Davidson County · Middle Tennessee
Living in Hermitage
Hermitage is the eastern end of Davidson County, unincorporated and inside Metro, running from the Stones River east toward the Wilson County line. It is named for Andrew Jackson’s plantation, which is still here on 1,120 acres, and it is one of the few places in the county with a commuter rail station.
- County
- Davidson
- Distance to downtown Nashville
- ~9 miles
- Character
- Established suburban Davidson County with lake and river access
- Transit
- WeGo Star commuter rail station
What’s actually there
- Andrew Jackson’s Hermitage, 1,120 acres at 4580 Rachel’s Lane, open daily
- A WeGo Star commuter rail station at 4121 Andrew Jackson Parkway on the Nashville to Lebanon line
- I-40 and Old Hickory Boulevard, with Lebanon Pike and Central Pike as the surface corridors
- Percy Priest Lake to the south and the Old Hickory Lake system to the north
- The Stones River Greenway running west toward the Percy Priest dam trailhead
- A Deloitte office at 4022 Sells Drive, one of the larger single employers on this side of the county
The housing stock
Predominantly late-century suburban subdivision housing with a substantial 1970s through 1990s core, mixed with newer townhome and infill product. Tulip Grove and Hermitage Estates are the names people search. PropertyIQ put the zip 37076 median home value at $407,000 in June 2026, which is a zip-wide figure rather than a sold median for any one subdivision.
Getting around
About nine miles to downtown, fifteen to twenty minutes off-peak by I-40, with the morning westbound backup as the real constraint. The WeGo Star stops here, and the airport is a short drive south, which is a genuine advantage if you travel for work.
Things to do in Hermitage
Places worth knowing before you decide whether you want to live here.
Andrew Jackson’s Hermitage
4580 Rachel’s Lane. Open daily 8:30am to 6pm, last ticket at 5pm. Mansion, gardens, Jackson’s tomb, the cemetery of the people enslaved there, and a museum.
Hermitage Golf Course
3939 Old Hickory Boulevard, open daily 7am to 8pm.
Nashville Shores
Lakeside waterpark and marina at 4001 Bell Road on Percy Priest Lake.
Stones River Greenway
Paved greenway running from Hermitage west toward the trailhead below Percy Priest dam.
Hermitage Branch Library and Community Center
Both on James Kay Lane, at 3700 and 3720.
Hermitage Station
WeGo Star commuter rail stop at 4121 Andrew Jackson Parkway.
Checked against each business as of August 17, 2026. Nashville loses restaurants faster than most cities, so if something here has closed since, tell me and I’ll get it corrected.
Subdivisions and named developments in Hermitage
Once you are actually looking, you stop searching by city and start searching by subdivision. These are the names that come up, and what is true about each one that will still be true in three years. No prices, no dues, no days on market, because those change and this page would go stale telling you about them.
Hermitage Hills
The big mid century neighborhood between Lebanon Pike and Old Hickory Boulevard, and the one where nearly every street name starts with Bonna: Bonnalynn, Bonnahurst, Bonnavista, and two dozen more.
- Platted across twelve sections between October 1959 and May 1974, with individual section plats running from 16 lots to 213. About 1,249 parcels are classed single family today.
- Predominantly single family, with duplex and zero lot line parcels mixed in and the Hermitage Hills commercial plats recorded under the same name. No condominium classification.
- Metro’s approved FEMA layer returns Zone AE at the margins of the footprint but nothing through its core, which is the opposite of what people assume about a neighborhood this size.
- No HOA or built amenity I can verify. This is a 1960s subdivision, not a managed community.
Tulip Grove
Not one subdivision but four under one name: Tulip Grove Subdivision, Highlands of Tulip Grove, Meadows of Tulip Grove and Tulip Grove Pointe. Together they run from 1967 to 2018.
- Tulip Grove Subdivision alone platted 591 lots across thirteen sections between February 1967 and April 1984. The Highlands added four more sections in the 1970s, and Tulip Grove Pointe added five between 2006 and 2018.
- About 964 parcels are classed single family across the name family. But the Meadows plats are explicitly zone lot divisions, and residential condominium parcels exist under the name too. A Tulip Grove address can be detached, zero lot line or condominium. Confirm which plat yours sits on.
- Metro’s approved FEMA layer returns Zone AE at the perimeter, nothing through the interior.
- The name comes from Tulip Grove mansion, built between 1834 and 1836 for Andrew Jackson Donelson, Rachel Jackson’s nephew and the President’s private secretary. It was originally called Poplar Grove and stands about a mile from the Hermitage.
Villages of Riverwood
Off Hoggett Ford Road and Dodson Chapel Road, near Percy Priest Dam, platted in sixteen recorded pieces between 2008 and 2018.
- About 794 parcels. The Metro urban design overlay approved a master plan for up to 1,978 residential units at nine units per acre, so this is a density play, not an acreage one.
- Genuinely mixed: single family, residential condominium and low rise apartment classifications all appear under the name. Read the classification on the specific unit.
- HOA. A clubhouse and pool are reported, though only through an HOA directory rather than the association itself, so confirm before you count on them.
- Metro’s approved FEMA layer returns Zone AE toward the river side of the property. The interior returns the 0.2 percent shaded zone only.
The Reserve at Stone Hall
Off Central Pike on Stone Hall Boulevard, platted across eleven recorded pieces between 2008 and 2019.
- 309 platted lots, about 322 parcels today. All single family detached per the Assessor, with no condominium classification.
- The recorded plat carries its own history: the first one is titled The Reserve at Stone Hall, formerly Eversong at Ravenwood. The development was renamed partway through.
- Named for Stone Hall, a Colonial Revival house built in 1918 by Nashville architect George Waller for the Cantrell family on twelve acres. It is on the National Register and is now a Metro Parks historic site at 1014 Stones River Road.
- Metro’s approved FEMA layer returns Zone AE inside the footprint. Verify the parcel.
Parkhaven
The active one, platted from 2020 onward and still recording new phases in 2026, where it runs up against the older Hermitage Hills street grid.
- 376 platted lots recorded so far across five plats between May 2020 and January 2026, with more to come. About 326 parcels today.
- All single family detached per the Assessor.
- Dream Finders Homes builds here under the community name Reverie at Parkhaven, out of 6169 Binns Lane. The advertised amenity list includes a clubhouse, pool, park and trails, which is builder marketing for a community still under construction. Ask to see what is actually built.
- Metro’s approved FEMA layer returns Zone AE and floodway inside the footprint.
Schools
Metro Nashville Public Schools
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Served by Metro Nashville Public Schools, assigned by address, with a separate choice and magnet application alongside zoned assignment. Confirm the specific address in the district’s Zone Finder.
I publish district and school zoning as published fact and nothing more. No ratings, no rankings, no comparisons. School zones are set by the district, assigned by address rather than by subdivision or city name, and they change. Confirm any address with the district itself, and evaluate the schools yourself against what matters to your family.
What a buyer needs to know here
Water is the thing to get right in Hermitage. The Stones River runs through it, Percy Priest sits on the south side, and the river is a managed system: the Corps of Engineers controls releases at the dam, and what happens upstream shows up here. A Hermitage home covered by local news flooded in 1992, again in the May 2010 flood, and again in a recent heavy rain event, which tells you this is a drainage question at the parcel level rather than a neighborhood label. Pull the flood zone on Metro’s tool at nashvilletn.withforerunner.com and on FEMA’s map service at msc.fema.gov, look at where the drainage actually runs on the lot, and get an elevation certificate on anything close to a ditch or a creek. Second, be precise about addresses out here. Hermitage, Old Hickory and Donelson blur together in listings and mailing addresses do not follow community lines, so a house advertised as Hermitage may carry an Old Hickory address and vice versa. That matters for comparable sales more than for anything else, and it is exactly the kind of thing that makes an automated valuation wrong.
Common questions
Can I commute by train from Hermitage?
At peak hours on weekdays, yes. Hermitage Station at 4121 Andrew Jackson Parkway is on the WeGo Star line between Nashville and Lebanon, which runs about six round trips a day on mostly single track. That is commuter service, not all-day transit. Ride it at the hours you would actually use it before you buy a house on the strength of it.
Is Andrew Jackson’s Hermitage open?
Yes, daily from 8:30am to 6pm with the last ticket at 5pm, at 4580 Rachel’s Lane. It covers 1,120 acres and includes the mansion, the gardens, Jackson’s tomb and the cemetery of the people who were enslaved there, which the foundation announced it had located in December 2024.
Does Hermitage flood?
Parts of it can, and it is a parcel question rather than a neighborhood one. The Stones River runs through the area and the Corps manages releases at Percy Priest dam upstream. There is documented repeat flooding at a Hermitage home near a drainage ditch feeding the Stones River, including in the 2010 flood. Check the specific address on FEMA’s map service and Metro’s flood tool, walk the lot and look at where water would go, and get an elevation certificate on anything near a creek or a ditch.
Is Hermitage the same as Old Hickory?
No, though the mailing addresses cross over constantly and even businesses inside Hermitage sometimes carry an Old Hickory address. Old Hickory is the community to the north around the DuPont village and Old Hickory Lake. Hermitage sits south and east of it. The practical consequence is that comparable sales pulled by mailing address alone can mix two different markets, which is one reason automated valuations struggle out here.
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