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Gallatin, Sumner County, Middle Tennessee

About Gallatin

Gallatin is the Sumner County seat — founded 1802, incorporated 1815 — on the US-31E / Nashville Pike and SR-386 (Vietnam Veterans) corridors northeast of Nashville, with Old Hickory Lake access at Lock 4 Park and a growing data-center / logistics footprint around Meta and Gap Inc. When you cut through the noise, three facts matter more than any brochure headline: (1) Realtor.com August 2026 city sold median $429,945 is the PRIMARY city grain — Redfin snippets (~$440K / $429,666) are a labeled CONFLICT, never blended and never PRIMARY, (2) ACS owner value $372,000 ≠ a sale median, and (3) GNAR Sumner County Res/Condo figures are county backdrop only — never the City of Gallatin sold median.

This is Gallatin, Tennessee (Sumner) — Census place FIPS 4728540 · ZIP 37066 — not Gallatin in any other state. Population estimate Jul 1, 2025: 54,590 (+22.8% vs 2020 Census 44,431). City Hall: 132 West Main Street, Gallatin, TN 37066 · 615-451-5900 · https://www.gallatintn.gov/ · Census QuickFacts: https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/gallatincitytennessee/PST045224 · Economic development: Gallatin Economic Development Agency (GEDA) · https://www.gallatingetsit.com/

Research status: gallatin-city/ pack is TRULY complete (EVIDENCE-BRIEF + SCHOOLS, EMPLOYERS, RETAIL-MEDICAL, RECREATION, HISTORIC-FAMOUS, BUILDERS_NEW_CONSTRUCTION, NOTABLE_PEOPLE, MAP_PINS + page-sections.json, 2026-09-11). SECTION_ORDER H2s render from the pack payload; this MD keeps the Sumner seat / Nashville Pike / SR-386 / Lock 4 / Meta framing.

CRITICAL — Sumner County seat with lake + growth honesty. This same city guide is the source for both Gallatin and the Sumner twin path. County context: Sumner County area guide. Neighbor seats and peers: Hendersonville · Portland · White House · Nashville. Do not publish GNAR Sumner Res (~$473K Q2 2026) as the City of Gallatin median. Do not republish GEDA “5th fastest growing” as a Census ranking.

Corridors: US-31E / Nashville Pike (retail spine + visitor center) · SR-386 Vietnam Veterans (TDOT Long Hollow interchange — construction ~Spring 2031) · Hartsville Pike (hospital / coffee) · Lock 4 Rd (Old Hickory Lake park accesses) · Public Square / West Main (courthouse, Trousdale Place, City Hall). ACS mean commute 26.4 min — a local average, not a timed downtown-Nashville ETA.

About this guide (kitchen-table framing). Gallatin sits in the Sumner growth story without pretending every portal number is the same grain. Here is how I talk about it with buyers and sellers: the city is large enough now (54,590 est. Jul 2025) that “Gallatin” on a listing can mean Public Square historic stock, Nashville Pike corridor resale, lake-adjacent Lock 4 proximity, or a national-builder street like Avery Trace / Windsong — and those are different products with different HOA, flood, and school-zone questions. Meta’s data center coming online in Nov 2024 and Highpoint Health–Sumner’s hospital footprint are real employer anchors; Gap Inc.’s distribution campus is real too, but GEDA’s “largest private employer” language stays labeled marketing until a dated headcount primary lands. Schools are Sumner County Schools with three Gallatin-address high schools (GS 5 / 8 / 7) — never one “Gallatin High” assumption from ZIP 37066. Retail everyday is already on Nashville Pike (Walmart + Starbucks); Target is planned for July 2027, not open; Costco is a Hendersonville drive. Market spine for this page: Realtor Aug 2026 city sold $429,945 PRIMARY; Redfin snippets CONFLICT; ACS $372K ≠ sale; GNAR Sumner Res/Condo = county backdrop only. Typed SFH / condo / land sold bands stay GAP until Realtracs — I will not invent them.

Commute & daily geography

SR 386 (Vietnam Veterans Boulevard) and Highway 31E connect Gallatin toward Hendersonville and Nashville. Time drives at your work hours rather than relying on off-peak map estimates.

Housing notes

In-town older housing plus substantial newer subdivision growth. HOA communities are common in newer sections; verify rental and design rules if those matter to you.

Commute corridors

US-31E / Nashville Pike (retail + visitor center spine) · SR-386 Vietnam Veterans (TDOT Long Hollow Pike interchange; construction start ~Spring 2031 on 10-Year Plan — dates subject to change · https://www.tn.gov/tdot/projects/region-3/state-route-386.html) · Hartsville Pike (hospital / Stompin’ Grounds) · Lock 4 Rd (Old Hickory Lake) · Public Square / West Main. Regional links toward Hendersonville · Portland · White House · downtown Nashville. ACS mean commute 26.4 min — a local average, not a fixed downtown Nashville ETA. Drive peak US-31E / SR-386 at your actual work hours before you commit. A 37066 mailing does not tell you school zone or flood parcel by itself.

Expect delays, not disaster, when TDOT work hits Long Hollow / SR-386 in the early 2030s window — plan routes, do not treat a 10-Year Plan date as tomorrow’s closing contingency. Station Camp Creek bridge work discussed on SR 6 in local coverage (~fall 2026–2029) should be confirmed on TDOT before you rely on it. For day-to-day living, Nashville Pike is the retail spine; SR-386 is the speed corridor toward the metro; Lock 4 is the weekend lake run. Time your commute twice — once for work, once for school drop-off — before you pick a street.

Buy / sell — short diligence

  • City seat first: Gallatin is the Sumner County seat — Public Square / courthouse / City Hall are the civic core; Lock 4 is the lake amenity; Nashville Pike is the retail spine.
  • Schools: Sumner County Schools — three Gallatin-address high schools with live GS (Gallatin SH 5/10, Station Camp 8/10, Liberty Creek 7/10, 2026-09-11). Zone tools, never ZIP. Private named: Sumner Academy (tuition GAP). Full ES/MS GS table = GAP.
  • Market grain: Realtor city sold $429,945 (Aug 2026) is the PRIMARY city number; Redfin ~$440K / $429,666 is a labeled CONFLICT; ACS $372,000 ≠ sale; GNAR Sumner Res (~$473K Q2) / Condo (~$331K) is county backdrop only — never City sold. Typed SFH/condo/land bands = GAP until Realtracs.
  • Employers: Meta Data Center online Nov 2024 (>100 ops jobs; >$1.5B full build); Highpoint Health–Sumner (>1,000 employees); Gap Inc. DC = GEDA marketing until headcount primary; Sumner Schools ~4,300 districtwide.
  • Retail: Walmart 1112 Nashville Pike + Starbucks 875 Nashville Pike in city; Target planned July 2027 — not open; Costco nearest Hendersonville; Sam’s = GAP.
  • HOA/CC&Rs on masterplans (Avery Trace, Windsong, McCain’s Station, and any other PUD stock) and rental caps if any.
  • Flood / drainage notes on lake-adjacent / low-ground parcels (Lock 4 corridor) — verify per address.
  • New-construction vs resale: builder incentives and lot premiums change; confirm warranty; never trust builder school auto-suggests without parcel verify. Cumberland Landing = sold out — do not mark selling. Horton/M/I/SDH indexes = GAP until builder primary.
  • City vs county services; Sumner Trustee tax bill for City parcels.
  • Listing geography: 37066 dominates portals — prefer city portal framing + assessor / city GIS.
  • Cross-shop Hendersonville · Portland · White House · Sumner County · Nashville — do not confuse with Gallatin other states.

Whether you’re comparing an Avery Trace new-build to a Public Square–adjacent resale, shopping Station Camp vs Liberty Creek zones, or weighing a Meta / hospital commute against Lock 4 lake access — let’s walk through the address-level details. I’ll keep watching these city vs county vs portal numbers so you don’t mix them.

