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Green Hill gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $424K, 5 years of the Nashville metro’s $85K median household income. It grades A− overall, 8th among Tennessee's 175 graded towns. On the plus side, its schools rank ahead of 91% of Tennessee towns. Only 25 of Tennessee’s 291 towns score higher on health. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 84% of U.S. towns. Among 177 Tennessee towns, just 3 have a lower share of working residents who work in town than Green Hill.
Where Green Hill beats most towns.
Where Green Hill’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Tennessee), ordered by how far Green Hill is from typical.
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The archive holds 5 maps from 1932 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Green Hill. Close and well known come first.
Big draw12 mi Stadium & arenaNissan Stadium
7 mi TheatreRyman Auditorium
3 mi MuseumThe Hermitage
15 mi MuseumParthenon
13 mi Stadium & arenaBridgestone Arena
15 mi Stadium & arenaFirstBank StadiumNissan Stadium: Kaldari, CC0 · Ryman Auditorium: Unknown, CC0 · The Hermitage: Jim Bowen from Zhenhai, China, CC BY 2.0 · Parthenon: Mayur Phadtare, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Bridgestone Arena: EVula, CC BY 3.0 · FirstBank Stadium: Mhar564, CC BY-SA 4.0
Green Hill is unincorporated, so Wilson County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Green Hill.
Green Hill has less food insecurity than most of Tennessee and sends most of its workers to Nashville and beyond.
Green Hill has 220 jobs for its 3,223 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Most working residents leave Green Hill for work: only 0% work in town. 5.2% of residents live below the poverty line in Green Hill, below both the Tennessee town median (14%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). Jobs based in Green Hill grew to 220 in 2023, 85 more than in 2013.
| Green Hill | Tennessee towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 5.2% | 14% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $92,000 | $60,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
At $1,296 a month, Green Hill’s median rent is above Tennessee’s towns ($944 a month) and close to U.S. towns ($1,185 a month). The typical Green Hill home is worth about $424,000, down 1% in a year, 28% above the Tennessee typical home.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Its widest gap with Tennessee is food insecurity: 9.3% of its 5,234 adults worry about having enough food, against 16.2% statewide.
Green Hill beats the Tennessee average on 16 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 30% of Green Hill adults have obesity.
| Green Hill | Tennessee towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 39% | 35% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 28% | 25% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 20% | 17% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 9.3% | 16% | 14% |
| What stands out | Green Hill | TN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.3% | 16.2% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 5.5% | 9.1% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.1% | 8.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Adults 18 to 34 are 13% of residents (23% statewide); adults 35 to 64 are 43% of residents (38% statewide). The median age in Green Hill is 45.5 years. 30% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 31% across Tennessee.
| Green Hill | Tennessee towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 45.5 years | 40 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 30% | 23% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 23% | 22% | 22% |
46% women, 54% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±6.8 points. Across Tennessee, 50.9% of residents are women.
| Green Hill | TN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 6.3% | 11.9% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 17% | 10.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 3.2% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 9.9% | 13.8% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12.7% | 12.8% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 16.8% | 12.4% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 13.7% | 12.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 13.9% | 10.3% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6.5% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3.1% | 10% | 10.4% |
| High school | 35.1% | 31.2% | 26% |
| Some college | 24.3% | 19.9% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 7.7% | 7.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 21.2% | 19.4% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 8.5% | 11.7% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Green Hill has mild winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. Green Hill’s July high is 89°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 52% of U.S. communities. Since 2010, 4 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Green Hill.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
16 within 15 miles of the center of Green Hill
About 2 of every 100 Green Hill residents are enrolled in college, against 5 across Tennessee.
Town in Tennessee, United States
Green Hill is a census-designated place (CDP) in western Wilson County, Tennessee. The population was 6,618 at the 2010 census.
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2 towns share a border with Green Hill.
| Town | TN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Hill | #8 | A− | B | — | A | B+ |
| Mount Juliet | #9 | A− | C | B+ | A | A− |
| Nashville | — | — | D | D− | — | — |
Green Hill reports no FBI crime data of its own. Nashville isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Green Hill with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Green Hill grades A− overall, better than 84% of U.S. towns and #8 of 175 in Tennessee. It grades B+ for health and A for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a C−.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.
