Living in Ridgetop, TN
Ridgetop is a small town of 1,995 people in Robertson County, Tennessee. It's about 22 miles from Nashville, TN. Summer highs average 87°F and winter highs 45°F, with about 5 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $351k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,995people
$351kTypical home
$1,154/moRent
87° / 45°Summer / winter
5"Snow
232Sunny days
123Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,995
- Part of a metro area
- About 659 people per sq mi
- 22 mi to Nashville, TN
- 22 mi to Nashville, TN
- 6 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $351k (≈$2,214/mo)
- Median rent $1,154/mo
- Median household income $85k
- Property tax about 0.5% of value
- 6.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 87°F
- Winter highs around 45°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 68°F)
- 232 sunny days a year (96 totally clear)
- 133 cloudy days a year
- 45 of 90 winter days are gray
- 123 days a year with rain or snow
- 5" of snow a year
- 2 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 1 day a year over 100°F
- 6 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Low violent crime (230 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (483 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 45
- 32% of households have kids
- 17% are 65 or older
- 27% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 31 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 20 mi to BNA airport
- 20 mi to BNA (major hub)
- 163 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 93% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1983
- 91% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 866 ft
- 398 mi to the ocean
- 64 mi to a big lake
- 12 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 112 mi to the nearest ski area
- 4 mi to the nearest campground
- 25 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 937 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 126 bars within 25 mi
- 297 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 7 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 35 museums within 25 mi
- 26 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 16 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 42% of Tennessee districts (reading)
- 5 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 10 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 10 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 10 mi to the nearest vet
- 6 mi to the nearest dog park
- 9 congregations per 10k people
- 11 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Robertson County: R+51 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
- Very low drought risk
- Low winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk