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“Bonnaroo's hometown — small-town Coffee County living on the I-24 line between Nashville and Chattanooga”
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The quick answer
Manchester is the Coffee County seat on I-24, midway between Nashville and Chattanooga and about an hour from downtown. It hosts the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival and the Old Stone Fort archaeological site. The economy leans on manufacturing, logistics, and the nearby Arnold Engineering Development Complex.
Manchester is the county seat of Coffee County, with a 2020 census population of 12,213 (estimated near 14,000 by 2026), sitting right on Interstate 24 about midway between Nashville and Chattanooga. The town is best known nationally as the host city of the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, held each June on a nearby farm, during which the local population temporarily swells toward 100,000. Day to day, Manchester has a sparse, small-town feel where most residents own their homes, anchored by a historic town square, the Little Duck River Greenway, Fred Deadman Park, and Old Stone Fort State Archaeological Park. The local economy leans on advanced manufacturing, logistics, and the nearby Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC), a major aerospace and defense testing installation; other employers include Coffee County industrial-park firms. Most homes inside Manchester are zoned to Manchester City Schools for the elementary and middle grades and to Coffee County Schools (Coffee County Central High School) for high school. For out-of-state movers, it offers a small-town setting with a genuine commute of roughly an hour each way to Nashville.
98 homes for sale in Manchester right now
Active listings as of 2026-09-23 · Source: Realtracs via MLS GRID
Source: Realtracs via MLS GRID · retrieved 2026-09-06
↓ $13,0001 / 6$315,000
123 Houston Bell Road
Manchester, TN, 37355
A L Jones Farm · Acreage · Single level
“123 Houston Bell Road Manchester - NO CITY TAXES!! NO HOA!!! 5 miles off I-24 - 3 BR 2 BA…”
2 days on market
Listed by HASTY REALTY LLC · MLS# 3304577
Active · (931) 684-4000
1 / 6$429,900
1511 5th Ave
Manchester, TN, 37355
Hastings Estates · Single level · Main-level primary
“This spacious all-brick home offers 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, and 2,243 square feet of…”
16 days on market
Listed by Southern Middle Realty · MLS# 3544292
Active · (931) 597-0263
1 / 6$549,900
416 Powers Rd
Manchester, TN, 37355
River Park · Acreage · 3-car garage
“Discover the space, privacy, and versatility you’ve been looking for on this beautiful…”
17 days on market
Listed by Better Homes & Gardens Real Estate Heritage Group · MLS# 3543052
Active · (931) 680-1680
1 / 6$399,900
112 Goose Pond Rd
Manchester, TN, 37355
Single Family Residence · Acreage · Single level
“Welcome to this well-maintained brick home situated on 5 level acres, offering plenty of…”
19 days on market
Listed by Tree City Realty · MLS# 3527433
Active · (931) 474-7355
↓ $5,100 · Sep 151 / 6$499,900
79 Bluegrass Dr
Manchester, TN, 37355
Lexington · Main-level primary
“PRICE REDUCTION - HIGHLY MOTIVATED SELLERS Welcome to 79 Bluegrass Dr, a beautiful all…”
19 days on market
Listed by Maples Realty & Auction Co. · MLS# 3542496
Active · (615) 896-4740
1 / 5$349,900
82 Laurel View St
Manchester, TN, 37355
Laurel View · New construction
“The Biltmore Plan, this plan features 3 beds and 2.5 baths, granite in kitchen with white…”
18 days on market
Listed by Harney Realty, LLC · MLS# 3531531
Active · (615) 624-7529
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Questions people ask about Manchester
Manchester is Bonnaroo's hometown — the Music and Arts Festival is held each June on a farm just outside town, and for one week the population of Coffee County changes completely. The rest of the year it is a small county town on I-24, roughly halfway between Nashville and Chattanooga.
The other landmark is Old Stone Fort State Archaeological Park, a roughly two-thousand-year-old American Indian ceremonial earthwork on the Duck River, with waterfalls and trails. Fred Deadman Park and the Little Duck River Greenway connect the parks, schools and town square. The Arnold Engineering Development Complex is close enough to be a meaningful part of the local job base.
Orientation: Coffee County is southeast of Rutherford County on I-24, so from Nashville you pass Murfreesboro and keep going. Murfreesboro is roughly the halfway point, and that matters — for a lot of Manchester residents it is the practical big-city destination rather than Nashville.
Practically, this is a small market with a mix of older in-town housing and newer subdivisions such as Spring House Estates and Stonehenge near the Old Stone Fort. Little Leaf Farms' greenhouse campus is the marquee project currently reshaping the local economy.
About 64 to 65 miles via I-24, roughly an hour to downtown Nashville in light traffic and longer during weekday Nashville and Murfreesboro rush hours. Manchester sits at Exit 111, directly on the interstate, so at least the access is simple.
As a daily drive it is demanding. The realistic version for most people here is that Murfreesboro — half the distance — is the regular trip, Nashville is occasional, and Chattanooga is about the same distance in the other direction if that matters to you.
We don't rate schools and we don't characterize any area as safe or otherwise — those are your calls to make, from the official record, and an agent who makes them for you is doing you a disservice. What we will do is hand you the primary sources and get out of the way.
Zoning is set by address, not by subdivision name, so the district's own school-locator tool is the only answer that holds for the specific house you're looking at. Our sources page links the Tennessee Department of Education report card, the district lookups, and the official crime-data portals, with no commentary from us on any of them.
What's changing in Manchester
Updated June 2026Little Leaf Farms, the controlled-environment lettuce grower, selected Manchester for its first Tennessee location and third campus overall — a nearly $75 million, 215-acre project at the Manchester Industrial Park that will create 318 jobs and become the company's largest indoor leafy-greens facility, with construction underway and an anticipated opening in fall 2026.
The standout current development in Manchester, Coffee County, is the Little Leaf Farms Tennessee campus, announced June 30, 2025 by the company and the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development (TNECD). It is Little Leaf Farms' first Tennessee location and its third campus overall, joining existing operations in Massachusetts (where the company was founded) and Pennsylvania.
Scope and size: The project sits on a 215-acre campus at the Manchester Industrial Park. The initial build is 40 acres of greenhouses under glass, with a stated option to expand to 80 acres. Reported land transactions tied to the company's industrial-park footprint involve roughly 115 acres of sale-and-lease activity. The investment figure cited by the state and company is nearly $75 million.
Jobs: TNECD and the company put job creation at 318 new jobs over five years (some early local coverage rounded this to '300 jobs').
What it produces: The facility uses controlled environment agriculture (CEA) — hydroponic, greenhouse-grown packaged leafy greens (baby lettuce) produced year-round using captured rainwater and natural sunlight. The company states the Tennessee campus will more than double its production capacity and become the largest indoor leafy-greens facility in North America, with output capable of serving the Midwest, Southeast, and Texas markets.
Developer/builder: Little Leaf Farms (founder and CEO Paul Sellew) is the project owner. The greenhouse build is being delivered by VB, a Dutch turnkey greenhouse provider that has partnered with Little Leaf Farms since its founding.
Timeline and status: Financing was reported as already in place at announcement. Construction was set to begin in summer 2025, with an anticipated launch in fall 2026. As of mid-2026 the project is in active construction toward that fall 2026 target.
Public support: The State of Tennessee and local economic-development partners supported the project. Separately, in January 2025 the Industrial Board of Coffee County was awarded $1,610,450 in TNECD Site Development Grant funding to enhance infrastructure at the Manchester Industrial Park, the same park where Little Leaf Farms is locating.
Context — other Manchester Industrial Park activity (smaller than Little Leaf Farms): Aspen Technologies announced a polyurethane foam molding plant ($5.1 million investment, 161 jobs over five years); Dot Foods opened a redistribution facility at 600 Manchester Industrial Parkway with a ribbon-cutting on July 30, 2024. Coffee County has also pursued an I-24 industrial 'megasite,' which as of the available reporting is in site-preparation/zoning stages without a committed anchor tenant.
Manchester's recent additions cluster on the historic downtown square and along the Hillsboro Boulevard corridor near I-24. Arrivals since 2025 include a steakhouse, two coffee concepts, a food-truck-turned-storefront, a restaurant in the former Oak Restaurant space, a Panera, a Jimmy John's and a home-décor shop on Murfreesboro Highway, with a Dairy Queen and a Wawa in the works.
Bakery-cafe on Hillsboro Boulevard, the first Panera location in Manchester. It serves soups, salads, sandwiches and bakery items, and opened at 6 a.m. on Thursday, April 30, 2026.
Restaurant · opened April 30, 2026
Family-owned sandwich shop at 2526 Hillsboro Blvd serving made-to-order subs for pickup and delivery. It opened on Wednesday, April 8, 2026, following several months of construction.
Restaurant · opened April 8, 2026
Brick-and-mortar restaurant on Manchester's downtown square from the local couple behind the Heaven in Your Mouth food truck. The storefront is their move from the truck into a permanent dining room.
Restaurant · opened October 2025
American steakhouse on the downtown square at 119 S Irwin St from Chef Brett Binninger-Schwartz, a Season 21 Hell's Kitchen finalist, and his wife Ashley. It serves dinner Wednesday through Sunday, with brunch on Saturday and Sunday.
Restaurant · opened September 2025
Sit-down coffee bar on Manchester's historic downtown square, opened by Renee Holt. It serves coffee and espresso drinks alongside pastries.
Coffee · opened August 2025
Drive-thru coffee stand at 22 Kimberly Lane, just off I-24 near the Hillsboro Boulevard corridor. The menu covers specialty coffee, infused energy drinks, teas, smoothies and shakes.
Coffee · opened summer 2025
Restaurant opened by longtime restaurateurs Bill and Laura Medley in the former Oak Restaurant space in Manchester.
Restaurant · opened February 2025
Dairy Queen under construction on Woodbury Highway, developed by Jaie Damron of Tullahoma with Atlas Construction as the builder. Crews broke ground in late July 2026 and the build was estimated to take about five months.
Restaurant · under construction as of July 2026
Convenience store and food retailer planned for Manchester as part of Wawa's entry into Tennessee. Manchester is among roughly 20 Tennessee sites the chain has under contract; no local opening date has been announced. Wawa stores sell made-to-order hoagies, built-to-order coffee and bakery items.
Grocery / Food hall · site under contract; opening date not announced
Home-décor shop at 320B Murfreesboro Highway in Manchester, opened in June 2026 by owner Elizabeth Sunday. It stocks home-décor items priced from about $3 to under $100.
Retail · opened June 2026
Figures reviewed July 2026. We pull current, address-level comparables before any offer.
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Manchester is approximately About 64-65 miles via I-24 W; roughly 1 hour to downtown Nashville in light traffic, longer during weekday Nashville/Murfreesboro rush hours. Murfreesboro is roughly the halfway point. from downtown Nashville, depending on traffic and your specific route.
Manchester is the seat of Coffee County, a town of roughly 12,000–14,000 people on I-24 best known as the home of the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival and the roughly 2,000-year-old Old Stone Fort archaeological site on the Duck River. It's commonly a fit for Buyers seeking a small-town setting on I-24, Commuters comfortable with an hour-plus drive on I-24, Manufacturing, logistics, and AEDC/aerospace-defense workers, Outdoor and music-festival enthusiasts (Old Stone Fort, Bonnaroo), People wanting a small-town, county-seat lifestyle.
Areas commonly searched in Manchester include Forest Mill / Ragsdale, Manchester South, Bryan Mill / Mud Creek, Baucom, Spring House Estates (new construction), Stonehenge by Ole South (new construction, near Old Stone Fort). We can pull recent comparable sales and tell you what's currently driving demand in each, so you can decide what fits.
The Will Johnson Team (eXp Realty) works Manchester regularly — a 5.0-rated team on Google and Zillow, RealTrends Verified 2026, licensed in Tennessee since 2013, and quoted as an expert source by CBS MoneyWatch and Bottom Line Personal. Call 615-265-1000 to talk through buying or selling in Manchester — the first conversation carries no commitment.
Manchester is Bonnaroo's hometown — the Music and Arts Festival is held each June on a farm just outside town, and for one week the population of Coffee County changes completely. The rest of the year it is a small county town on I-24, roughly halfway between Nashville and Chattanooga. The other landmark is Old Stone Fort State Archaeological Park, a roughly two-thousand-year-old American Indian ceremonial earthwork on the Duck River, with waterfalls and trails. Fred Deadman Park and the Little Duck River Greenway connect the parks, schools and town square. The Arnold Engineering Development Complex is close enough to be a meaningful part of the local job base.
Orientation: Coffee County is southeast of Rutherford County on I-24, so from Nashville you pass Murfreesboro and keep going. Murfreesboro is roughly the halfway point, and that matters — for a lot of Manchester residents it is the practical big-city destination rather than Nashville. Practically, this is a small market with a mix of older in-town housing and newer subdivisions such as Spring House Estates and Stonehenge near the Old Stone Fort. Little Leaf Farms' greenhouse campus is the marquee project currently reshaping the local economy.
About 64 to 65 miles via I-24, roughly an hour to downtown Nashville in light traffic and longer during weekday Nashville and Murfreesboro rush hours. Manchester sits at Exit 111, directly on the interstate, so at least the access is simple. As a daily drive it is demanding. The realistic version for most people here is that Murfreesboro — half the distance — is the regular trip, Nashville is occasional, and Chattanooga is about the same distance in the other direction if that matters to you.
We don't rate schools and we don't characterize any area as safe or otherwise — those are your calls to make, from the official record, and an agent who makes them for you is doing you a disservice. What we will do is hand you the primary sources and get out of the way. Zoning is set by address, not by subdivision name, so the district's own school-locator tool is the only answer that holds for the specific house you're looking at. Our sources page links the Tennessee Department of Education report card, the district lookups, and the official crime-data portals, with no commentary from us on any of them.
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About the authors
Will Johnson leads The Will Johnson Team at eXp Realty, serving buyers and sellers across Middle Tennessee — Manchester, Nashville, Hendersonville, Gallatin, Sumner County, Brentwood, Franklin, Mount Juliet, Murfreesboro and the surrounding communities. A U.S. Army veteran who served 14 years and rose to the rank of Major, and a former ICU nurse and nurse anesthetist (CRNA) who graduated with a 4.0 from MTSA, he has been licensed in Tennessee since 2013 (license #330494); in the last 12 months (as of 2026) the team has closed $27.7 million in volume across 64 transactions. The team holds a 5.0 rating on Google and Zillow, is RealTrends Verified 2026, has been featured as an expert source by CBS MoneyWatch and Bottom Line Personal, and can be reached at 615-265-1000.
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