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A town of 5,797, settled in 1868.
Pleasant View grades A− overall, 17th among Tennessee's 175 graded towns, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. Crime is low: it reports less per resident than 90% of U.S. towns and the median household earns $109K. It also does better than most on health: it is healthier than 63% of U.S. towns. Its lowest everyday mark is in schools: its public schools trail 64% of Tennessee towns on state tests and graduation. A typical home there costs about $417K, 4.9 years of the Nashville metro’s $85K median household income. Pleasant View’s average trip to work is 35 minutes, where Tennessee’s towns sit at 25 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Only 6 of Tennessee’s 232 towns score higher on civic life. The biggest park or preserve is Pleasant View Community Park, at 33 acres.
Where Pleasant View beats most towns.
4,149 counted in 2010 and 4,807 in 2020; an estimated 5,797 in 2025.
Growth hasn’t slowed: 20.3% since 2020, after 15.9% in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Tennessee), ordered by how far Pleasant View is from typical.
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Census counts: 177 in 1930, 4,807 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 2010 and 2 maps from 1957 on.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Pleasant View, 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 Pleasant View.
Pleasant View looks healthier within Tennessee than nationally and has seen reported crime fall by a third or more, but it has little public open land.
Reported crimes fell from 31 to 20 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings. Violent crime is rare: 0 reported in 2025, 0 per 1,000 residents.
Pleasant View’s violent crime rate is 0 per 1,000 residents.
| Pleasant View | Tennessee towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0 per 1,000 residents | 2.7 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 3.4 per 1,000 residents | 11.5 | 9.9 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Its public schools are run by the Cheatham County school district. Its two schools are below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant View ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–4 | Grades PK–4 | 566 | A− |
| Pleasant View Christian School PrivateLargest high schoolGrades PK–12 | Grades PK–12 | 415 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TN on state tests and graduation
The average commute for its 2,850 working residents takes 34.9 minutes, against 25.7 across Tennessee. Jobs based here grew from 873 in 2013 to 1,391.
1.4% of Pleasant View residents live below the poverty line. Jobs based in Pleasant View grew to 1,391 in 2023, 518 more than in 2013. 17% of Pleasant View workers work from home.
| Pleasant View | Tennessee towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 1.4% | 14% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $109,000 | $60,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 17% | 9.5% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 6.1% | 12% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The median rent in Pleasant View is $1,802 a month. The typical Pleasant View home is worth about $417,000, about the same as a year ago, 26% above the Tennessee typical home.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Pleasant View has mild winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 89°, January nights drop to 28° and about 1 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Within Tennessee it is healthier than 85% of the 176 graded towns: much of Tennessee scores lower on these measures. Its widest gap with Tennessee is food insecurity: 10.1% of its 3,674 adults worry about having enough food, against 16.2% statewide.
21% of adults get no exercise outside work in Pleasant View. Pleasant View beats the Tennessee average on 13 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 10% of adults have diabetes in Pleasant View.
| Pleasant View | Tennessee towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 28% | 25% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 14% | 12% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 16% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 24% | 19% |
| What stands out | Pleasant View | TN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.1% | 16.2% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 6.2% | 9.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The median household earns $109,213, against $69,595 across Tennessee, one input to its A− for jobs and income.
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Tennessee average. Pleasant View has grown 20% since 2020, to 5,797 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 33% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 31% across Tennessee.
| Pleasant View | Tennessee towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 33% | 23% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 16% | 18% | 18% |
49% women, 51% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.1 points. Across Tennessee, 50.9% of residents are women.
| Pleasant View | TN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11.7% | 11.9% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.7% | 10.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5.8% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 14.1% | 13.8% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 15.3% | 12.8% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13.3% | 12.4% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 12.6% | 12.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 12.6% | 10.3% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 3.8% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 9.7% | 10% | 10.4% |
| High school | 27.9% | 31.2% | 26% |
| Some college | 20.1% | 19.9% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 8.8% | 7.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 23% | 19.4% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 10.4% | 11.7% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 53% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Just 25 of its 7,983 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Pleasant View itself; its outdoors grade is C−.
0.7 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves.
| Pleasant View | Tennessee towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 0.3% | 1.8% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Pleasant View Community Park | 0.6 mi | 33 |
| 2. Balthrop Park | — | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
None within 15 miles of Pleasant View; the nearest are
About 3 of every 100 Pleasant View residents are enrolled in college, against 5 across Tennessee.
Where Pleasant View’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
City in Tennessee, United States
Pleasant View is a city on the northern border of Cheatham County. Located in Middle Tennessee, it is part of the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2024 U.S. Census Bureau estimate, the population was 5,629, an increase from 4,807 in the 2020 census. Pleasant View is among the most populous communities in Cheatham County and has experienced faster population growth since 2020. As a result, it may have overtaken the county seat, Ashland City, as the most populous community. Ashland City had an estimated population of 5,689 in 2024.
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One town shares a border with Pleasant View.
| Town | TN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant View | #17 | A− | B− | A | C+ | B |
| Coopertown | #68 | C+ | B− | — | C | B |
Coopertown reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Pleasant View with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Pleasant View grades A− overall, better than 77% of U.S. towns and #17 of 175 in Tennessee. It grades B for health, A for safety and C+ for schools.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.