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For most people who can afford it, yes. Hendersonville grades B+ overall, ranked 27th of 175 in Tennessee. Its schools rank ahead of 93% of Tennessee towns. The median household earns $97K. The catch is cost: homes are expensive, about $515K for a typical one and 6 times the Nashville metro’s $85K median household income. 21% of the land in Hendersonville is conserved, above both Tennessee’s towns (1.7%) and U.S. towns (4.3%). On health, just 27 of Tennessee’s 291 towns do better. Hendersonville has 5 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Rock Castle and Leonard B. Fite House.
Where Hendersonville beats most towns.
Its founding year, 1784, comes before those of 97% of the Tennessee towns we grade with a known year.
Census counts: 170 in 1880, 61,753 in 2020. The archive holds 5 old photos and papers going back to 1915 and 3 maps from 1952 on.
5 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Tennessee), ordered by how far Hendersonville is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Hendersonville. Close and well known come first.
Big draw14 mi Stadium & arenaNissan Stadium
9 mi TheatreRyman Auditorium
6 mi MuseumThe Hermitage
16 mi MuseumParthenon
14 mi Stadium & arenaBridgestone Arenain town MuseumHouse of CashNissan 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
Who provides power, water and the rest in Hendersonville, and how to reach them.
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 Hendersonville.
Hendersonville fares better on crime within Tennessee than nationally and is healthier than Shackle Island and its other neighbors, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of Tennessee.
The public schools here belong to the Sumner County school district. Three of the 20 schools are below, and why each made the list. 6 public schools serve Hendersonville, with 3,456 students in all.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Anderson ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 829 | A+ |
| Hendersonville High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,410 | B+ |
| Merrol Hyde Magnet SchoolTop results in townGrades K–12 | Grades K–12 | 670 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TN on state tests and graduation
At 6 years of the Nashville metro’s $85K median household income, the typical home (about $515K) costs more against local pay than in 85% of Tennessee towns; that ratio is one input to that grade. Its typical home is the priciest on its borders; Gallatin is next at $436K.
Zillow values the typical Hendersonville home at about $515,000, up 0.6% in a year, 56% above the Tennessee typical home. The rent at the middle of the market for Hendersonville comes to $1,653 a month. Homes sold in Hendersonville spent a median 68 days on the market.
| Hendersonville | Tennessee towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,653 a month | $944 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 72% | 65% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
13 miles of trail in 9 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Drakes Creek Park, at 121 acres. Parks and preserves in Hendersonville: 9, covering 305 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Hendersonville arboretum | 1.2 mi | 25 |
| 2. Memorial Park | 0.5 mi | 45 |
| 3. Drakes Creek Park | — | 121 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Jobs based here grew from 13,800 in 2013 to 19,972.
Commuting out is the norm in Hendersonville: 13% of working residents work locally. Jobs in Hendersonville grew by 6,172 from 2013 to 2023, reaching 19,972. 6.3% of residents live below the poverty line here, below both the Tennessee town median (14%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). In Hendersonville, the mean commuting time is 30 minutes.
| Hendersonville | Tennessee towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 20% | 9.5% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $97,000 | $60,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 6.3% | 14% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
213 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 30 properties have flooded more than once.
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 73% of U.S. communities. Paid flood insurance claims in Hendersonville since 1978: 213. FEMA puts 55% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 17% to tornadoes. Federal aid has come to Hendersonville households in 12 declared disasters; the latest was in 2026.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Its B+ for health tops all 3 graded neighbors; Shackle Island (B−) comes closest. Its widest gap with Tennessee is tooth loss: 9.1% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 14.6% statewide.
Just over a third of adults have high blood pressure in Hendersonville. Among adults locally, 12% report frequent physical distress.
| Hendersonville | Tennessee towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 16% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 28% | 25% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 19% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 24% | 19% |
| What stands out | Hendersonville | TN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 9.1% | 14.6% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.1% | 16.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
At 12.4 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports less crime than 85% of Tennessee’s graded towns. Its B+ tops all 3 graded towns on its borders; Gallatin (B) comes closest.
Hendersonville’s property offense rate comes in at 6.2 per 1,000 residents. The level of violent crime locally is 1.4 per 1,000 residents.
| Hendersonville | Tennessee towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 6.2 per 1,000 residents | 11.5 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 1.4 per 1,000 residents | 2.7 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Hendersonville’s typical July afternoon high stands at 89°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
11 within 15 miles of the center of Hendersonville
About 4 of every 100 Hendersonville residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Tennessee.
51,372 counted in 2010 and 61,753 in 2020; an estimated 64,266 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
5 places in Hendersonville on the National Register of Historic Places.
10 notable people were born in Hendersonville.
City in Tennessee, United States
Hendersonville is the most populous city in Sumner County, Tennessee, on Old Hickory Lake. As of the 2020 census the city's population was 61,753. Hendersonville is the fourth-most populous city in the Nashville metropolitan area after Nashville, Murfreesboro, and Franklin and the 10th largest in Tennessee. Hendersonville is located 18 miles (29 km) northeast of downtown Nashville. The city was settled around 1784 by Daniel Smith, whose house Rock Castle, is maintained as a historic site. The city is named for William Henderson, the first postmaster.
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4 towns share a border with Hendersonville.
| Town | TN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hendersonville | #27 | B+ | C− | B+ | A | B+ |
| Nashville | — | — | D | D− | — | — |
| Gallatin | #47 | B− | C | B | A | C |
| Shackle Island | #24 | B+ | B | — | A | B− |
| Goodlettsville | #124 | C− | C | B− | C+ | C |
Shackle Island reports no FBI crime data of its own. Nashville isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Hendersonville with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Hendersonville grades B+ overall, better than 70% of U.S. towns and #27 of 175 in Tennessee. It grades B+ for health, B+ for safety and A for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a C−.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.
10 notable people were born here, including John Rogan and John Jenkins.
