§ Rutherford County · 18.6 mi from Murfreesboro
Foundation repair in Eagleville, TN
Eagleville has a bigger share of older houses than most of the county, and older houses fail in their own ways.
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Eagleville at a glance
- Drive from Murfreesboro
- About 19 miles southwest
- County
- Rutherford (Williamson until 1877)
- Population (ACS 2024)
- 999
- Median year homes built
- 1989
- Homes built before 1980
- About 43%
- Owner occupied
- 83%
- Mapped soil at city center
- Hampshire silt loam, rock near 4 feet
Drive distance: OpenStreetMap routing from central Murfreesboro. Housing figures: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-year estimates (read through Census Reporter, Nov 2026). Small places carry wide margins of error. Soil: USDA NRCS Soil Data Access, map unit at the community's center point. Soil maps describe typical conditions, not your lot. History: Wikipedia, Eagleville, Tennessee.
Two quick answers for Eagleville
My Eagleville farmhouse floors slope. Is that a foundation problem?
Often it is the support under the floor, and the foundation walls are fine. Sagging beams, leaning piers or soft sill plates are common in older crawl space homes and are usually repairable. About 43% of Eagleville homes were built before 1980, so many sit on stacked block or stone piers that have settled over the decades.
Do Murfreesboro contractors serve Eagleville?
Many do, though at about 19 miles southwest it is near the edge of some service areas. Tell us your town and we will match you with a contractor who covers it. Eagleville is in Rutherford County, so jobs from $3,000 to $24,999 need a Tennessee home improvement license. Check it at verify.tn.gov.
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A small city with older housing
Eagleville was founded in 1832 and was part of Williamson County until 1877, when it moved to Rutherford after Williamson would not build a road to Franklin. It is still a small place, with about a thousand residents in the latest Census estimate. What stands out for foundation work is age. More than 40 percent of homes here were built before 1980, about double the county rate.
Older homes in this part of the county are often on crawl spaces, sometimes on stacked stone or block piers set on shallow footings. After decades, those piers lean, wood sills soften where water has wicked in, and floors start to dip toward the middle of the house. The fix is usually not dramatic. It might be new piers on proper footings, replacing a section of sill plate, or sistering a few joists. The hard part is getting someone who does that kind of work, because some crews only want slab pier jobs.
The soil here, and a soil series with the town's name
The USDA maps the center of Eagleville as Hampshire silt loam, which is well drained with rock at roughly four feet and only a moderate shrink-swell rating. That is gentler than a lot of the county. There is also a soil series named Eagleville. USDA describes it as a somewhat poorly drained soil formed in clayey alluvium on floodplains, with limestone 20 to 40 inches down. If your property is down near a creek, ask whether it sits on that kind of soil.
Getting a crew to come out
At almost 19 miles from Murfreesboro, Eagleville is at the edge of some crews' normal range. Mention your town when you request an estimate so we match you with someone who covers it. Ask whether there is a trip charge before the visit.
Eagleville is in Rutherford County, so a residential job between $3,000 and $24,999 requires a state home improvement license. Check it at verify.tn.gov.
Before a contractor comes out to Eagleville
Eagleville is about 19 miles from central Murfreesboro. Ask whether the contractor works this far out often and whether the inspection is still free at that distance. The median home here dates from 1989, so expect a mix of crawl spaces, basements and slabs. Say which one you have when you call, because it changes which repairs are on the table.
USDA soil maps show Hampshire silt loam, rock near 4 feet at the center of Eagleville. Soil maps describe typical ground, not your lot, so ask whether the contractor wants a soil test or an engineer's report before quoting piers. Because this is Rutherford County, ask for the contractor's home improvement license number on any job from $3,000 to $24,999.
Repairs we can connect Eagleville homeowners with
National cost ranges from Angi, 2026. See the cost guide for detail.
- 01Foundation repairDiagnosis and repair for settling, cracking or shifting foundations.Most pay $2,225 to $8,133
- 02Pier and helical pier repairSteel push piers and helical piers that carry the house on firmer ground.$1,000 to $3,000 per pier
- 03Slab foundation repairFixes for sinking, cracked or heaving concrete slabs.Slab jacking $500 to $1,300
- 04House levelingLeveling sagging floors and out-of-level crawl space homes.Reshimming $1,200 to $4,000
- 05Crawl space structural repairRotted sills, sagging joists, failing piers and damp crawl spaces.New piers $800 to $4,000
- 06Basement wall repairBowing, leaning or cracked basement and block walls.Basement repair $2,300 to $7,600
- 07Foundation crack repairSealing and structural repair for foundation and wall cracks.Cracks $250 to $800
- 08Foundation inspection and estimatesOn-site evaluations, written estimates and engineer reports.Engineer report $300 to $1,000
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About this guide
Written by the Murfreesboro Foundation Repairs editorial team. The facts on this site come from the sources linked next to them: the U.S. Geological Survey, USDA soil surveys, Census Bureau estimates, Angi's 2026 cost guides and the Tennessee contractor licensing board. Have a licensed contractor or engineer inspect your home before you decide on a repair.
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