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Forest Hills is a small town of 4,683 people in Davidson County, Tennessee. It's about 6 miles from Nashville, TN. Summer highs average 88°F and winter highs 48°F, with about 3 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $1.4M and rent runs about $4k a month.
4,683people
$1.4MTypical home
$3,501/moRent
88° / 48°Summer / winter
3"Snow
232Sunny days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 4,683
- Part of a metro area
- About 507 people per sq mi
- 6 mi to Nashville, TN
- 6 mi to Nashville, TN
- 6 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $1.4M (≈$8,911/mo)
- Median rent $3,501/mo
- Median household income $250k
- Property tax about 0.5% of value
- 1.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 88°F
- Winter highs around 48°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 67°F)
- 232 sunny days a year (96 totally clear)
- 133 cloudy days a year
- 45 of 90 winter days are gray
- 3" of snow a year
- 1 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 1 day a year over 100°F
- 4 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Low violent crime (180 per 100k), county-wide
- About average property crime (1,553 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 49
- 31% of households have kids
- 25% are 65 or older
- 76% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 21 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 10 mi to BNA airport
- 10 mi to BNA (major hub)
- 174 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 95% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1970
- 99% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 742 ft
- 375 mi to the ocean
- 60 mi to a big lake
- 4 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 111 mi to the nearest ski area
- 8 mi to the nearest campground
- 38 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 1,321 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 138 bars within 25 mi
- 421 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 7 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 34 museums within 25 mi
- 27 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 6 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 30% of Tennessee districts (reading)
- 3 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 4 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 5 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 4 mi to the nearest vet
- 4 mi to the nearest dog park
- 8 congregations per 10k people
- 3 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Davidson County: D+27 in 2024
- Tennessee: R+30 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- High flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- Low winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk