About Belle Meade

Belle Meade is a very small city located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 2,935 people and just one neighborhood, Belle Meade is the 188th largest community in Tennessee.

Belle Meade is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 96.15% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Belle Meade is a city of managers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Belle Meade who work in management occupations (27.60%), sales jobs (17.38%), and healthcare (9.41%).

Of important note, Belle Meade is also a city of artists. Belle Meade has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Belle Meade's character.

For a small city, there is also a high proportion of single, often educated, people living in Belle Meade. This is not typical for most smaller communities in America, and adds a feeling of vibrancy to Belle Meade.

In addition to being popular with young singles, Belle Meade is also home to many people who can be described as "urban sophisticates," which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.

Because of many things, Belle Meade is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Belle Meade a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The city's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Belle Meade has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Belle Meade's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

One of the benefits of Belle Meade is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 18.47 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

As is often the case in a small city, Belle Meade doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Belle Meade Information and Demographics

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Belle Meade, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Belle Meade is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 76.78% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 14.96%.

The per capita income in Belle Meade in 2000 was $104,908, which is wealthy relative to Tennessee and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $419,632 for a family of four. However, Belle Meade contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Belle Meade home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Belle Meade is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Belle Meade include English, German, Irish, Scottish, Scotch-Irish, French, and European.

The most common language spoken in Belle Meade is English.