Housing / market

Gallatin, Tennessee

Owner-occupied rate 57.1%; ACS median owner-occupied value $372,000 (ACS 2020–2024) — stock value, not a current MLS or portal sale median. Median gross rent $1,395 (same ACS vintage). https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/gallatincitytennessee/PST045224

Strong new-construction pipeline (Lennar Avery Trace; Ryan Windsong / McCain’s Station — see Builders). Historic core around Public Square / Rose Mont / Trousdale Place. ACS structure-type mix / Jul 2025 housing units / permits: GAP.

Portal sale / listing stats — gallatin-city pack (2026-09-11). Aggregators = SECONDARY to Realtracs / GNR MLS; Realtor.com August 2026 city sold median is the PRIMARY city grain; Redfin snippets = labeled CONFLICT. Dual constructs labeled; do not blend. Realtracs-primary sold / typed SFH/condo/land bands: GAP.

MetricValueAs-ofSource
Median sold (Realtor city PRIMARY)$429,945 (−3.93% YoY)Aug 2026https://www.realtor.com/local/market/tennessee/sumner-county/gallatin
Median listing (Realtor)$476,975 (−2.11% YoY)Aug 2026same
Active listings (Realtor)883 (+20.50% YoY)Aug 2026same
Median DOM list (Realtor)55 days (+28.57% YoY)Aug 2026same
$/sq ft (Realtor)$226 (−1.07% YoY)Aug 2026same
Median rent (Realtor)$2,100/mo (+0.24% YoY)Aug 2026same
Redfin city (CONFLICT)~$440K (3-mo ending Jul 2026) or $429,666 (Jun 2026)2026 snippetshttps://www.redfin.com/city/7278/TN/Gallatin/housing-market
ACS owner value$372,000ACS 2020–2024QuickFacts — not sale

CONFLICT (do not blend): Realtor Aug sold $429,945 / DOM list 55 vs Redfin ~$440K / $429,666. ACS $372K ≠ portal sale. Older mid-tn rows treating Redfin ~$447K as Gallatin PRIMARY are stale — prefer Realtor PRIMARY here.

County backdrop only — never City of Gallatin: GNAR Sumner Res Q2 $472,865 / Condo $330,970; Q1 Res $453,200 / Condo $337,450 (mid-tn-market-stats EVIDENCE-BRIEF, 2026-09-11).

What homes cost here: Realtor sold $429,945 PRIMARY; Redfin CONFLICT labeled; typed SFH/condo/land/new-vs-resale city bands GAP until Realtracs — will not invent bands. Builder “from $” (Ryan Windsong $274,990+ / $299,990+; McCain’s $289,990; Lennar Avery Trace Mid/High $400ks) = asking starts, not sold MLS bands.

Who’s moving in

City (Census QuickFacts / PEP V2025, as-of 2026-09-11) — FACT only; no invented origins.

FactValueSource
Pop Jul 1, 202554,590 (+22.8% vs 2020 Census 44,431)QuickFacts / PEP V2025
Same house 1 yr ago81.7%ACS 2020–2024
Foreign-born5.1%ACS 2020–2024
Mean commute26.4 minACS 2020–2024
Bachelor’s+33.5%ACS 2020–2024
Median HH income$77,518ACS 2020–2024
Poverty13.0%QuickFacts

https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/gallatincitytennessee/PST045224

GEDA “5th Fastest Growing” = marketing — do not republish as a Census ranking without a primary Census/TNSDC cite.

County / metro context (labeled — not city-only):

  • Sumner County PEP V2025: pop 215,538; domestic +2,806; net +2,984 (`MIGRATION-TRENDS.md`).
  • U-Haul TN list (Tennessean / U-Haul, Jan 6, 2026): Gallatin named among growth areas (directional; not national top-25 2025).
  • Metro: Nashville MSA U-Haul Growth Index No. 6 (2025) — MSA grain, not Gallatin-only.

ACS city-only migration origin flows: GAP. Timed US-31E / SR-386 peak ETA to downtown Nashville: GAP (ACS 26.4 min ≠ peak).

