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Population (year 2000): 1,083
Males: 540  (49.9%)
Females: 543  (50.1%)

Robertson County

Median resident age:  41.0 years
Tennessee median age:  35.9 years

Zip codes: 37152.


Estimated median household income in 2005: $51,000 (it was $52,381 in 2000)
Ridgetop  $51,000
Tennessee:  $38,874

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $112,900 (it was $110,300 in 2000)
Ridgetop  $112,900
Tennessee:  $114,000

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Races in Ridgetop:

  • White Non-Hispanic (95.8%)
  • Two or more races (1.6%)
  • Black (1.5%)
  • Hispanic (1.0%)
  • American Indian (0.8%)

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Ancestries: United States (21.3%), English (12.4%), Irish (12.3%), German (9.8%), Scotch-Irish (4.5%), Swedish (2.4%).

Current Local Time: CST time zone

Incorporated in 1935

Elevation: 899 feet

Land area: 1.60 square miles.

Population density: 678 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Ridgetop

  • High school or higher: 75.1%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 19.7%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 7.6%
  • Unemployed: 2.0%
  • Mean travel time to work: 31.3 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Ridgetop city

  • Never married: 17.6%
  • Now married: 62.5%
  • Separated: 0.1%
  • Widowed: 7.7%
  • Divorced: 12.0%

16 residents are foreign born

This city:  1.5%
Tennessee:  2.8%

According to our research there were no registered sex offenders living in this city in early 2007.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Ridgetop:  0.8% ($863)
Tennessee:  0.8% ($715)
Ridgetop satellite photo by USGS

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Metropolitan Government, TN (16.6 miles , pop. 569,891).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (381.7 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Greenbrier, TN (2.9 miles ), Millersville, TN (3.9 miles ), Goodlettsville, TN (6.7 miles ), White House, TN (8.9 miles ), Springfield, TN (10.2 miles ), Cross Plains, TN (12.3 miles ), Walnut Grove, TN (12.5 miles ), Coopertown, TN (12.6 miles ).


Single-family new house construction building permits:
  • 1996: 2 buildings, average cost: $92,500
  • 1997: 3 buildings, average cost: $92,500
  • 1998: 4 buildings, average cost: $92,500
  • 1999: 6 buildings, average cost: $92,500
  • 2000: 0 buildings
  • 2001: 7 buildings, average cost: $150,600
  • 2002: 10 buildings, average cost: $142,200
  • 2003: 6 buildings, average cost: $116,300
  • 2004: 7 buildings, average cost: $129,300
  • 2005: 2 buildings, average cost: $261,000
  • 2006: 3 buildings, average cost: $117,900
  • 2007: 11 buildings, average cost: $193,600

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Latitude: 36.40 N, Longitude: 86.77 W


38 people in nursing homes

Area code commonly used in this area: 615

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Most common industries for males:
  • Construction (15%)
  • Public administration (10%)
  • Repair and maintenance (5%)
  • Health care (5%)
  • Food and beverage stores (4%)
  • Textile mills and textile products (4%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)


Most common industries for females:
  • Health care (15%)
  • Educational services (10%)
  • Public administration (8%)
  • Finance and insurance (7%)
  • Personal and laundry services (6%)
  • Construction (5%)
  • Accommodation and food services (5%)


Most common occupations for males
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (9%)
  • Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
  • Electricians (4%)


Most common occupations for females
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (12%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (10%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
  • Personal appearance workers (5%)
  • Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
  • Business operations specialists (4%)


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Crime in Ridgetop (2001):
  • 0 murders (0.0 per 100,000)
  • 0 rapes (0.0 per 100,000)
  • 1 robbery (91.5 per 100,000)
  • 3 assaults (274.5 per 100,000)
  • 7 burglaries (640.4 per 100,000)
  • 11 thefts (1006.4 per 100,000)
  • 2 auto thefts (183.0 per 100,000)
  • City-data.com crime index = 182.1 (higher means more crime, US average = 330.8)

Crime in Ridgetop (2002):
  • 1 murder (90.7 per 100,000)
  • 0 rapes (0.0 per 100,000)
  • 0 robberies (0.0 per 100,000)
  • 3 assaults (272.0 per 100,000)
  • 8 burglaries (725.3 per 100,000)
  • 6 thefts (544.0 per 100,000)
  • 2 auto thefts (181.3 per 100,000)
  • City-data.com crime index = 322.8 (higher means more crime, US average = 328.4)

Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 6 (6 officers).
Officers per 1,000 residents here:  5.54
US city average:  3.00

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Ridgetop-area historical tornado activity is near Tennessee state average. It is 74% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 4/27/1970, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 24.8 miles away from the Ridgetop city center killed 3 people and injured 85 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.

On 12/24/1988, a category 4 tornado 25.3 miles away from the city center killed one person and injured 7 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.


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Hospitals/medical centers near Ridgetop:
  • TENNESSEE CHRISTIAN MEDICAL CENTER (about 11 miles; MADISON, TN)
  • NORTHCREST MEDICAL CENTER (about 12 miles; SPRINGFIELD, TN)
  • SKYLINE MEDICAL CENTER (about 13 miles; NASHVILLE, TN)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Ridgetop:
  • NASHVILLE INTL (about 21 miles; NASHVILLE, TN; ID: BNA)
  • SMYRNA (about 33 miles; SMYRNA, TN; ID: MQY)
  • BOWLING GREEN-WARREN COUNTY RGNL (about 46 miles; BOWLING GREEN, KY; ID: BWG)
Other public-use airports nearest to Ridgetop:
  • SPRINGFIELD ROBERTSON COUNTY (about 14 miles; SPRINGFIELD, TN; ID: M91)
  • CORNELIA FORT AIRPARK (about 16 miles; NASHVILLE, TN; ID: M88)
  • JOHN C TUNE (about 18 miles; NASHVILLE, TN; ID: JWN)

Amtrak station near Ridgetop:
  • 17 miles: NASHVILLE (GREYHOUND STA., 200 8TH AVE. S.) - Bus Station. Services: enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, intercity bus service.

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Ridgetop:
  • VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY (about 15 miles; NASHVILLE, TN; Full-time enrollment: 9,823)
  • TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY (about 18 miles; NASHVILLE, TN; FT enrollment: 7,346)
  • NASHVILLE STATE TECHNICAL INSTITUTE (about 18 miles; NASHVILLE, TN; FT enrollment: 3,642)
  • BELMONT UNIVERSITY (about 19 miles; NASHVILLE, TN; FT enrollment: 2,654)
  • DAVID LIPSCOMB UNIVERSITY (about 20 miles; NASHVILLE, TN; FT enrollment: 2,260)
  • VOLUNTEER STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 23 miles; GALLATIN, TN; FT enrollment: 4,215)
  • AUSTIN PEAY STATE UNIVERSITY (about 42 miles; CLARKSVILLE, TN; FT enrollment: 5,744)
Public elementary/middle school in Ridgetop:
  • Watauga Elementary (Students: 473; Location: 1755 Lake Road; Grades: KG-5; Our rating: 56)
Private elementary/middle school in Ridgetop:
  • RIDGETOP ADVENTIST ELEMENTARY (Students: 48; Location: 104 KING ST PO BOX 824; Grades: KG - 8)

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Average household size:
This city:  2.7 people
Tennessee:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This city:  81.6%
Whole state:  69.3%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This city:  3.4%
Whole state:  4.2%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.3% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This city:  4.5%
Whole state:  13.5%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This city:  1.9%
Whole state:  5.8%

Ridgetop compared to Tennessee state average:

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  • Median house value below state average.
  • Unemployed percentage significantly below state average.
  • Black race population percentage below state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Median age above state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Renting percentage significantly below state average.
  • Length of stay since moving in above state average.
  • Institutionalized population percentage above state average.


