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Rockvale is a small town of 1,611 people in Rutherford County, Tennessee. It's about 25 miles from Nashville, TN. Summer highs average 88°F and winter highs 47°F, with about 2 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $450k and rent runs about $2k a month.
1,611people
$450kTypical home
$1,502/moRent
88° / 47°Summer / winter
2"Snow
234Sunny days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,611
- Part of a metro area
- About 381 people per sq mi
- 25 mi to Nashville, TN
- 25 mi to Nashville, TN
- 8 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $450k (≈$2,835/mo)
- Median rent $1,502/mo
- Median household income $86k
- Property tax about 0.3% of value
- 4.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 88°F
- Winter highs around 47°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 67°F)
- 234 sunny days a year (96 totally clear)
- 131 cloudy days a year
- 44 of 90 winter days are gray
- 2" of snow a year
- Snow days are rare
- 1 day a year over 100°F
- 5 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- About average violent crime (367 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,292 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 41
- 34% of households have kids
- 18% are 65 or older
- 44% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 6% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 43 min
- 0% walk or take transit to work
- 26 mi to BNA airport
- 26 mi to BNA (major hub)
- 157 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 94% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 2006
- 77% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 689 ft
- 358 mi to the ocean
- 78 mi to a big lake
- 7 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 93 mi to the nearest ski area
- 6 mi to the nearest campground
- 22 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 570 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 19 bars within 25 mi
- 173 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 15 museums within 25 mi
- 6 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 15 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 20% of Tennessee districts (reading)
- 5 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 12 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 14 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 5 mi to the nearest vet
- 5 mi to the nearest dog park
- 5 congregations per 10k people
- 10 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Rutherford County: R+22 in 2024
- Tennessee: R+30 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Low hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- Moderate flood risk
- Low drought risk
- Low winter storm risk
- 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.