Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Public schools that outperform most of Tennessee.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Collierville grades B+ overall, ranked 22nd of 175 in Tennessee. Its schools outperform 97% of the state's. The median household earns $139K and it is healthier than 90% of U.S. towns. The catch is cost: the typical home is worth about $503K, 7.6 years of the Memphis metro’s $66K median household income. 63% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Collierville, above both the Tennessee town median (23%) and the median of U.S. towns (29%). Collierville has 10 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Greenlevel and John M. Fleming Home Place. Only 23 of Tennessee’s 292 towns score higher on the outdoors.
Where Collierville beats most towns.
Census counts: 236 in 1850, 51,324 in 2020. The archive holds 20 old photos and papers going back to 1884 and 4 maps from 1943 on.
10 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Tennessee), ordered by how far Collierville is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Collierville. Close and well known come first.
Big draw26 mi Ancient siteSS Sultana
17 mi Stadium & arenaSimmons Bank Liberty Stadium
21 mi MuseumNational Civil Rights Museum
21 mi Stadium & arenaFedExForum
17 mi Stadium & arenaMid-South Coliseum
21 mi MuseumBlues Hall of FameSS Sultana: Template:Thomas W. Bankes, Public domain · Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0 · National Civil Rights Museum: Matthew T Rader, CC BY-SA 4.0 · FedExForum: Marco Espino-Ovalle, Public domain · Mid-South Coliseum: bcbuckner, CC BY 2.0 · Blues Hall of Fame: John Phelan, CC BY-SA 4.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Collierville, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Collierville.
Collierville has schools in the top 5% of Tennessee, has more 90° days than almost anywhere else in Tennessee and fares better on crime within Tennessee than nationally.
Its A+ ranks #7 of the 176 Tennessee towns we grade for schools. Its A+ for schools comes with a D for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $503K.
Its public schools are run by the Collierville school district. Three of its 13 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Collierville Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 1,348 | A |
| Collierville High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 2,946 | A− |
| Crosswind Elementary SchoolTop results in townGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 680 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TN on state tests and graduation
19 miles of trail in 14 parks and preserves. The biggest place to walk is W.C. Johnson Park, 384 acres with 3.8 miles of trail.
| Collierville | Tennessee towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.5 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 3.7% | 1.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. W.C. Johnson Park | 3.8 mi | 384 |
| 2. Nikki McCray Park | 0.5 mi | 16 |
| 3. H.W. Cox Park | 0.4 mi | 57 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its widest gap with Tennessee is tooth loss: 6.7% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 14.6% statewide. Against the 3,695 U.S. towns with household incomes like Collierville’s, it is healthier than 65%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
11% of Collierville adults report frequent physical distress. Collierville beats the Tennessee average on 24 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 15% of Collierville adults report frequent mental distress.
| Collierville | Tennessee towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 16% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 20% | 17% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 28% | 25% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 19% | 14% |
| What stands out | Collierville | TN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 6.7% | 14.6% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.8% | 16.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
At 7.6 years of the Memphis metro’s $66K median household income, the typical home (about $503K) costs more against local pay than in 94% of Tennessee towns; that ratio is one input to its D for cost of living. The median property tax bill is $4,834, against $1,442 across Tennessee, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
Collierville’s median rent is $1,691 a month. The typical Collierville home is worth about $503,000, down 1.4% in a year, 52% above the Tennessee typical home. 80% of households own their home in Collierville.
| Collierville | Tennessee towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,691 a month | $944 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 80% | 65% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
The Germantown 4se weather station records that about 78 days a year reach 90°, the highest of 504 Tennessee places with climate records.
The July high in Collierville is 91°F. Collierville has mild winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Collierville has about as many jobs (26,867) as working residents, but only 4,542 people both live and work here. Jobs based here grew from 17,021 in 2013 to 26,867.
About one in 5 of Collierville’s working residents works in town. Since 2013, Collierville has added 9,846 jobs, to 26,867 in 2023. Only 8 of the 177 Tennessee towns we compare have a higher median household income than Collierville.
| Collierville | Tennessee towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $139,000 | $60,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 21% | 9.5% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 3.2% | 14% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 20% | 12% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 64% of U.S. communities. Since 1986, 22 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Collierville.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
At 18 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports less crime than 69% of Tennessee’s graded towns. Violent crime is rare: 91 reported in 2025, 1.7 per 1,000 residents.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
4 within 15 miles of the center of Collierville
About 4 of every 100 Collierville residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Tennessee.
43,965 counted in 2010 and 51,324 in 2020; an estimated 51,909 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
10 places in Collierville on the National Register of Historic Places.
6 notable people were born in Collierville.
Town in Tennessee, United States
Collierville ( "call your ville" or "call yer ville"), officially the Town of Collierville, is a town in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, and a suburb located in the Memphis metropolitan area. With a population of 51,324 in the 2020 census, Collierville is the third-largest municipality in the county after Memphis and Bartlett. It is home to the Carriage Crossing shopping mall and is served by Collierville Schools. Founded by 19th-century businessman Jesse R. Collier in 1836, the settlement was the site of the first and second battles of Collierville during the American Civil War, during which the town suffered severe damage. After a period of regrowth, Collierville saw substantial …
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3 towns share a border with Collierville.
| Town | TN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collierville | #22 | B+ | D | B− | A+ | A |
| Germantown | #20 | B+ | D | B− | A+ | A |
| Piperton | #111 | C− | C+ | — | D | B− |
Piperton reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Collierville with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Collierville grades B+ overall, better than 72% of U.S. towns and #22 of 175 in Tennessee. It grades A for health, B− for safety and A+ for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.
6 notable people were born here, including Nikki McCray and Major Owens.
