Rutherford County · Middle Tennessee
Living in Smyrna
Smyrna is a Rutherford County town of about 63,000 roughly nineteen miles southeast of downtown Nashville, and it is a factory town in the best sense. The Nissan assembly plant here has been building vehicles since 1983 and employs around 8,400 people, which is why Smyrna has a job base rather than only a commute.
- County
- Rutherford
- Distance to downtown Nashville
- ~19 miles
- Population
- 25,569 in 2000, about 63,321 estimated for 2025
- The employer
- Nissan vehicle assembly, roughly 8,400 jobs
What’s actually there
- The Nissan Smyrna vehicle assembly plant, in operation since 1983 with capacity around 640,000 vehicles a year and more than 10 million built to date
- On-site battery manufacturing at the plant, running since 2012
- Smyrna Airport, a town and county owned field that serves as a reliever for Nashville International, with a staffed tower and about 189 based aircraft
- Sam Ridley Parkway, the retail and services spine, off I-24
- Ten town parks, a municipal golf course, roughly seven miles of greenway and the Smyrna Outdoor Adventure Center
- The Sam Davis Home, a Greek Revival house on about 160 acres at 1399 Sam Davis Road
- The Stones River and Stewarts Creek running through town, and Percy Priest Lake to the north
The housing stock
Predominantly 1990s through 2020s subdivision housing built around the plant and the Sam Ridley corridor, with older housing near the original town center. Zillow put the typical Smyrna home value at $401,410 as of September 30, 2025, roughly flat year over year. That is an index across the whole town rather than a sold median, and Rutherford County has been running more balanced than Williamson, so the negotiating posture here is different from the Williamson side of the region.
Getting around
About nineteen miles to downtown Nashville by I-24, twenty-five to thirty-five minutes off-peak, and roughly fifteen minutes the other direction into Murfreesboro. That two-way access is the practical argument for Smyrna: you are not committed to commuting in one direction for work.
Things to do in Smyrna
Places worth knowing before you decide whether you want to live here.
Sam Davis Home
Historic Greek Revival home and farm on roughly 160 acres at 1399 Sam Davis Road, open for tours year round, 615-459-2341.
Smyrna Outdoor Adventure Center
Town-run outdoor recreation facility, part of a parks system with about seven miles of greenway trail.
Smyrna Airport
Joint civil and military field north of downtown, tower staffed 7am to 10pm on weekdays.
Smyrna Town Hall
315 South Lowry Street.
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 Smyrna
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.
Westfork
One of the largest subdivision names in Smyrna by parcel count, off Arno Road and Florence Road.
- About 645 parcels carry a Westfork name in the Rutherford County parcel record, across Westfork, Westfork Annex, and the resubdivision and amendment plats.
- Recorded in at least seven sections. Detached single family.
- Streets include Westfork Drive, Steen Boulevard, Bridgewater, Lomond, Macbeth, Castile, Valencia, Syracuse and Minehead Drives.
- Rutherford County records plat book and page but not plat dates, so the build decade is not something I can state precisely. Ask me and I will pull the plat itself.
Woodmont
In the Stewarts Creek area near I-24, and the Smyrna subdivision with the clearest verified amenity.
- About 507 parcels carry a Woodmont name, including a separately recorded Woodmont Townhomes subdivision. So a Woodmont address can be detached or attached.
- A cabana and swimming pool serve the community.
- Meritage Homes is an active builder here, out of a sales office on Winslet Drive.
- Street names run to a golf and wine theme: Masters Drive, Bunker Lane, Fairway Circle, Napa Valley Drive, Sonoma Court, Grapevine Loop.
Lenox of Smyrna
Platted in phases and sections with an unusual number of recorded revisions, which is worth knowing when you compare two listings.
- About 236 parcels carry a Lenox name. The county record shows Lenox of Smyrna plus a resubdivision, a second and third resubdivision, and a revision.
- Detached single family.
- Streets include Porterhouse Drive, Howick Lane, Concord Mill Drive and Road, Alteras Drive, Saint Jules Way and Rigden Mill Drive.
- Because of the resubdivision history, lot lines here have moved more than in most Smyrna subdivisions. Read the current plat, not an old one.
Shadowbrook
Off Stewart Creek Road, Baker Road and Pleasant Run Road, recorded under several closely related names.
- About 249 parcels carry a Shadowbrook name across Shadowbrook, Shadowbrook Acres, Shadowbrook Acres Annex and resubdivisions.
- Detached single family.
- Streets include Shadowbrook Drive, Suffield, Greenleaf, Wakefield, Merganser, Mayflower, Windwood, Ridgetop and Stonetree.
- HOA status and build era are not verifiable from an authoritative source, so ask rather than assume.
Village of Valley Green
Off Old Almaville Road, recorded under five related names that together make it one of the larger footprints in town.
- About 409 parcels carry a Valley Green name across Valley Green, Valley Green Addition, Village of Valley Green, Village of Valley Green Addition, and Tarrytown and Valley Green.
- Detached single family.
- Sewart Air Force Base operated in Smyrna until it closed March 9, 1970, and the town’s subdivision layer does contain Wherry Housing Co-op and Capehart names, both federal military housing programs. No source connects Valley Green itself to base housing, so I am not going to claim it.
- Streets include Valley Green Drive, Tarrytown, Wildwood, Eton Road, Sky Valley Trail and Rockglen Trace.
Schools
Rutherford County Schools · Grades 7-12 inside Murfreesboro city zones, PreK-12 elsewhere in the county
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Served by Rutherford County Schools, assigned by address. Murfreesboro City Schools serves PreK through 6 inside Murfreesboro city limits only and does not serve Smyrna, so a Murfreesboro City Schools reference on a Smyrna listing is an error. Confirm the specific address with the county district’s own zone lookup.
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
Understand what you are buying next to. Nissan is the reason this town exists at its current size, and a plant that size is both the job base and the concentration risk. The plant is running, it builds the Rogue among other vehicles, and it has had battery manufacturing on site since 2012. I could not verify any 2024 to 2026 capital announcement, layoff or model change from a source I trust, so I am not going to tell you the direction of travel. What I will tell you is that if your household income depends on that plant, your house and your job are correlated, and that is worth a conversation before you stretch on price. Second, taxes. Rutherford County certified $1.4885 per $100 of assessed value for 2026 after its reappraisal, and the town levies its own rate on top of that. I could not verify the current town figure from an official page, so we confirm it before you budget rather than repeating a number off a listing. Third, water. The Stones River and Stewarts Creek both run through Smyrna and Percy Priest sits north of it, so flood zone is a parcel question. Check the address on FEMA’s map service at msc.fema.gov before contingencies come off.
Common questions
How many people work at the Nissan plant?
Around 8,400, with annual capacity near 640,000 vehicles. The plant has been running since 1983, has built more than 10 million vehicles, and has had battery manufacturing on site since 2012. It is the single largest fact about Smyrna’s economy and it is why the town has jobs rather than only rooftops.
Is Smyrna a better value than Murfreesboro?
Often, and the reason is position rather than quality. Smyrna sits between Nashville and Murfreesboro on I-24, so you can work in either direction, and it has historically priced below both. Zillow had the typical Smyrna home value at about $401,000 in late 2025. What decides it is your commute, your school zone and the specific street, which is a twenty-minute conversation rather than a rule.
Which schools serve Smyrna?
Rutherford County Schools, assigned by address. Murfreesboro City Schools is a separate PreK through 6 district that serves only addresses inside Murfreesboro city limits, so it does not serve Smyrna at all. If you see it referenced on a Smyrna listing, the listing is wrong.
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