Wildwood LakeTN
With 3,495 residents, it is a town in Tennessee. Public schools that outperform most of Tennessee.
Is Wildwood Lake a good place to live?
Strong in places, weak in others. The weak point is health (D): CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 90% of the country. Wildwood Lake’s overall grade is C, better than 34% of U.S. towns. That places it 79th of 175 in Tennessee. It lags on walkability as well. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 96% of U.S. towns. Where it does best is schools: its schools rank ahead of 80% of Tennessee towns. Homes run about $232K for a typical one, 3.5 times the Cleveland metro’s $66K median household income.
Figures: schools, state test and graduation results · health, CDC PLACES · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24.
What makes Wildwood Lake stand out
Where Wildwood Lake beats most towns.
99% of working residents leave Wildwood Lake for work
Where Wildwood Lake’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Wildwood Lake grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Tennessee), ordered by how far Wildwood Lake is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Wildwood Lake: who provides what
Wildwood Lake is unincorporated, so Bradley County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Wildwood Lake.
Wildwood Lake looks healthier within Tennessee than nationally and sends most of its workers to Cleveland and beyond.
Wildwood Lake earns a D for health
Within Tennessee it is less healthy than 66% of the 176 graded towns: much of Tennessee scores lower on these measures.
The share of adults in Wildwood Lake who had a checkup this year is 77%, against 78% in Tennessee’s towns and 79% across U.S. towns. Wildwood Lake: just over a fifth of adults smoke cigarettes. Among adults here, 21% report frequent mental distress and 30% have been diagnosed with depression.
| Wildwood Lake | Tennessee towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 19% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 20% | 17% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 29% | 23% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 39% | 35% |
| What stands out | Wildwood Lake | TN |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 18.7% | 14.6% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.6% | 8.6% |
| More smokers | 20.6% | 17.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Wildwood Lake earns an A− for schools
Public schools: the Bradley County school district. One of its 2 schools is below, with the reason it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Forest Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 1,173 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TN on state tests and graduation
About two in five of Wildwood Lake’s working residents commute to Cleveland
Wildwood Lake has 219 jobs for its 1,525 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Half commute less than 14 miles. The share of working residents in Wildwood Lake who work locally is 0.8%, below both Tennessee’s towns (12%) and U.S. towns (8%). Jobs in Wildwood Lake grew by 110 from 2013 to 2023, reaching 219. For Wildwood Lake, the average commute is 22 minutes.
| Wildwood Lake | Tennessee towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 0.8% | 12% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 15% | 14% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $63,000 | $60,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Open space protected for good: 0.9% of Wildwood Lake
3.2 miles of trail. Wildwood Lake’s concentration of trails stands at 0.3 miles per square mile.
| Wildwood Lake | Tennessee towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.9% | 1.8% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Expect mild winters and hot summers in Wildwood Lake
In July, afternoons reach 89°; in January, nights fall to 30°, and about 1 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Top of a low hazard risk in Wildwood Lake: inland flooding
Of the losses FEMA expects in Wildwood Lake, 33% come from inland flooding and 24% from tornadoes. Expected damage from storms and floods is lower here than in 66% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The median home in Wildwood Lake sells for about $320K
Wildwood Lake’s rent at the middle of the market comes in at $972 a month. The share of households in Wildwood Lake who live in a home they own: 73%.
| Wildwood Lake | Tennessee towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 73% | 65% | 73% |
| Median rent | $972 a month | $944 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Wildwood Lake
Colleges nearby
4 within 15 miles of the center of Wildwood Lake
About 3 of every 100 Wildwood Lake residents are enrolled in college, against 5 across Tennessee.
About Wildwood Lake
Census-designated place in Tennessee, United States
Wildwood Lake is a census-designated place (CDP) in Bradley County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 3,286 at the 2020 Census. It is included in the Cleveland, Tennessee Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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- Area
- 12 sq mi
- Elevation
- 833 ft
Wildwood Lake’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Wildwood Lake.
| Town | TN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wildwood Lake | #79 | C | B | — | A− | D |
| South Cleveland | #42 | B− | A− | — | A− | C− |
| Cleveland | #150 | D | C | D | C+ | C− |
| East Cleveland | — | — | A− | — | A− | D− |
East Cleveland has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Wildwood Lake, South Cleveland and East Cleveland report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Wildwood Lake with a neighbor →
Questions about Wildwood Lake
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Wildwood Lake, TN a good place to live?
Wildwood Lake grades C overall, better than 34% of U.S. towns and #79 of 175 in Tennessee. It grades D for health and A− for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D−.
Is Wildwood Lake, TN expensive?
The typical home is worth about $232,000, 30% below the Tennessee typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.