This information is intended to help guide the fisrt steps of new movers to Murfreesboro TN.

• General Information
• Population
• Unitilites
• Real Estates
• Crimes
• Hospital/Medical centers
• Airports
• Schools
• Colleges and Universities
• Libraries
• Weather forecast for Murfreesboro, TN

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General information:

• Area code: 615. Zip codes: 37127, 37128, 37129, 37130 Poverty in 2005: 18.2% Median household income in 2005: $39,652

• Ancestries: United States (12.8%), English (11.5%), German (10.1%), Irish (9.7%), French (2.4%).

• Unemployment rate 4.3%

• Local government website: www.ci.murfreesboro.tn.us

• Incorporated in 1903

• Elevation: 619 feet

• Land area: 39.0 square miles.

Population

• Population density: 2235 people per square mile Population (year 2000): 68,816. Estimated population in July 2006: 92,559 (+34.5% change) Sex: Males: 34,184, Females: 34,632

• 3,376 residents are foreign born (2.2% Asia, 1.8% Latin America).

• Races in Murfreesboro:

• White Non-Hispanic (78.4%)
• Afro American (13.9%)
• Hispanic (3.5%)
• Other race (1.9%)
• Other Asian (1.4%)
• American Indian (0.7%)

• Housing Type:
  • 3099 people in college dormitories
  • 647 people in nursing homes
  • 541 people in local jails and other confinement facilities
  • 131 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
  • 100 people in homes for the mentally retarded
  • 92 people in other types of correctional institutions
  • 28 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
  • 9 people in other group homes

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Utilities:

• Consolidated Utility District
• MTEMC: Middle Tennessee Electric Membership Corporation
• United Cities Gas Company Now Atmos: 334 W Lokey Ave, Murfreesboro, TN 37130-2505  (888) 824-3434

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Real Estates:

• Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $157,100 (it was $121,200 in 2000)
• Median gross rent in 2005: $661.
• Houses: 28,952 (26,669 occupied: 13,944 owner occupied, 12,725 renter occupied)
• Housing density: 743 houses/condos per square mile
• Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2005: $1,436 (0.9%)
• Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2005: $1,578 (1.0%)

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Crimes:

There are 117 registered sex offenders living in Murfreesboro, Tennessee in early 2007.

Crime in Murfreesboro by Year
Type	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Murders	0	2	2	2	6
per 100,000	0.0	2.7	2.5	2.4	6.8
Rapes	22	27	32	35	39
per 100,000	31.4	35.8	40.6	42.5	44.4
Robberies	64	77	105	113	179
per 100,000	91.3	102.0	133.1	137.2	203.6
Assaults	387	353	399	491	482
per 100,000	551.9	467.7	505.9	596.1	548.4
Burglaries	471	475	599	790	895
per 100,000	671.7	629.4	759.5	959.1	1018.2
Thefts	2,544	2,482	2,749	2,994	3,144
per 100,000	3628.0	3288.8	3485.7	3635.0	3576.9
Auto thefts	200	275	223	237	285
per 100,000	285.2	364.4	282.8	287.7	324.2

 

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Hospital/Medical centers

• MIDDLE TENNESSEE MEDICAL CENTER INC (400 N HIGHLAND AVE)
• STONES RIVER HOSPITAL (about 24 miles; WOODBURY, TN)
• BEDFORD COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER (about 26 miles; SHELBYVILLE, TN)
• SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER (about 27 miles; HERMITAGE, TN)

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Airports

• SMYRNA (about 13 miles; SMYRNA, TN; ID: MQY)
• NASHVILLE INTL (about 26 miles; NASHVILLE, TN; ID: BNA)
• BOWLING GREEN-WARREN COUNTY RGNL (about 76 miles; BOWLING GREEN, KY; ID: BWG)

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Colleges/Universities

• MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY (Full-time enrollment: 16,617; Location: 1301 East Main Street; Public; Website: www.mtsu.edu; Offers Doctor's degree)
• TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGY CENTER AT MURFREESBORO (FT enrollment: 146; Location: 1303 OLD FORT PKY; Public; Website: WWW.MURFREESBORO.TEC.TN.US)
• COMMERCIAL DRIVER INSTITUTE INC (Location: PO BOX 1815; Private, for-profit)
• MIDDLE TENNESSEE BARBER AND STYLING COLLEGE (Location: 1509 E MAIN ST; Private, for-profit)
• DAVID LIPSCOMB UNIVERSITY (about 32 miles; NASHVILLE, TN; Full-time enrollment: 2,260)
• BELMONT UNIVERSITY (about 34 miles; NASHVILLE, TN; FT enrollment: 2,654)
• VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY (about 36 miles; NASHVILLE, TN; FT enrollment: 9,823)
• MOTLOW STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 37 miles; Tullahoma, TN; FT enrollment: 2,256)
• VOLUNTEER STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 38 miles; GALLATIN, TN; FT enrollment: 4,215)
• TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY (about 38 miles; NASHVILLE, TN; FT enrollment: 7,346)
• NASHVILLE STATE TECHNICAL INSTITUTE (about 38 miles; NASHVILLE, TN; FT enrollment: 3,642)

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Schools

Public High Schools

• Holloway High School (Students: 68; Location: 619 South Highland Avenue; Grades: 9-12; Our rating: 66)
• Riverdale High School (Location: 802 Warrior Drive; Grades: 9-12; Our rating: 63)
• Blackman High School (Location: 3956 Blaze Drive; Grades: 9-12; Our rating: 62)
• Oakland High School (Location: 2225 Patriot Drive; Grades: 9-12; Our rating: 59)
• Siegel High School (Location: 3300 Siegel Road; Grades: 9-12; Our rating: 61)

Private high schools in Murfreesboro:

• MIDDLE TENNESSEE CHRISTIAN SCH (Location: 100 E MTCS RD.; Grades: PK - 12)
• FRANKLIN ROAD CHRISTIAN SCHOOL (Location: 3124 FRANKLIN ROAD; Grades: PK - 12)
• BELLWOOD CHRISTIAN ACADEMY (Location: 440 SANBYRN DR; Grades: KG - 12)
• STONES RIVER ACADEMY TEEN LEAR (Location: 802 S. CHURCH STREET; Grades: KG - 12)

Public elementary/middle schools:
 

• Siegel Middle School (Location: 355 West Thompson Lane; Grades: 6-8; Our rating: 57)
• Erma Siegel Elementary (Location: 135 W Thompson Lane; Grades: KG-6; Our rating: 60)
• Blackman Middle School (Location: 3945 Blaze Drive; Grades: 6-8; Our rating: 57)
• Northfield Elementary (Location: 550 W Northfield Boulevard; Grades: KG-6; Our rating: 52)
• Black Fox Elementary (Location: 1753 South Rutherford Boulevard; Grades: KG-6; Our rating: 55)
• Buchanan Elementary (Location: 6050 Manchester Highway; Grades: KG-8; Our rating: 59)
• John Pittard Elementary (Location: 1807 Greenland Drive; Grades: KG-6; Our rating: 58)
• Wilson Elementary School (Location: 1545 Cutoff Road; Grades: KG-5; Our rating: 58)
• Bradley Academy (Location: 511 Mercury Boulevard; Grades: KG-6; Our rating: 43)
• Mitchell Neilson (Location: 711 Clark Boulevard; Grades: 3-6; Our rating: 50)

Libraries

LINEBAUGH PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income: $1,438,439; Location: 105 WEST VINE STREET; 187,933 books; 4,636 audio materials; 3,669 video materials; 242 serial subscriptions)