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Bellevue is a suburb of Nashville. It is the home of a marginal regional shopping mall, the Bellevue Center. It is one of the more densely populated areas of Davidson County, Tennessee due to the high concentration of condominiums and town houses. It is incorporated as part of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County.
It is hard to set a population figure for a place such as Bellevue due to the absence of any set, definable boundaries, but it is realistic to think of it as probably being Nashville's second largest suburb after Antioch, with nearly all of the growth coming since the later 1960s and early 1970s. This is partially due to the widening of U.S. Highway 70S to four lanes shortly before this, and the advent of regular bus service to downtown Nashville. Bellevue can probably be considered as being coextensive or roughly so with the United States Postal Service ZIP Code 37221.
Four decades ago, Bellevue was a small community which existed primarily to service the needs of nearby farms. It was located mostly along the railroad tracks near the Harpeth River, and had only a few buildings such as a hardware store, a post office, and a Masonic lodge hall. The suburbanization was made official when the United States Postal Service changed the designation of the office there from "Bellview, Tennessee" to a branch of the Nashville office in the late 1970s.
Harpeth Valley Elementary School, located on the outskirts of Bellevue along State Route 100, was the inspiration for the title of the hit country song "Harper Valley PTA".
Bellevue is the primary focus of the weekly newspaper Westview, which is published there.
Demographics
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Bellevue, TN 37221 |
National Average |
| Population of Bellevue |
35091 |
11535 |
| Median Age |
36.6 years |
37.47 years |
| Median Household Income |
$61538 |
$42350.95 |
| Percentage of Single Households |
39.5% |
41.53% |
| Percentage of Married Households |
60.5% |
58.46% |
| Percentage Families (households with children) |
24.4% |
24.32% |
| Average Household Size |
2.22 people |
2.57 people |
| Percentage College or Better |
54.8% |
20.14% |
| Percentage White Collar |
76.7% |
47.14% |
Cost of Living
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Bellevue, TN 37221 |
National Average |
| Cost of Living Index |
89.3 |
99.52 |
| Average Yearly Utility Cost |
3948 |
3196.27 |
| Average Household Total Consumer Expenditures |
$55607 per year |
$41075.28 per year |
| Average Household Education Expenditures |
$574 per year |
$450.93 per year |
| Average Household Entertainment Expenditures |
$3062 per year |
$2207.08 per year |
| Average Household Transportation Expenditures |
$2113 per year |
$1563.85 per year |
| Average Household Retail Expenditures |
$25433 per year |
$18600.46 per year |
| Average Household Non-RetailExpenditures |
$30174 per year |
$22474.81 per year |
Quality of Life
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Bellevue, TN 37221 |
National Average |
| Average Winter High Temperature |
44.8 degrees |
41.29 degrees |
| Average Winter Low Temperature |
25.6 degrees |
22.88 degrees |
| Average Summer High Temperature |
89 degrees |
86.56 degrees |
| Average Summer Low Temperature |
65.5 degrees |
62.35 degrees |
| Average Annual Precipitation |
51.8 inches |
38.69 inches |
| Air Quality Index |
17 |
44.59 |
| Total Crime Index |
6.7 |
3.60 |
| Personal Crime Index |
8 |
3.43 |
| Culture Index |
113 |
93.65 |
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