| City | Population | Rank | Population 18-34 Rank | Nightlife Rank | Music Venues Rank | Active Life Rank | Arts & Entertainment Rank | Fast Food Rank | Non-Fast Food Restautant Rank | Population Density Rank | Big Deal Score |
| Knoxville | 178,874 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 48 | 26 | 6 | 13.25 |
| Chattanooga | 167,674 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 20 | 7 | 22 | 13.88 |
| Nashville-Davidson | 601,222 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 48 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 19 | 14.5 |
| Franklin | 62,487 | 4 | 45 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 39 | 21 | 11 | 17.25 |
| Johnson City | 63,152 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 18 | 33 | 24 | 31 | 13 | 13 | 19.5 |
| Manchester | 10,102 | 6 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 28 | 19 | 4 | 50 | 19.63 |
| Maryville | 27,465 | 7 | 38 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 36 | 28 | 9 | 20.5 |
| Memphis | 646,889 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 21 | 50 | 33 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 21.5 |
| Gallatin | 30,278 | 9 | 23 | 34 | 24 | 25 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 33 | 22 |
| Jackson | 65,211 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 27 | 28 | 23 | 28 | 23 | 24 | 22.13 |
| Sevierville | 14,807 | 11 | 21 | 10 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 56 | 10 | 52 | 22.38 |
| Cookeville | 30,435 | 12 | 2 | 11 | 27 | 14 | 10 | 50 | 31 | 37 | 22.75 |
| Murfreesboro | 108,755 | 13 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 37 | 36 | 37 | 37 | 4 | 23.5 |
| Martin | 11,473 | 14 | 1 | 12 | 27 | 43 | 41 | 17 | 12 | 39 | 24 |
| Millington | 10,176 | 15 | 26 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 49 | 22 | 58 | 24.13 |
| Dickson | 14,538 | 16 | 27 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 53 | 36 | 49 | 24.63 |
| Hendersonville | 51,372 | 17 | 46 | 36 | 19 | 9 | 39 | 18 | 24 | 8 | 24.88 |
| Germantown | 38,844 | 18 | 56 | 45 | 27 | 42 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 25.25 |
| Crossville | 10,795 | 19 | 29 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 58 | 52 | 54 | 25.63 |
| Bristol | 26,702 | 20 | 44 | 21 | 11 | 11 | 31 | 27 | 17 | 44 | 25.75 |
| Mount Juliet | 23,671 | 20 | 40 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 44 | 38 | 23 | 25.75 |
| Clarksville | 132,929 | 22 | 5 | 20 | 27 | 46 | 42 | 21 | 33 | 15 | 26.13 |
| McMinnville | 13,605 | 23 | 30 | 25 | 1 | 55 | 44 | 5 | 29 | 21 | 26.25 |
| Springfield | 16,440 | 24 | 13 | 35 | 27 | 39 | 19 | 30 | 34 | 20 | 27.13 |
| Goodlettsville | 15,921 | 25 | 34 | 5 | 27 | 20 | 7 | 55 | 45 | 26 | 27.38 |
| Paris | 10,156 | 26 | 39 | 4 | 27 | 18 | 11 | 42 | 32 | 48 | 27.63 |
| Cleveland | 41,285 | 27 | 8 | 31 | 27 | 32 | 20 | 45 | 49 | 10 | 27.75 |
| Union City | 10,895 | 28 | 36 | 9 | 27 | 16 | 34 | 33 | 30 | 38 | 27.88 |
| Brentwood | 37,060 | 29 | 58 | 40 | 25 | 3 | 17 | 23 | 20 | 40 | 28.25 |
| Elizabethton | 14,176 | 30 | 25 | 46 | 27 | 31 | 45 | 29 | 11 | 14 | 28.5 |
| East Ridge | 20,979 | 31 | 20 | 52 | 27 | 56 | 54 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 29 |
| Columbia | 34,681 | 32 | 19 | 26 | 14 | 38 | 30 | 35 | 44 | 27 | 29.13 |
| Portland | 11,480 | 32 | 17 | 37 | 27 | 49 | 37 | 12 | 8 | 46 | 29.13 |
| Spring Hill | 29,036 | 34 | 32 | 29 | 22 | 44 | 48 | 13 | 18 | 29 | 29.38 |
| Collierville | 43,965 | 35 | 55 | 49 | 27 | 40 | 49 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 30.75 |
| Morristown | 29,137 | 36 | 24 | 39 | 23 | 13 | 26 | 47 | 46 | 30 | 31 |
| Lebanon | 26,190 | 36 | 22 | 16 | 20 | 15 | 29 | 54 | 41 | 51 | 31 |
| Smyrna | 39,974 | 38 | 15 | 28 | 26 | 34 | 43 | 40 | 47 | 16 | 31.13 |
| Oak Ridge | 29,330 | 39 | 50 | 30 | 13 | 35 | 22 | 22 | 25 | 57 | 31.75 |
| Greeneville | 15,062 | 40 | 49 | 33 | 27 | 23 | 6 | 52 | 27 | 41 | 32.25 |
| Bartlett | 54,613 | 41 | 53 | 51 | 27 | 52 | 51 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 32.38 |
| White House | 10,255 | 42 | 42 | 52 | 27 | 19 | 46 | 25 | 14 | 36 | 32.63 |
| Arlington | 11,517 | 43 | 37 | 38 | 9 | 30 | 15 | 43 | 39 | 56 | 33.38 |
| Red Bank | 11,651 | 44 | 9 | 52 | 27 | 57 | 54 | 6 | 57 | 7 | 33.63 |
| Dyersburg | 17,145 | 45 | 35 | 18 | 27 | 36 | 38 | 34 | 50 | 32 | 33.75 |
| Athens | 13,458 | 45 | 31 | 52 | 27 | 12 | 32 | 46 | 35 | 35 | 33.75 |
| Tullahoma | 18,655 | 47 | 47 | 27 | 16 | 27 | 14 | 41 | 53 | 47 | 34 |
| Soddy-Daisy | 12,714 | 48 | 42 | 44 | 27 | 53 | 54 | 1 | 1 | 53 | 34.38 |
| Shelbyville | 20,335 | 49 | 14 | 47 | 27 | 47 | 47 | 26 | 40 | 28 | 34.5 |
| La Vergne | 32,588 | 50 | 16 | 50 | 27 | 51 | 53 | 14 | 54 | 17 | 35.25 |