Rank

899of 3,144

Cheatham, Tennessee

Score 6.67 / 10· population 42,254

Cheatham County sits on the Cumberland River beside Nashville's Davidson County, with Ashland City as its seat and Interstates 24 and 40 crossing it. Households earned a median $89,852 in 2020-2024 and 81.5% owned their homes. A single parent headed the household for 18.5% of Cheatham children in 2019-2023, a smaller share than Tennessee's 27.3%.

Sources
  • Ashland City is the county seat, on the north side of the Cumberland River; Interstates 24 and 40 cross the county. tennesseeencyclopedia.net
  • Cheatham County is in the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin metro area and borders Davidson County. datausa.io
  • Median household income was $89,852 in the 2020-2024 five-year Census estimates (labelled "2024" by Data USA). datausa.io
  • The homeownership rate was 81.5% in the 2020-2024 five-year Census estimates (labelled "2024" by Data USA). datausa.io
  • County Health Rankings 2025: 18.5% of children in Cheatham County live in a household headed by a single parent, against 27.3% in Tennessee. countyhealthrankings.org
  • The 2025 County Health Rankings single-parent measure uses data from 2019-2023. countyhealthrankings.org

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Eleven factors

Government behavior

  1. Fraser Institute state ranking (state)8.3
  2. 2A (state)10.0
  3. GOP + LP vote for President7.2
  4. Sales tax1.6
  5. Property tax7.6

Environment

  1. Air quality5.6
  2. Floods / hurricanes4.5

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate8.3
  2. Life expectancy2.5
  3. Government employees5.3
  4. Single-parent households7.0

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