Spring Hill earns top families ranking

Spring Hill has been named the fourth best city in Tennessee for young families, according to NerdWallet, a website that promotes consumer financial literacy, giving transparent information to help consumers make big financial decisions.

Spencer Tierney, an analyst with NerdWallet, said, Spring Hills strong performance was bolstered by its high GreatSchools rating of 9 out of 10, as well as its high median family income ($82,378) and the large percentage of its population with children.

The 2015 report and methodology was created by NerdWallets data analyst, Kamran Rosen, who wrote, with over 30,000 residents, Spring Hill is the most populous community in our top 10. Families living here will find a lot of company: Nearly half, 41.2 percent, of the citys population includes families with children. The city just 35 minutes south of Nashville is proud of its industrial sector that it balances with its natural beauty.

He added, for many young couples, buying their first house when they are also starting their family is a daunting prospect. Even though quality of life matters to all future homeowners, young families may have tighter finances that limit their options.

The analysis considered several factors including home affordability, prosperity and growth, quality of education and family friendliness. With that information, they came up with the top 99 placed in Tennessee that they consider the Best Cities for Young Families in Tennessee. While Spring Hill is fourth, Arlington, Atoka and Mount Carmel make up the top three in the list.

Spring Hill Mayor Rick Graham isnt surprised by the ranking, he said.

Spring Hill has long attracted a uniquely high number of young families, he said. People have moved here for affordable housing and good schools in a friendly place where they feel safe raising children while still being close to their jobs in Nashville and Cool Springs. But Spring Hills job landscape is changing, and we are now evolving into a city that offers its own good-paying jobs and quality of life for those young families. That has further fueled the influx of young families.

He said he believes the city will remain at the tops of these types of lists for years to come.

Creating the environment that attracts young families with children is what we have concentrated on for so long, and because of quality of life aspects we are adding each year, I suspect Spring Hill will remain on these types of lists for the foreseeable future, he said.

Key factors make Spring Hill a good place for young families, Graham noted.

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Spring Hill earns top families ranking