Living in Pleasant Hill, TN
Pleasant Hill is a tiny town of 514 people in Cumberland County, Tennessee. It's about 58 miles from Cleveland, TN and 85 miles from Nashville, TN, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 82°F and winter highs 43°F, with about 14 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $175k and rent runs about $1k a month.
514people
$175kTypical home
$1,050/moRent
82° / 43°Summer / winter
14"Snow
231Sunny days
145Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Tiny town of 514
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 315 people per sq mi
- 85 mi to Nashville, TN
- 58 mi to Cleveland, TN
- 10 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $175k (≈$1,104/mo)
- Median rent $1,050/mo
- Median household income $51k
- Property tax about 0.3% of value
- 7.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 82°F
- Winter highs around 43°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 65°F)
- 231 sunny days a year (89 totally clear)
- 134 cloudy days a year
- 45 of 90 winter days are gray
- 145 days a year with rain or snow
- 14" of snow a year
- 5 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 6 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Low violent crime (195 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (895 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 65
- 15% of households have kids
- 41% are 65 or older
- 32% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 2% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 26 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 65 mi to CHA airport
- 69 mi to TYS (major hub)
- 160 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 72% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1985
- 84% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 1,893 ft
- 343 mi to the ocean
- 125 mi to a big lake
- 13 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 20 mi to the nearest ski area
- 8 mi to the nearest campground
- 11 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 63 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 12 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 9 museums within 25 mi
- 3 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 18 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 44% of Tennessee districts (reading)
- 9 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 13 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 13 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 18 mi to the nearest vet
- 18 mi to the nearest dog park
- 8 congregations per 10k people
- 22 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Cumberland County: R+59 in 2024
- Tennessee: R+30 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Moderate tornado risk
- Moderate wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Low drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Very low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.