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Bell Buckle is a tiny town of 529 people in Bedford County, Tennessee. It's about 40 miles from Nashville, TN. Summer highs average 86°F and winter highs 47°F, with about 2 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $307k and rent runs about $1k a month.
529people
$307kTypical home
$1,208/moRent
86° / 47°Summer / winter
2"Snow
234Sunny days
128Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Tiny town of 529
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 1,037 people per sq mi
- 40 mi to Nashville, TN
- 40 mi to Nashville, TN
- 8 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $307k (≈$1,933/mo)
- Median rent $1,208/mo
- Median household income $86k
- Property tax about 0.4% of value
- 2.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 86°F
- Winter highs around 47°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 67°F)
- 234 sunny days a year (96 totally clear)
- 131 cloudy days a year
- 44 of 90 winter days are gray
- 128 days a year with rain or snow
- 2" of snow a year
- Snow days are rare
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 4 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- About average violent crime (337 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (976 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 30
- 35% of households have kids
- 11% are 65 or older
- 24% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 7% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 29 min
- 7% walk or take transit to work
- 41 mi to BNA airport
- 41 mi to BNA (major hub)
- 146 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 88% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1963
- 87% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 860 ft
- 347 mi to the ocean
- 72 mi to a big lake
- 17 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 86 mi to the nearest ski area
- 11 mi to the nearest campground
- 14 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 252 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 10 bars within 25 mi
- 82 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 9 museums within 25 mi
- 6 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 7 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 16% of Tennessee districts (reading)
- 8 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 12 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 12 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 2 mi to the nearest vet
- 17 mi to the nearest dog park
- 8 congregations per 10k people
- 18 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Bedford County: R+58 in 2024
- Tennessee: R+30 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Low hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- Moderate flood risk
- Low drought risk
- Low winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk