Best PlacesCherokee Park, Nashville, TN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cherokee Park, Nashville, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Cherokee Park, Nashville ranks 2,131st of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state finances by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Cherokee Park, Nashville
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Cherokee Park, Nashville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Cherokee Park, Nashville ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 98% of neighborhoods
- Short commute15.5 minutes each way, better than 97% of neighborhoods
- Cheap childcare$811 a month, better than 88% of neighborhoods
- Internet speedBetter than 87% of neighborhoods
- Educational attainmentBetter than 85% of neighborhoods
Where Cherokee Park, Nashville ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 8% of neighborhoods
- QuietBetter than only 12% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than only 19% of neighborhoods
- Nice weatherabout 69 pleasant days a year, better than only 22% of neighborhoods
- Low vacancyBetter than only 24% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Cherokee Park, Nashville
A household needs to earn about $200,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cherokee Park, Nashville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $95,095, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Cherokee Park, Nashville's effective rate of 0.62%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Cherokee Park, Nashville
Cherokee Park, Nashville's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Cherokee Park, Nashville.
Who works in Cherokee Park, Nashville, and how
Work in Cherokee Park, Nashville centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 61%
- Work from home 28%
- Transit, walk, or bike 11%
Life in Cherokee Park, Nashville
Cherokee Park, Nashville has more restaurants and bars per resident than 86% of neighborhoods and more parkland per resident than 90% of neighborhoods. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Cherokee Park, Nashville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Cherokee Park, Nashville, month by month
Cherokee Park, Nashville sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 49, with lows near 32. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49° | 39° | 32° |
| April | 72° | 61° | 50° |
| July | 91° | 80° | 71° |
| October | 74° | 63° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Cherokee Park, Nashville
Nashville International sits about 8 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 12.6 million passengers in 2025, with 158 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Cherokee Park, Nashville
Schools across Cherokee Park, Nashville average a C−, better than 25% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Sylvan Park ElementaryB+ · 55% proficient
- Eakin ElementaryB · 45% proficient
- Cockrill ElementaryD− · 15% proficient
Top middle schools
- Haynes MiddleF · 2% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cherokee Park, Nashville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cherokee Park, Nashville measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Cherokee Park, Nashville against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Cherokee Park, Nashville
Is Cherokee Park, Nashville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cherokee Park, Nashville ranks 2,131st of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on state finances, short commutes, and affordable childcare, and lowest on an overheated housing market and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Cherokee Park, Nashville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $786,209. The overall cost of living runs about 5% above the national average. Set against a $95,095 median income, cost of living beats 76% of neighborhoods.
Is Cherokee Park, Nashville safe?
Cherokee Park, Nashville is safer than 49% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $597 per resident a year.
Compare Cherokee Park, Nashville with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cherokee Park, Nashville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cherokee Park, Nashville represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Cherokee Park, Nashville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cherokee Park, Nashville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cherokee Park, Nashville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cherokee Park, Nashville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cherokee Park, Nashville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cherokee Park, Nashville detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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