Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Green Hill’s best grade is for schools — its public schools beat 91% of Tennessee towns on state tests and graduation. A typical home there costs about $424K, 5 years of the Nashville metro’s $85K median household income. The trade-off is walkability (C−). Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 84% of U.S. towns. All told, that adds up to an A− overall and a rank of 8th of 175 in Tennessee. It comes out better than 84% of U.S. towns. Only 25 of Tennessee’s 291 towns score higher on health. John Cloyd House (Additional Documentation) and Williamson Chapel CME Church Complex is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Figures: schools, state test and graduation results · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · health, CDC PLACES · National Register of Historic Places.
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.
The average trip to work for Green Hill comes to 29 minutes, where Tennessee’s towns sit at 25 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Jobs in Green Hill grew by 85 from 2013 to 2023, reaching 220. The share of residents in Green Hill who live below the poverty line: 5.2%. The top destinations are Nashville (51%), Mount Juliet (7%) and Lebanon (6%).
| Green Hill | Tennessee towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 5.2% | 14% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.3% | 12% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $92,000 | $60,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The rent at the middle of the market for Green Hill comes to $1,296 a month, above both Tennessee’s towns ($944 a month) and U.S. towns ($1,185 a month). 91% of households live in a home they own locally. Also worth knowing: a typical home locally is worth about $424,000, down 1% in a year, 28% above the Tennessee typical home. On the market in the town: a median 51 days to sell.
| Green Hill | Tennessee towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 91% | 65% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,296 a month | $944 a month | $1,185 a month |
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.
Among adults in Green Hill, 21% get no exercise outside work and 17% report frequent mental distress. Of 31 CDC measures, Green Hill beats the Tennessee average on 16 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). Green Hill’s age of the median resident is 45.5 years. The bachelor’s-degree share among adults 25 and older is 30%, against 31% across Tennessee. Among residents in the town, 20% are 65 or older.
| 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
Expect July afternoons of 89° and January nights of 29°, with about 5 inches of snow a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The national flood insurance program has paid 4 claims in Green Hill since 2010. Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 52% of U.S. communities. Of the losses FEMA expects locally, 42% come from inland flooding and 18% from cold waves.
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.
