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Tennessee Ridge is a small town of 1,726 people in Houston County, Tennessee. It's about 29 miles from Clarksville, TN and 60 miles from Nashville, TN, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 89°F and winter highs 47°F, with about 4 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $172k and rent runs about $935 a month.
1,726people
$172kTypical home
$935/moRent
89° / 47°Summer / winter
4"Snow
232Sunny days
114Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,726
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 460 people per sq mi
- 60 mi to Nashville, TN
- 29 mi to Clarksville, TN
- 28 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $172k (≈$1,083/mo)
- Median rent $935/mo
- Median household income $74k
- Property tax about 0.6% of value
- 4.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 89°F
- Winter highs around 47°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 67°F)
- 232 sunny days a year (99 totally clear)
- 133 cloudy days a year
- 44 of 90 winter days are gray
- 114 days a year with rain or snow
- 4" of snow a year
- 1 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 2 days a year over 100°F
- 6 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (48 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (503 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 41
- 39% of households have kids
- 18% are 65 or older
- 15% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 2% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 39 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 62 mi to BNA airport
- 62 mi to BNA (major hub)
- 126 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 92% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1975
- 83% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 732 ft
- 386 mi to the ocean
- 10 mi to a big lake
- 31 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 165 mi to the nearest ski area
- 14 mi to the nearest campground
- 1 golf course within 25 mi
Things to do
- 55 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 14 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- No museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 26 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 12% of Tennessee districts (reading)
- 3 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 7 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 44 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 27 mi to the nearest vet
- 27 mi to the nearest dog park
- 11 congregations per 10k people
- 27 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Houston County: R+58 in 2024
- Tennessee: R+30 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Moderate earthquake risk
- Moderate flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- Low winter storm risk
- Moderate heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk