Belle Meade Blvd. (Brentwood, Forest Hills: homes, college, median income)

[Coney]

Is this the most upscale part of town?

[groovamos]

The most upscale in the whole region, based on average valuation and per capita income. This doesn't mean it has all of the biggest mansions, Forest Hills can match it and so can Williamson Co. so far as numerous eye-popping estates go. And the very biggest tend to be in Williamson Co. I grew up in West Meade, across Harding Rd from Belle Meade.

Forest Hills and Belle Meade were two of the townships incorporated at the time Nashville and Davidson county merged when I was a kid (1962?). They receive some services from Nashville/Davidson. No incorporations have been allowed in Davidson since the merger.

[soulful]

There is just something special about Belle Meade Blvd. It is magical. The gracious older homes lining this incredible boulevard. I love driving down it just for fun.

[skinem]

I first saw the area when I was a small town kid who was in this first year of college in "the big city". It amazed me. First place I ever saw a private residence with it's own real elevator.
As an old man now, it's still a neat place.

Those poor, deprived people...

[sek1986]

From Belle Meade's Wikipedia page: "The median income for a household in the city was $144,720, and the median income for a family was $194,016. Males had a median income of $100,000 versus $71,944 for females. The per capita income for the city was $104,908, which is by far the highest in the state and among the highest in the nation."

Claritas PRIZM classifies this zip code as Upper Crust. With more than 50 classifications, this is the wealthiest and most privileged of them all.

In other words, upscale might be a good word to describe Belle Meade.

[vivelafrance]

Originally Posted by sek1986

From Belle Meade's Wikipedia page: "The median income for a household in the city was $144,720, and the median income for a family was $194,016. Males had a median income of $100,000 versus $71,944 for females. The per capita income for the city was $104,908, which is by far the highest in the state and among the highest in the nation."

Claritas PRIZM classifies this zip code as Upper Crust. With more than 50 classifications, this is the wealthiest and most privileged of them all.

In other words, upscale might be a good word to describe Belle Meade.

And Belle Meade is not just rich, it's old money rich. It has a very different vibe than Brentwood.

[groovamos]

I was working in the aerospace sector in L.A. in 1979. I was reading the L.A. Times one day with a small article listing the top 10 wealthiest incorporated townships in the U.S. and I'm pretty sure there were only 2 in the South, Belle Meade and Piney Point Village here in the Houston area, both in the top 10. On the other hand if anyone is familiar with River Oaks, you would probably agree that it blows away anything else in the South. The difference is that River Oaks is a part of Houston proper, which includes some really scary areas too, not helping the per capita income number for the city.