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Banks with branches in Ridgetop (2007 data):
  • The Farmers Bank: Ridgetop Branch at 1765 Hwy 41 South, branch established on 1988-12-30. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $385.3 mil, Deposits: $337.7 mil, headquarters in Portland, TN, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 8 total offices, Holding Company: First Farmers Bancshares, Inc.



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Local government employment and payroll (March 2006)
Function Full-time employees Monthly full-time payroll Average yearly full-time wage Part-time employees Monthly part-time payroll
Gas Supply 1$2,433$29,1960$0
Other Government Administration 2$5,515$33,0905$1,218
Police Protection - Officers 4$11,351$34,0530$0
Police - Other 0$0 1$412
Streets and Highways 1$2,360$28,3200$0
Totals for Government 8$21,660$32,4906$1,630


Ridgetop government finances in 2002:
  • Construction - Police Protection: $31,000
    Fire Protection: $28,000
  • Current Operations - Gas Utilities: $253,000
    Police Protection: $203,000
    Financial Administration: $169,000
    Water Utilities: $162,000
    Fire Protection: $57,000
    Regular Highways: $13,000
    Parks & Recreation: $5,000
  • Local Intergovernmental - General Support: $55,000
  • Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $1,604,000
  • Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Water Utilities: $1,568,000
  • Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Water Utilities: $36,000
  • Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $9,000
  • Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $900,000
  • Revenue - Water Utilities: $283,000
    Gas Utilities: $261,000
  • Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $43,000
  • State Intergovernmental - General Support: $110,000
    Highways: $30,000
  • Tax - Property: $187,000
    NEC: $10,000
  • Total Salaries & Wages: $328,000
  • Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $96,000

8.62% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($41,171 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  8.62%
Tennessee average:  7.52%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Davidson County, TN  2.47% ($37,140 average AGI)
from Sumner County, TN  1.78% ($41,790)
from Montgomery County, TN  0.41% ($44,649)


6.85% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($34,015 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  6.85%
Tennessee average:  6.67%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Sumner County, TN  1.72% ($41,099 average AGI)
to Davidson County, TN  1.69% ($28,505)
to Cheatham County, TN  0.32% ($35,676)


Strongest AM radio stations in Ridgetop:
  • WLAC (1510 AM; 50 kW; NASHVILLE, TN; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WKDA (1200 AM; 50 kW; NASHVILLE, TN; Owner: RADIO NASHVILLE, INC.)
  • WNQM (1300 AM; 50 kW; NASHVILLE, TN; Owner: WNQM. INC.)
  • WAMB (1160 AM; 50 kW; DONELSON, TN; Owner: GREAT SOUTHERN BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
  • WPLN (1430 AM; 15 kW; MADISON, TN)
  • WSM (650 AM; 50 kW; NASHVILLE, TN; Owner: GAYLORD ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY)
  • WYFN (980 AM; 5 kW; NASHVILLE, TN; Owner: BIBLE BRADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)
  • WCOR (900 AM; 5 kW; LEBANON, TN)
  • WVOL (1470 AM; 5 kW; BERRY HILL, TN)
  • WMDB (880 AM; daytime; 3 kW; NASHVILLE, TN; Owner: BABB BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WHIN (1010 AM; 5 kW; GALLATIN, TN; Owner: WHIN, INC.)
  • WSGI (1100 AM; daytime; 1 kW; SPRINGFIELD, TN; Owner: LIGHTNING BROADCASTING, LLC)
  • WAKM (950 AM; 5 kW; FRANKLIN, TN; Owner: FRANKLIN RADIO ASSOCIATES, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Ridgetop:
  • WMAK (96.3 FM; MURFREESBORO, TN; Owner: SOUTH CENTRAL COMMUNICATIONS CORP.)
  • WRVW (107.5 FM; LEBANON, TN; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WGFX (104.5 FM; GALLATIN, TN; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WRQQ (97.1 FM; GOODLETTSVILLE, TN; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
  • WQQK (92.1 FM; HENDERSONVILLE, TN; Owner: PHOENIX OF HENDERSONVILLE, INC.)
  • WSM-FM (95.5 FM; NASHVILLE, TN; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
  • WNPL (106.7 FM; BELLE MEADE, TN; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
  • WKDF (103.3 FM; NASHVILLE, TN; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WNRQ (105.9 FM; NASHVILLE, TN; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WSIX-FM (97.9 FM; NASHVILLE, TN; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WJXA (92.9 FM; NASHVILLE, TN; Owner: SOUTH CENTRAL COMMUNICATIONS CORP.)
  • WPLN-FM (90.3 FM; NASHVILLE, TN; Owner: NASHVILLE PUBLIC RADIO)
  • WAYM (88.7 FM; COLUMBIA, TN; Owner: WAY-FM MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
  • WRVU (91.1 FM; NASHVILLE, TN; Owner: VANDERBILT STUDENT COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WJOI-FM (94.3 FM; SPRINGFIELD, TN; Owner: SAGA COMMUNICATIONS OF TUCKESSEE, LLC)
  • WUBT (101.1 FM; RUSSELLVILLE, KY; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WMOT (89.5 FM; MURFREESBORO, TN; Owner: MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY)
  • WFFI (93.7 FM; KINGSTON SPRINGS, TN; Owner: CARON BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WRLT (100.1 FM; FRANKLIN, TN; Owner: TUNED-IN BROADCASTING, INC)
  • W271AB (102.1 FM; NASHVILLE, TN; Owner: MONTGOMERY BROADCASTING COMPANY)

TV broadcast stations around Ridgetop:
  • WTVF (Channel 5; NASHVILLE, TN; Owner: NEWSCHANNEL 5 NETWORK, LP)
  • WNPX (Channel 28; COOKEVILLE, TN; Owner: PAXSON COMMUNICATIONS LICENSE COMPANY, LLC)
  • WUXP-TV (Channel 30; NASHVILLE, TN; Owner: WUXP LICENSEE, LLC)
  • WNPX-LP (Channel 20; NASHVILLE, TN; Owner: PAXSON COMMUNICATIONS LPTV, INC.)
  • WSMV-TV (Channel 4; NASHVILLE, TN; Owner: MEREDITH CORPORATION)
  • WZTV (Channel 17; NASHVILLE, TN; Owner: WZTV LICENSEE, LLC)
  • WPGD (Channel 50; HENDERSONVILLE, TN; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
  • WKRN-TV (Channel 2; NASHVILLE, TN; Owner: WKRN, G.P.)
  • WIIW-LP (Channel 14; NASHVILLE, TN; Owner: EQUITY BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • W36AK (Channel 36; NASHVILLE, TN; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
  • WGAP-LP (Channel 26; NASHVILLE, TN; Owner: SOUTH CENTRAL COMMUNICATIONS CORP.)
  • WJDE-LP (Channel 24; NASHVILLE, TN; Owner: SOUTH CENTRAL COMMUNICATIONS CORP.)
  • WRMX-LP (Channel 12; NASHVILLE, TN; Owner: SOUTH CENTRAL COMMUNICATIONS CORP.)
  • WNPT (Channel 8; NASHVILLE, TN; Owner: NASHVILLE PUBLIC TELEVISION, INC.)
  • WNAB (Channel 58; NASHVILLE, TN; Owner: NASHVILLE LICENSE HOLDINGS, L.L.C.)
  • WJNK-LP (Channel 61; NASHVILLE, TN; Owner: THREE ANGELS BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)
  • W52CT (Channel 52; NASHVILLE, TN; Owner: JKB ASSOCIATES, INC.)
  • WHTN (Channel 39; MURFREESBORO, TN; Owner: CHRISTIAN TELEVISION NETWORK, INC.)

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