Burns is a town in Dickson County, Tennessee, in the United States. It is part of the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, Burns had a population of 1,573.

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Town numbers

ZIP code37029

Area code615

Living in Burns

Housing in Burns

$453K≈ same as a year ago Typical home value · Zillow

The typical Burns home is worth about $453,000, about the same as a year ago, 36% above the Tennessee typical home.

A seller's market

Buyer’sBalancedSeller’s

Days on market27

Sale-to-list100.4%

Sold in May7

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Safety in Burns

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Not graded

A grade needs all of the FBI's latest years (2023–2025). Burns's police department reported only 2025, so we don't grade it yet. The figures below are still real.

Violent crime per 1,000

Burns 0.5

Tennessee 5

U.S. 3.3

Property crime per 1,000

Burns 4.6

Tennessee 16.6

U.S. 15.5

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Schools in Burns

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B⁺

School Grade B+

The public schools Burns’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 67% of Tennessee’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

DistrictDickson CountySchools2

Stuart Burns Elementary AElementary · Grades PK–5 · 706 students Burns Middle School A-Middle · Grades 6–8 · 494 students

School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within TN. Ratings are from neighbors.

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