Schools

Sumner County Schools serves Gallatin (central office 695 East Main Street). Nearly 4,300 employees; >30,000 students; 53 schools (About Us). Verify address on boundary maps — never assign by ZIP alone. https://www.sumnerschools.org/ · boundaries https://web-srvr-03.sumnerschools.org/ceo/index.php/our-district/school-boundary-maps · rezoning https://www.sumnerschools.org/about-us/administration/school-rezoning

GreatSchools ratings as displayed 2026-09-11 (no discrete year on GS HTML):

Private (named; no tuition invented): Sumner Academy — 464 Nichols Lane — https://www.sumneracademy.org/

Full ES/MS GreatSchools table: GAP this pass. Gallatin-area ES/MS names on Sumner maps (Benny Bills, Guild, Howard, Liberty Creek, Station Camp, Vena Stuart; Liberty Creek / Rucker Stewart / Shafer / Station Camp MS) — verify zones.

Industries / employers

Named employers (sourced primaries, as-of 2026-09-11):

Industries: data centers / tech infrastructure; healthcare; apparel distribution / logistics; manufacturing; education; local government.

GAP: Official ranked FTE table beyond Meta/hospital not fetched this pass.

Retail & everyday

Big-box / national retail (as-of 2026-09-11):

Sam’s Club: GAP this pass.

Notable coffee: Stompin’ Grounds Coffee House — 532 Hartsville Pike.

Visitor Center: 2310 Nashville Pike · https://visitsumnertn.com/

Broader restaurant roster: GAP.

Hospitals & medical

Highpoint Health – Sumner with Ascension Saint Thomas — 555 Hartsville Pike, Gallatin, TN 37066 · 615.328.8888 — >1,000 employees; 300 physicians; fka Sumner Regional; opened 1959 — https://www.highpointhealthsystem.com/sumner

Named urgent-care clinics: GAP exhaustive list this Research pass.

Parks & trails

Named parks & facilities (city list; map-ready). Commercial gyms: GAP — `gyms_recreation` omitted.

Source: https://www.gallatintn.gov/1971/Parks-Recreation

Historic & famous places

Builders & new construction

Named builders / selling communities (FACT primary pages, as-of 2026-09-11):

Cumberland Landing (Ryan) = sold out (model was 309 Heritage Ave) — do not mark selling.

Horton / M/I / Smith Douglas / other Lennar index names = GAP until builder primary. Builder “from $” ≠ sold MLS bands.

Notable people

Corroborated ties only (Research NOTABLE_PEOPLE.md, 2026-09-11):

  • William Trousdale (1790–1872) — Lived at Trousdale Place (183 W. Main); 13th TN governor (1849–1851); U.S. Minister to Brazil; died/buried Gallatin. Trousdale Place
  • Capt. James Trousdale — Moved family to Sumner grant 1796; sold >42 acres that became the Gallatin town site (1802). SCTNHS Vol. 37
  • Josephus Conn Guild — Opened a Gallatin law practice (to 1859); built/lived at Rose Mont, 810 S. Water Ave. TN Encyclopedia
  • James Herbert White (1903–) — Born Gallatin; later founding president of what became Mississippi Valley State University. TN Encyclopedia
  • John Shelby — Settled medical practice in Gallatin after 1809; Sumner state senator 1815–1817. TN Encyclopedia
  • Huell Howser (1945–2013) — Born Gallatin, Oct 18, 1945; longtime *California’s Gold* host. *Los Angeles Times* obituary

Hendersonville celebs / Wiki-only athletes / Bate (Castalian Springs) / Locke (Shelbyville) / Fairvue not claimed for Gallatin city this pass.

Map of local places

Places from Research MAP_PINS (FACT). Verify hours and visitation rules. Pins also appear on the map when coordinates are filed.

Next steps

Map

Gallatin on the map

Interactive OpenStreetMap. Amenity pins appear when Research files MAP_PINS. Verify schools and flood zones per address.

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Places on this map

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