Rural HillTN
A town of 2,075.
Is Rural Hill a good place to live?
The best of Rural Hill’s subject grades is an A for schools; the weakest is a D for walkability. 32% of residents are 65 or older in Rural Hill, against 18% in Tennessee’s towns and 18% across U.S. towns. No town among the 178 in Tennessee we compare has a higher share of homes lived in by their owners than Rural Hill. On history, just 6 of Tennessee’s 292 towns do worse. Rural Hill has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
100% of working residents leave Rural Hill for work
Where Rural Hill’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Rural Hill grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Tennessee), ordered by how far Rural Hill is from typical.
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Nissan Stadium and 28 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Rural Hill. Close and well known come first.
Big draw15 mi Stadium & arenaNissan Stadium
12 mi TheatreRyman Auditorium
9 mi MuseumThe Hermitage
17 mi MuseumParthenon
15 mi Stadium & arenaBridgestone Arena
17 mi Stadium & arenaFirstBank StadiumPhoto credits
Nissan 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
Moving to Rural Hill: who provides what
Rural 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.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Rural Hill.
Rural Hill stands out in Tennessee and nationally: the median age there is higher
College graduates make up 28% of adults 25 and older, against 31% across Tennessee. People 65 and older are nearly a third of residents (17% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 12% of residents (23% statewide).
| Rural Hill | Tennessee towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 57 years | 40 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 28% | 23% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±7.9 points. Across Tennessee, 50.9% of residents are women.
| Rural Hill | TN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 0.9% | 11.9% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.5% | 10.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 3.4% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 8.6% | 13.8% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 9% | 12.8% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 14.7% | 12.4% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 20.2% | 12.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 21.2% | 10.3% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 10.5% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3.9% | 10% | 10.4% |
| High school | 32% | 31.2% | 26% |
| Some college | 21% | 19.9% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 14.9% | 7.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 21.1% | 19.4% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 7% | 11.7% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,100, single groups can be off by several points
A smaller share of working residents work locally in Rural Hill than in most of Tennessee or the rest of the country
3.2% of Rural Hill residents live below the poverty line, below both the Tennessee town median (14%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). This Tennessee town had 91 jobs in 2023, down 66 from 2013. Also worth knowing: for Rural Hill, the typical journey to work is 34 minutes. Half of commuters travel less than 15 miles.
| Rural Hill | Tennessee towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 34 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 3.2% | 14% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.3% | 12% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Conserved land covers 7.8% of Rural Hill
2.3 miles of trail. Rural Hill’s trail network density comes in at 0.6 miles per square mile.
| Rural Hill | Tennessee towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 7.8% | 1.8% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.6 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
On CDC estimates, Rural Hill is healthier than 53% of U.S. towns
For adults in Rural Hill, the share who get no exercise outside work is 23%. This Tennessee town does better than the Tennessee average on 10 of 31 CDC measures and worse on 3. Among 177 Tennessee towns, just 9 have a higher share of adults who had a checkup this year than Rural Hill. 9.4% of adults in Rural Hill worry about having enough food; 17% report frequent mental distress.
| Rural Hill | Tennessee towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 81% | 78% | 79% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 9.4% | 16% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 20% | 17% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 14% | 16% |
| What stands out | Rural Hill | TN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.4% | 16.2% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 8.1% | 13.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.6% | 8.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Rural Hill faces a moderate natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 52% of U.S. communities. Of the losses FEMA expects in Rural Hill, 50% come from inland flooding and 16% from cold waves. Flood insurance has paid one claim here since 2021.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Homes in Rural Hill sell for about $627K
A home in Rural Hill typically sold within 48 days of listing. In Rural Hill, the typical sale closed at 99% of the list price.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Rural Hill
Colleges nearby
5 within 15 miles of the center of Rural Hill
About 5 of every 100 Rural Hill residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Tennessee.
About Rural Hill
CDP in Tennessee, United States
Rural Hill is a census-designated place (CDP) in Wilson County, Tennessee. The population was 2,132 at the 2010 census.
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- Area
- 4.1 sq mi
- Elevation
- 581 ft
Rural Hill’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Rural Hill.
| Town | TN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rural Hill | — | — | A− | — | A | B− |
| Nashville | — | — | D | D− | — | — |
Rural Hill has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Rural Hill reports no FBI crime data of its own. Nashville isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Rural Hill with a neighbor →
Questions about Rural Hill
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Rural Hill, TN expensive?
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $459,000, 39% above the Tennessee typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A−.