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Ashland City is a big small town of 5,424 people in Cheatham County, Tennessee. It's about 21 miles from Nashville, TN. Summer highs average 89°F and winter highs 48°F, with about 2 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $294k and rent runs about $1k a month.
5,424people
$294kTypical home
$1,336/moRent
89° / 48°Summer / winter
2"Snow
232Sunny days
98Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Big small town of 5,424
- Part of a metro area
- About 508 people per sq mi
- 21 mi to Nashville, TN
- 21 mi to Nashville, TN
- 15 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $294k (≈$1,855/mo)
- Median rent $1,336/mo
- Median household income $79k
- Property tax about 0.5% of value
- 2.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 89°F
- Winter highs around 48°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 68°F)
- 232 sunny days a year (99 totally clear)
- 133 cloudy days a year
- 44 of 90 winter days are gray
- 98 days a year with rain or snow
- 2" of snow a year
- 1 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 2 days a year over 100°F
- 5 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (137 per 100k)
- Low property crime (1,146 per 100k)
People
- Median age 38
- 29% of households have kids
- 16% are 65 or older
- 28% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 32 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 22 mi to BNA airport
- 22 mi to BNA (major hub)
- 158 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 61% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 2002
- 92% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 548 ft
- 386 mi to the ocean
- 49 mi to a big lake
- 15 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 124 mi to the nearest ski area
- 9 mi to the nearest campground
- 31 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 1,046 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 129 bars within 25 mi
- 321 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 7 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 29 museums within 25 mi
- 25 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 4 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 45% of Tennessee districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 4 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 14 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 3 mi to the nearest vet
- 12 mi to the nearest dog park
- 7 congregations per 10k people
- 13 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Cheatham County: R+46 in 2024
- Tennessee: R+30 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- Moderate flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- Low winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk