East of Middle Tennessee’s Nashville real estate in Cheatham County, a growing number of families are finding a very desirable quality of life. Young families in Ashland City homes find good schools, friendly neighborhoods, small-town camaraderie (pop. 17,000), activities of the county seat, and lush natural landscapes. This area of Middle Tennessee real estate is only a half hour from the employment opportunities and amenities of downtown Nashville real estate.
Rural Ashland City ranches and those between Cheatham County’s real estate in East and West Cheatham, Kingston Springs, Pegram, and Pleasant View add definition to the repose of wooded hillsides and sparkling streams. Noticing children on bicycles and horses enjoying the clean air and rolling fields of small farms east of Nashville real estate puts one back in time a few generations. These communities are easily accessible via interstates 24 and 40 and state highways 12 and 49. Bordered on the east by Davidson County, the area has always been easy to access from Nashville.
The affordable median housing value of $130,000 on considerably larger lots is another reason that families look into Cheatham. That’s doable for the median household income of $52,000. And that can be a big reason why the county’s population has grown steadily at a rate of 5.66 percent for several years. The entire Cheatham County is home to about 38,000 people. Subtracting the 17,000 in the biggest city, the next two largest towns 4,000 to 7,000 thousand. Approximately 10,000 live in outlying rural areas.
The splendid waterfalls and woodsy pathways provide great places to getaway for a picnic and a hike. For longer periods of time to enjoy the colorful autumn leaves and beautiful vistas from a golf course, some city dwellers pick up a second home at Hidden Lake Resort.
Sports programs offered by the county schools and other extracurricular programs like 4-H provide healthy ways for the children and youth to learn life skills. A well-rounded education produces responsible citizens. The students do very well on the standard tests and participate in everything from speech clubs to cross-country running to violin and band. The three good-sized high schools (675-950 students each) make it easy for each student to be familiar with everyone in his class and to feel at home in school.
A leisurely Sunday afternoon drive through the county will make it apparent why so many are thriving in the folds of Cheatham County, Tennessee.
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