Donelson, Hermitage and Old Hickory: homes, schools, commute

Last checked Oct. 19, 2026. Sources: the Metro Planning Department’s Donelson-Hermitage-Old Hickory Community Plan page, the Donelson-Hermitage-Old Hickory Community Plan, adopted Aug. 24, 2017 (PDF), Metro’s community planning area boundaries, park locations and ZIP code boundaries, the MNPS zone finder, the Tennessee Department of Education’s 2024-25 letter grades, the Zillow Home Value Index, WeGo Public Transit’s schedule data, 2020 Census blocks and OpenStreetMap. Metro Planning: 615-862-7190.

Donelson, Hermitage and Old Hickory share one community plan, covering the eastern end of Davidson County. It is one of the 14 plan areas the Metro Planning Department uses, about 55 square miles. About 86,700 people lived inside the line at the 2020 census, in about 41,400 homes, by our count of Census blocks.

What this means for you

• High school: the whole area is in the McGavock High zone.
• Home value: Zillow’s typical value in ZIP code 37076 (Hermitage) was $397,290 in September 2026.
• Interstate: I-40 Exit 221 (Old Hickory Boulevard) is about 1.7 miles from the population center.

Where it is

The community plan puts the boundaries at Spence Lane on the west, the Cumberland River on the north, the Wilson County line on the east, and Percy Priest Lake, Couchville Pike and I-40 on the south. It says about 40% of the boundary is the river.

It describes three communities:

• Donelson, an older postwar suburban area with an older commercial road, Lebanon Pike, at its center. The plan’s main center is Downtown Donelson along Lebanon Pike.
• Hermitage, generally newer and suburban, where President Andrew Jackson made his home. Its center is around Lebanon Pike and Old Hickory Boulevard.
• Old Hickory, founded as a company town for a factory, with a more traditional layout.

The plan area also takes in Pennington Bend, Hadley’s Bend, Rayon City and Music Valley. It lists the Opryland and Music Valley area, Century City, Donelson Corporate Center and Summit Hospital as major employers, and Nashville International Airport along its southern edge. By 2020 Census block counts, about 43% of residents live in ZIP code 37076, 35% in 37214 and 17% in 37138; Metro’s ZIP code map lists their post offices as Hermitage, Nashville and Old Hickory.

Schools

Metro Nashville Public Schools assigns schools by address. In a public copy of the district’s 2025-26 high school zone map, the whole area is in one zone:

Elementary and middle school zones change from street to street; check one address in the MNPS zone finder. Grades are from the Tennessee Department of Education’s 2024-25 A-F letter grade file. More in our schools guide.

Home values

According to the Zillow Home Value Index (Zillow Research):

ZIP code 37076 also reaches south of I-40 into the Antioch-Priest Lake plan area. The index is a modeled typical value for the middle third of homes, not a sale price. More in our home prices guide.

Parks and trails

From Metro Parks’ park locations:

• Two Rivers Park, about 374 acres with a golf course and dog park, 3150 McGavock Pike.
• Ravenwood Park and Lytle Bend Natural Area, about 770 acres, 3401 Central Pike.
• Crooked Branch Park, about 84 acres, 116 Ray Ave., in Old Hickory.
• Heartland Park, about 74 acres, 3101 Heartland Drive.
• Hermitage Park, about 22 acres, 3720 James Kay Lane.
• Old Hickory Community Center, 1050 Donelson Ave.

Metro’s greenway map shows the Stones River Greenway, the Cumberland River Greenway and the Mill Creek Greenway in the area. Percy Priest Lake is on the southern edge. See our parks and trails guide.

Getting around

• Interstates: from the population center, I-40 Exit 221 (Old Hickory Boulevard) is about 1.7 miles, Exit 219 (Stewarts Ferry Pike) about 1.9 miles and Exit 216 (Donelson Pike and the airport) about 3.2 miles, as the crow flies, per OpenStreetMap exit numbers. Briley Parkway has exits at Lebanon Pike (8), Two Rivers Parkway (10), Opry Mills Drive (11) and McGavock Pike (12).
• Distances: about 10 miles by road to the Metro Courthouse on Public Square and 6.9 miles to Nashville International Airport (BNA), measured on the OpenStreetMap road network. These are distances, not drive times.
• Transit: in WeGo Public Transit’s current schedule data, routes 6 Lebanon Pike, 18 Airport and 34 Opry Mills stop in the area, and the WeGo Star commuter train (route 90) has stops inside it. Maps are on WeGo’s bus page.

Groceries and everyday stores

From OpenStreetMap:

• Kroger on McGavock Pike, Lebanon Pike and Old Hickory Boulevard.
• Publix, Walmart Supercenter and ALDI on Lebanon Pike.
• Piggly Wiggly on Robinson Road in Old Hickory.
• CVS Pharmacy on Lebanon Pike and Hermitage Pharmacy on Central Pike.

More neighborhoods

Donelson-Hermitage-Old Hickory is one of the areas in our Nashville neighborhoods guide. Next door: Antioch-Priest Lake to the south, East Nashville and Madison across the river.

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Plan area boundaries, ZIP codes and parks: Metro Nashville. School zones: Metro Nashville Public Schools. Population and housing counts: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census.

Frequently asked questions

What area does Donelson-Hermitage-Old Hickory cover?

Metro’s plan area is bounded by Spence Lane on the west, the Cumberland River on the north, the Wilson County line on the east, and Percy Priest Lake, Couchville Pike and I-40 on the south. It covers about 55 square miles.

What high school serves Donelson and Hermitage?

In MNPS’s 2025-26 zones, the whole area is in the McGavock High zone. McGavock, 3150 McGavock Pike, earned a D in Tennessee’s 2024-25 letter grades.

What is the typical home value in Hermitage, Tennessee?

Zillow’s typical value was $397,290 in ZIP code 37076 in September 2026, down 2.3% in a year, according to the Zillow Home Value Index. It was $358,311 in 37214 (Donelson) and $383,675 in 37138 (Old Hickory).

Is Old Hickory part of Nashville?

Yes. Old Hickory is inside Metro Nashville and Davidson County. The community plan says it was founded as a company town for a factory.