Nashville is not only filled with musical history, but history ranging from Civil War battles to the 1897 World’s Fair
City: Nashville
State: Tennessee
Best Cities Overall Rank: 65
About Nashville:
Nashville is not only filled with musical history, but history ranging from Civil War battles to the 1897 World’s Fair. Throughout the city you can visit the Grand Ole Opry Museum and numerous historic homes such as the Carnton Plantation.
Nashville has one quality children’s hospital and five quality pediatricians, giving the city a health rank of 52 among the healthiest cities to live in.
County: Davidson
Population: 596,462
Official website for city visitors’ bureau/city: Visitors’ bureau website
Newspaper with the largest circulation: The Tennessean
Nashville blogs:
Nashville‘s Facebook page: Follow Nashville on Facebook
Nashville‘s Twitter page: Follow Nashville on Twitter
Education rank: 84
High School graduation rate 2008: 72.6%
Blue Ribbon Schools, 2003-2009: 1
Blue Ribbon Schools per 100,000 people: 0.17
NEAYC-accredited preschools: 12
NAEYC schools per 100,000 people: 2.01
NAEP State proficiency reading, grade 8: 261
Pupil/Teacher Ratio: 14.6
Total Expenditures Per Student: $9,627
Health rank: 62
Quality children’s hospitals: 1
Hospitals per 100,000 people: 0.17
Quality Pediatricians: 5
Quality Pediatricians per 100,000: 0.84
Average number of Unhealthy Air Quality days between 2006-2008, by county: 0.67
Safety rank: 65
Violent Crimes, 2008: 8,404
Violent Crime Rate per 100,000: 1,408.97
Sex Offenders: 600
Sex Offenders per 100,000: 100.59
Economy rank: 52
Travel time to work, 2006-2008, in minutes: 23.2
Percent of labor force unemployed, January 2010: 10
Best Performing Cities Job Index: 972.92
Median Home Sale Price: $144,600
5-Year Home Value Index: 1.52%
Percent of homes sold for a loss: 16.6%
Recreation Rank: 32
Parkland acreage, 2008 (includes pools and playgrounds): 10,392
Parkland per 100,000: 1,742.27
