Gallatin TN 55+ Communities Compared: Nexus, Nexus South and Lenox Place, 166 Sales at a $395,349 Median (2026)

Gallatin's three 55+ communities closed 166 homes in the past year at a $395,349 median. Nexus South closed $110,475 above Nexus, while a resale Lenox Place condo and a Nexus villa sold within $1,038 of each other.

Nexus, Nexus South and Lenox Place all carry the same age-restricted label, but they are three different markets. From September 26, 2025, through September 25, 2026, they closed 166 homes at a combined median of $395,349: Nexus 113 at $389,990, Nexus South 38 at $500,465 and Lenox Place 15 at $325,000. That is 10.9 percent of Gallatin's 1,516 sales, at a median $39,651 below the city's $435,000.

I'm Ryan Beals, born and raised in Gallatin and Hendersonville, and this post does one job: line the three communities up side by side on price, size, HOA, age and product so you can see which one fits before you tour. If you are still deciding whether to downsize at all, or how to time the sale of your current house, start with the Gallatin 55+ downsizing guide and come back here to pick the community.

One note on the count: Nexus North is left out. It shares the Nexus name but is not age-restricted, and its 22 sales in the same window are covered in the Nexus North guide.

Nexus, Nexus South and Lenox Place at a Glance

Nexus is the volume leader and the most varied. Its 113 sales split into 91 detached homes at a median of $404,990 and 22 attached villas at $327,488, and 107 of the 113 were new construction built from 2024 to 2026. The typical home had 1,707 square feet and sold for $226.22 a foot, and 26 of the 113 were two-story plans.

Nexus South is the move-up tier. 37 of its 38 sales were detached, the median home had 1,796 square feet, and it sold for $265.95 a foot, the highest of the three. Its top sale was $618,085, and 33 of the 38 were one-story.

Lenox Place is the established resale option. All 15 sales were resale homes built from 2005 to 2017, 14 of them attached condos or townhomes, and every one was a single story. 13 of the 15 had two bedrooms, the median was 1,468 square feet, and prices ran from $282,000 to $355,000.

Is Nexus South Really More Expensive, or Just Bigger?

Nexus South closed $110,475 above Nexus on the median, so the fair question is whether that is just more house. It is not. The median Nexus South home was only 89 square feet larger, yet it sold for $265.95 a foot against $226.22 at Nexus, a $39.73 gap.

The like-for-like check says the same thing. Comparing detached homes only, Nexus South closed at $500,940 and $267.26 a foot, and Nexus at $404,990 and $229.65 a foot, a $37.61 per-foot gap. Villas do not explain the difference, because Nexus South sold only 1. A buyer at Nexus South is paying for the plan, the lot and the finish level, not simply extra square footage.

The Lenox Place Condo Versus the Nexus Villa

The closest head-to-head in this market is the one most buyers never run. Lenox Place's 14 attached homes closed at a median of $326,450 and $220.71 a foot. The 22 Nexus villas closed at $327,488 and $221.53 a foot. Price and per-foot cost are nearly identical.

What differs is everything around the price. The Nexus villas are mostly new, 17 of 22, built from 2024 to 2026, with a median 1,472 square feet and a $411 monthly HOA. The Lenox Place condos are resale, built from 2005 to 2017, with a median 1,466 square feet and a $310 HOA, $101 less per month. Lenox Place sellers also negotiate: the median sale closed at 98.5 percent of list, and only 7 of 15 closed at or above list, against 100.0 percent and 95 of 113 at Nexus.

What the HOA Covers in Each Community

At Nexus the fee follows the product, not the street. Villa owners paid a median $411 a month, and all 22 villa sales list exterior maintenance and internet, with insurance on 21 and pest control on 21. Detached Nexus owners paid $257, with internet on 90 of 91 and grounds care on 71, but exterior maintenance on only 9. That is $154 a month, or $1,848 a year, between two homes that can sit on the same street.

Nexus South detached homes ran a median $256 a month, and all 37 list grounds maintenance, internet and pool and club upkeep. Lenox Place ran $310, with exterior maintenance on 10 of its 14 attached sales and water on 7, the only one of the three where the HOA covers water. For a line-by-line look at what each fee buys, see the Gallatin 55+ HOA fee breakdown.

The question I hear most from buyers touring Nexus is why two homes on the same street carry different HOA bills. The answer is the floor plan, not the address: the villas and the detached homes sit under different fee structures that cover different things, and the listing rarely spells that out. Before anyone I work with chooses a plan, I have them read the HOA documents for that exact product and put the monthly fee in their budget right next to the price. It is a small step, and it is usually the one that settles whether the villa or the detached home is the better fit.

Gallatin 55+ Communities Market Data

Data from RealTracs MLS. Rolling 12-month period, September 26, 2025 to September 25, 2026. Closed sales in the City of Gallatin in Nexus, Nexus South and Lenox Place (all phases and name variants; Nexus North excluded as an all-ages community). Detached = Site Built; attached = condo or townhouse. HOA is the median monthly fee. Sale-to-list uses final list price. Schools by MLS assignment. Prior year is the 12 months before, on the same basis.

Active, Coming Soon & Under Contract Homes in Gallatin 55+ Communities

Recently Sold in Gallatin 55+ Communities (Past 12 Months)

How Each Community Moved Over the Past Year

A year ago these three communities were closing 183 homes at a median of $405,850. Today that number is 166 at $395,349, down $10,501 or 2.6 percent, while Gallatin overall rose 6.1 percent to $435,000. That dip tells you the mix changed more than the value did: per square foot the 55+ median rose 3.6 percent, from $223.75 to $231.90, and two-story sales fell from 68 to 31.

Nexus shows it most clearly. Its median fell 7.4 percent, from $420,990 to $389,990, while its price per foot rose 8.4 percent, from $208.65 to $226.22. The detached homes that sold got smaller, 1,707 median square feet against 2,172 a year earlier, as the two-story share fell from 51.2 percent to 23.0 percent. Per foot, Nexus detached homes were up 0.9 percent, essentially flat.

Nexus South moved up for real. Its median rose 19.4 percent, from $419,170 to $500,465, and its per-foot price rose 9.6 percent, from $242.74 to $265.95. Lenox Place eased, from $335,700 to $325,000, down 3.2 percent, with per-foot pricing down 3.4 percent. With only 15 sales, treat Lenox Place's direction as a signal rather than a trend.

Who Is Actually Buying in Gallatin's 55+ Communities, and When They Look

The buyers sort themselves by community. Lenox Place and the Nexus villas draw downsizers who want the lowest entry point and the least exterior upkeep, and the choice between them comes down to new versus resale and the HOA. Nexus detached homes suit buyers who want a yard and a garage without the Nexus South price, and Nexus South draws buyers who sold a larger home and want more finish in a single-story plan. If you are selling a Sumner County house to fund the move, the sell first or buy first guide walks through the timing.

Most of these buyers no longer commute daily, but visiting family often does. From Gallatin the route runs along State Route 386, Vietnam Veterans Boulevard, to I-65, and downtown Nashville is typically 45 to 55 minutes most mornings. The friction point is the Long Hollow Pike and Highway 386 interchange at 109 in the evening rush, so drive it at the hour your family would. Nexus and Nexus South share a street grid on roads such as Holmesburg Circle, Skippack Circle, Synergy Way and Great Belt Bend, and listing remarks point to Lock 4 Park nearby. 14 of the 15 Lenox Place sales came from its Devon Chase Hill condo address, which one listing describes as right off Highway 109.

Timing matters differently in each place. Nexus and Nexus South are builder communities, 140 of the 166 sales were new construction, and inventory arrives as the builder releases homes. Lenox Place only changes hands when an owner decides to sell, so a buyer there needs to be ready when the right unit lists.

Amenities and Schools

By MLS amenity fields, Nexus South listed a gated entry, pool, clubhouse, fitness center and walking trail on 36 of 38 sales. Nexus listed a pool on 112 of 113 and a gated entry on 81, with pickleball on 13. Lenox Place listed a pool and clubhouse on 12 of 15 and a gate on only 1, so do not assume a gate there the way you can at the other two.

All three are assigned to Gallatin Senior High School. Nexus and Nexus South sales split between Howard Elementary and Benny C. Bills Elementary and feed Joe Shafer Middle School, while all 15 Lenox Place sales show Guild Elementary and Rucker Stewart Middle. Zone lines can change, so verify any address with Sumner County Schools.

If none of these three fits, the same budget buys different things elsewhere. See what $400K buys a downsizer in Gallatin, the Gallatin versus Hendersonville comparison at $400K, or the White House 55+ guide for options closer to I-65.

Why Work with Ryan Beals in Gallatin's 55+ Communities

I was born and raised in Gallatin and Hendersonville, and I compare these communities the way they actually differ: villa against condo, detached against detached, fee against fee. A headline median will tell you Nexus South costs more, but it will not tell you that a Nexus villa and a Lenox Place condo cost about the same and carry very different HOA bills.

I work as a patient educator with the Nashville Home Guru team at Compass, ranked number 1 in Nashville and number 7 in Tennessee by the Wall Street Journal's RealTrends rankings, with 1,100+ team transactions. In the builder communities I focus on plan choice, fee structure and timing; at Lenox Place I focus on how a specific condo is priced against its recent neighbors. If you are weighing one of these three, call me at 629-263-0248.

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