Welcome to Nashboro Village
Quiet, wooded, five miles from the airport, and the kind of neighborhood where people stop looking once they find it.
Nashboro Village was designed in the mid-1970s around a central golf course, and the layout shows it. Streets curve through tree canopy. Homes are set back with genuine privacy between them. Green space runs through the development rather than being tucked into a corner. For a neighborhood built fifty years ago, it reads less like a dated subdivision and more like a community that figured out what it wanted to be early and held to it.
Thirteen miles southeast of downtown Nashville, positioned between Percy Priest Lake and Nashville International Airport, Nashboro Village occupies a location that would be nearly impossible to replicate today. The lake is five minutes away. BNA is five minutes in the other direction. Downtown is a 20-minute drive. None of that has changed since the neighborhood was developed, because geography doesn't get redeveloped.
What to Love About Nashboro Village
- Five miles from BNA — one of the best airport proximities of any Davidson County residential neighborhood
- Percy Priest Lake access via Hamilton Creek Recreation Area, five minutes away
- Nashboro Golf Club, an 18-hole public course embedded in the heart of the community
- 20-minute drive to downtown Nashville
- Wooded character with mature tree canopy that took decades to grow
- Mix of single-family homes, townhomes, and condos with entry points for multiple buyer types
- Prices generally under $300,000 for most of the community, with renovated homes pushing into the $400,000s
- Stable, established community with low turnover and long-term residents
What makes Nashboro Village different from the rest of southeast Nashville?
Most southeast Nashville neighborhoods along the I-24 corridor are newer, denser, and more uniform. Nashboro Village was built differently from the start: organized around a golf course rather than a retail center, with a physical layout that prioritizes green space and residential privacy over unit count.
The result is a neighborhood that feels calmer and more settled than its surroundings. The tree canopy is genuine — not landscaping, but fifty years of growth. The streets don't feel dropped onto a graded field. And the community character that comes from residents who've been here a decade or more and have no interest in leaving gives it a stability that newer developments haven't had time to develop.
Is Percy Priest Lake actually accessible from Nashboro Village?
Yes, and it's close. Hamilton Creek Recreation Area, managed by the Army Corps of Engineers, is five minutes from the neighborhood and provides public boat ramps, picnic areas, and direct lake access at no cost. Smith Springs Park offers additional trails and green space along the lake's southern shoreline.
For buyers who want Percy Priest access without a Hermitage address and the price appreciation that's come with it, Nashboro Village's position on the southeast side of the lake makes it one of the most direct routes to the water in Davidson County.
What is the Nashboro Golf Club like, and does it matter if you don't golf?
The Nashboro Golf Club is an 18-hole public course that has been part of the community since 1975 — the organizing infrastructure around which the neighborhood was originally developed. It's not a private club. There's no membership requirement, no waiting list, no gate. It's open to the public and used regularly by residents who treat it as an extended backyard.
For buyers who want a golf course community without private club pricing or the HOA complexity that often accompanies it, Nashboro Village functions well. The course also keeps the central green space preserved and the neighborhood character intact — land that, if redeveloped, would fundamentally change what makes the community worth living in.
Even for buyers who don't golf, the course matters: it's the reason the streets curve, the trees are where they are, and the neighborhood has the open, unhurried quality that's otherwise hard to find at this price point in Davidson County.
How does the commute from Nashboro Village to downtown Nashville and the airport actually work?
BNA is five miles, roughly a 10 to 15-minute drive with no significant traffic. For buyers who travel frequently or who work in aviation or logistics, that number materially changes the quality of a travel day. Early flights don't require a 4am alarm. Late arrivals mean being home before midnight.
Downtown Nashville is 13 miles northwest, a 20-minute drive in normal conditions via I-24. The route is direct and doesn't involve the bottleneck intersections that complicate commutes from some other southeast Nashville locations.
What does it cost to buy in Nashboro Village right now?
Nashboro Village offers some of the most accessible price points in Davidson County relative to the geography and proximity it provides. Most of the community sits below $300,000, making it one of the few remaining neighborhoods in Davidson County where that budget opens real options.
Renovated single-family homes in the Woodridge section push into the $350,000 to $450,000 range depending on size and condition. Unrenovated homes in solid structural shape are where the best value sits for buyers willing to put in work. Townhomes and condos offer entry points for buyers who want the neighborhood without a full single-family commitment.
What CHORD is watching: Nashboro Village has held its value consistently without the volatility that's characterized other Nashville neighborhoods. The BNA proximity, lake access, and established community character create durable demand. For buyers prioritizing Davidson County stability over short-term speculation, this market rewards patience.
Who actually lives in Nashboro Village?
The residents CHORD encounters here are consistent in one way: they found it, liked what they saw, and stopped looking. Low turnover by Nashville standards. The reasons people stay are the same reasons people move here.
Frequent travelers and aviation professionals who treat the five-mile airport proximity as a non-negotiable. BNA is the anchor of their week, and Nashboro Village is built around it.
Golf buyers who want a course in the neighborhood at public rates, without a private club price or waiting list.
Long-term family buyers who prioritized the wooded, private character over a more talked-about address, and never felt the need to reconsider.
Value-focused Davidson County buyers who ran the math on price per square foot versus commute and geography and concluded Nashboro Village outperformed most other options in the county at this price point.
Is Nashboro Village a good place to buy right now?
For buyers whose priorities match what the neighborhood offers, the case is clear.
The counterpoint: Nashboro Village is not a destination neighborhood for buyers who want walkability, a buzzy dining scene, or an address that carries weight in a real estate conversation. The neighborhood doesn't have a signature street. It has a golf course and trees and Percy Priest Lake five minutes away.
For buyers who have been around long enough to know what they actually want from a neighborhood rather than what sounds good, Nashboro Village tends to land well. The people who live here aren't looking for something different. They're using the lake on weekends, getting to the airport without stress, and paying Davidson County taxes without a Davidson County price tag.
CHORD knows the Nashboro Village and southeast Nashville market well. If you're evaluating this neighborhood against others in the corridor, we can help you run that comparison clearly.
Nearby Neighborhoods
- Antioch — Immediately southwest, with some of the most affordable entry points in Davidson County and growing retail and dining development.
- Hermitage — North along Percy Priest Lake, with direct lakefront access, the WeGo Star commuter rail, and Andrew Jackson's Hermitage estate.
- Donelson — Northwest, with a developed food and bar scene, strong BNA proximity, and consistent recent appreciation.
- College Grove — South in Williamson County, for buyers who want to compare Davidson County value against Williamson County land and school options.
