Living in Centerville, TN
Centerville is a small town of 3,535 people in Hickman County, Tennessee. It's about 44 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 $213k and rent runs about $907 a month.
3,535people
$213kTypical home
$907/moRent
86° / 47°Summer / winter
2"Snow
235Sunny days
101Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 3,535
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 329 people per sq mi
- 44 mi to Nashville, TN
- 44 mi to Nashville, TN
- 17 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $213k (≈$1,346/mo)
- Median rent $907/mo
- Median household income $59k
- Property tax about 0.6% of value
- 2.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 86°F
- Winter highs around 47°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 67°F)
- 235 sunny days a year (101 totally clear)
- 130 cloudy days a year
- 43 of 90 winter days are gray
- 101 days a year with rain or snow
- 2" of snow a year
- Snow days are rare
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 5 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Low violent crime (198 per 100k)
- Very low property crime (382 per 100k)
People
- Median age 43
- 27% of households have kids
- 21% are 65 or older
- 10% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 39 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 47 mi to BNA airport
- 47 mi to BNA (major hub)
- 155 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 79% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1974
- 83% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 735 ft
- 353 mi to the ocean
- 31 mi to a big lake
- 22 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 144 mi to the nearest ski area
- 12 mi to the nearest campground
- 2 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 72 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 10 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 4 museums within 25 mi
- 2 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 36 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 20% of Tennessee districts (reading)
- 11 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 17 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 38 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 23 mi to the nearest vet
- 12 mi to the nearest dog park
- 4 congregations per 10k people
- 39 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Hickman County: R+61 in 2024
- Tennessee: R+30 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Low drought risk
- Low winter storm risk
- Moderate heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk