Any good communities close to McKenzie TN. (Clarksville, Jackson: crime rate, neighborhood)

[amaltaha]

My husband has a job offer in McKenzie TN. we're moving from great school and looking for a community that has a good schools and nice neighborhood with professionals level families? please help if you have any information. we're trying to look at Clarksville but seems to be too far if you know any place in between please let me know or tell me what do you think about living in Clarksville and commuting that far will it work? Thanks

[vivelafrance]

Martin is a good choice. The area's largest university is there and the presence seems to make the local schools a bit above average.

[amaltaha]

Thank you for your help. I did look at Martin schools which seems to have a high Number of economic disadvantaged kids or so i though? I was looking for a place with more professional back ground families "middle class"? do you consider Martin to be that place?

[vivelafrance]

Originally Posted by amaltaha

Thank you for your help. I did look at Martin schools which seems to have a high Number of economic disadvantaged kids or so i though? I was looking for a place with more professional back ground families "middle class"? do you consider Martin to be that place?

Probably more so than any other place in Northwest TN due to the amount of University faculty in such a small town. Another option could be Jackson although it has a fairly high crime rate overall, there are some nice areas and a magnet school program.

Overall though NWTN is one of the most economically disadvantaged places in the state. I believe Lake County is the poorest county in the state and the area has been hit hard with some recent job losses. You won't find a large white collar community outside of some parts of Jackson or Dyersburg.