Living in Nashville, IN
Nashville is a small town of 1,386 people in Brown County, Indiana. It's about 16 miles from Bloomington, IN and 40 miles from Indianapolis, IN, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 85°F and winter highs 37°F, with about 20 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $295k and rent runs about $822 a month.
1,386people
$295kTypical home
$822/moRent
85° / 37°Summer / winter
20"Snow
222Sunny days
128Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,386
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 865 people per sq mi
- 40 mi to Indianapolis, IN
- 16 mi to Bloomington, IN
- 16 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $295k (≈$1,860/mo)
- Median rent $822/mo
- Median household income $52k
- Property tax about 0.4% of value
- 2.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 85°F
- Winter highs around 37°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 65°F)
- 222 sunny days a year (80 totally clear)
- 143 cloudy days a year
- 49 of 90 winter days are gray
- 128 days a year with rain or snow
- 20" of snow a year
- 6 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 14 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (90 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (237 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 63
- 19% of households have kids
- 40% are 65 or older
- 36% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 29 min
- 4% walk or take transit to work
- 35 mi to IND airport
- 35 mi to IND (major hub)
- 39 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 75% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1979
- 89% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 748 ft
- 481 mi to the ocean
- 175 mi to a big lake
- 36 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 47 mi to the nearest ski area
- 4 mi to the nearest campground
- 23 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 289 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 21 bars within 25 mi
- 68 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 1 music venue or club within 25 mi
- 12 museums within 25 mi
- 6 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- Farmers market in town
Everyday
- Schools in the top 20% of Indiana districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 13 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 13 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 13 mi to the nearest vet
- 14 mi to the nearest dog park
- 12 congregations per 10k people
- 15 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Brown County: R+33 in 2024
- Indiana: R+19 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
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Moderate heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk