Here is the straight answer. Indian Hills is an established golf course community on the southeast side of Murfreesboro, in the 37127 zip, wrapped around the fairways of the public Indian Hills Golf Course off Highway 231 South (nashvillehome.guru, 2026; indianhillsgc.com, 2026). It is one of the more mature neighborhoods in town, mostly built out between the late 1980s and the mid 2000s, so the trees are grown and the lots are set. If you are still learning the map, my Murfreesboro homes for sale hub covers every area of town. This page is Indian Hills specifically: the course, the prices, the HOA that actually earns its dues, and the school picture, so you know the neighborhood before you tour it.
What Indian Hills Actually Is
Indian Hills is a large single family community built around a golf course, not a brand new pod off a bypass. One source counts roughly 387 brick homes with a handful of vacant lots left, with construction that began around 1988 and continued into the mid 2000s (nashvillesmls.com, 2026; nashvillehome.guru, 2026). The homes are predominantly all brick or brick with vinyl, most with two car garages, and they sit on lots that run from about 0.15 to just under half an acre (nashvillehome.guru, 2026). The street names are hard to miss once you are in there: Council Bluff Parkway, Red Jacket Trace, Black Bear Trail, Crazy Horse Drive, Black Hawk Way, White Cloud Trail, Calumet Trace, Mandella Way, and Runnymeade Drive all show up in the for sale data (nashvillehome.guru, 2026).
The golf course is the anchor. Indian Hills Golf Course is an 18 hole public facility at 405 Calumet Trace, a par 71 layout of about 6,800 yards with a driving range and a 10,000 square foot clubhouse, open year round (indianhillsgc.com, 2026). You do not have to be a member to play it, which is not something you can say about every course side neighborhood.
Prices, and Why Today's Number Looks High
Indian Hills covers a lot of ground in both size and price, so the number you see depends entirely on which window you are looking through. Over a trailing twelve months, one source counted 24 closed sales from $370,000 to $950,000, with a median of $448,950, an average of $472,488, and price per square foot from $163 to $238 (nashvillehome.guru, 2026). The homes in that data run from about 1,554 to over 4,295 square feet with 2 to 5 bedrooms (nashvillehome.guru, 2026).
Look at what is on the market this week instead and the picture shifts up: 9 active listings averaging $643,978, ranging from $415,000 to $995,000, at about $203 per square foot and an average size near 3,184 square feet (nashvillesmls.com, September 1, 2026). That today number runs high because the larger golf frontage homes are the ones listed right now, not because the whole neighborhood reset overnight. Tell me the size and the budget you are working with and I will pull the real comps for that slice, because a single Indian Hills median does not tell you much when the band is this wide.
The HOA, and What It Buys You
Indian Hills has an HOA, and here the dues actually earn their keep because they tie into the amenities. Recent figures put the most common assessment around $600 a year, billed near $150 a quarter, with a range across the community of roughly $396 to $1,388 a year (nashvillehome.guru, 2026). What sets this one apart from a common area only HOA is what it covers: a swimming pool, tennis courts, and the community common areas, with underground utilities through the neighborhood (nashvillehome.guru, 2026). So the golf is public and pay to play, but the pool and tennis are part of living here. Because the dues figure varies, do not assume one listing's number applies to the home you want. I pull the recorded HOA documents on any Indian Hills offer I write, so you know the exact dues and coverage before you sign.
Schools for Indian Hills
This is the part I will not let you take off a portal. Indian Hills is served by Rutherford County Schools, and across the ranking pages the most common assignment set is Barfield Elementary, Christiana Middle, and Riverdale High (nashvillehome.guru, 2026; nashvillesmls.com, 2026). One listing on one page shows Black Fox Elementary instead, which is exactly the kind of address by address difference you get in a neighborhood this size when the county redraws lines as it grows (nashvillesmls.com, 2026). I give you the facts and the district's own zone finder, never a guess. My Murfreesboro school zones guide walks through how to check any exact address, and I verify the assignment on every file.
Getting Around from Indian Hills
Location on the southeast side is a real tradeoff in your favor if you point toward the interstate. Off Highway 231 South, you have a quick line to Interstate 24 at exit 81, which is your route north toward Smyrna and the metro (nashvillesmls.com, 2026). Smyrna is roughly 10 minutes north and downtown Murfreesboro is about 15 minutes away, with Walmart, Kroger, and Publix, plus The Avenue Murfreesboro shopping, all within easy reach (nashvillehome.guru, 2026; nashvillesmls.com, 2026).
Nearby South Side Neighborhoods
If Indian Hills does not have the right home the week you are looking, you have options close by. Three Rivers and Evergreen Farms are two neighborhoods worth putting side by side with this one, and I keep a page on each so you can compare the ages, the HOA setups, and the price bands instead of guessing from a portal map. My best neighborhoods in Murfreesboro guide lays out how this whole side of town fits together.
Thinking About Buying in Indian Hills?
If Indian Hills is on your short list, call or text me. Tell me the size and the budget you are after, plus whether golf frontage matters to you, and I will set up a saved search that pings you the minute a matching home hits, then build a showing plan around it. In a neighborhood where the price band runs from the high $300,000s to near a million, knowing which pocket fits your number is half the battle, and that is where I earn my keep. When you are ready to move on a house, my Murfreesboro home buying and inspection guide covers the process from contract to keys. After 25 years in the Army, I do the homework before the mission, and that is exactly how I will run your search.