here.

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