Nashville, Tennessee had 745,904 residents as of July 1, 2025 (U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2025), ranking #20 nationally and #1 in Tennessee. cost of living runs 3.7% below the U.S. average (BEA RPP 2024); a family of four needs roughly $101,026/yr to break even (2025 modeled). This consolidated city-county profile draws on 11 federal datasets covering population, housing, income, employment, climate, and risk.
Population grew 4.2% from the April 2020 base to mid-2025.
Vintage 2025 · annual estimates
Recent history (V2025 series, 2020 base → 2025).
2020 base: 715,887 → 2025: 745,904 (+4.2%)
Year
Population
Reference date
2020 base
715,887
April 1, 2020
2020
716,153
July 1, 2020
2021
701,450
July 1, 2021
2022
712,156
July 1, 2022
2023
720,989
July 1, 2023
2024
736,623
July 1, 2024
2025
745,904
July 1, 2025
Vintage 2019 · not available
Earlier-vintage history is not available for Nashville. Consolidated city-county governments did not receive direct V2019 PEP estimates.
Place type · consolidated_city
Nashville is a consolidated city-county.
Nashville is a consolidated city-county government. The population shown here is the consolidated total (SUMLEV=170), which combines the city government with the surrounding county. Separately-incorporated enclaves are excluded from this total but counted on their own rows. Density and land area are derived from the balance-entry geometry and are slightly overstated as a result. See the methodology for the SUMLEV=170 ↔ balance-entry mapping.
What's the median income in Nashville?
Median household income is 0% above the U.S. median ($77,853 vs $77,719); 13.9% live in poverty — 1.4 points above the 12.5% U.S. rate.
Income and poverty estimates for Nashville from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year estimates (window 2020–2024). Every figure is shown with its 90% margin of error (MOE). Cells where the ± margin exceeds half the estimate are flagged "low precision." See methodology §12.
Measure
Estimate
± margin / note
Median household income
77,853+0.2% vs US
±1,253
Per capita income
50,640+17.0% vs US
±985
Population in poverty
13.9%
share of population for whom poverty status is determined
Median home value is 38% above the U.S. median ($417,400 vs $303,400); median rent is 17% above ($1,582 vs $1,348); price-to-income ratio is 5.4×, making it 1.4× as cost-burdened as the typical U.S. city (3.9×).
Poverty (Census SAIPE 2024, model-based), unemployment (BLS LAUS 2024 annual averages), and remote-work share (ACS 2020–2024) for Nashville. Numbers are labeled at their native grain — place-grain when BLS publishes it, otherwise per-county. We do not compute population-weighted county averages. See methodology §13.
Measure
Value
Grain
Unemployment rate (annual avg)
2.9%
Nashville (BLS sub-state LAUS)
Civilian labor force
416,995
2024 annual avg
Worked from home
20.3%+45.2% vs US
share of workers 16+ commuting from home · U.S. median: 14% · ACS
County context — Nashville sits in Davidson County:
County
Poverty rate
Median HH income
Unemployment
Davidson County
12.2%
$80,803
2.9%
What workers earn in the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN metro — top occupations by employment plus six curated benchmarks (registered nurse, software developer, elementary teacher, general manager, retail salesperson, truck driver). Wages are metro-area medians from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2024). See methodology §25.
Occupation
Employment
Median annual
Median hourly
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
37,980
$39,350
$18.92
Fast Food and Counter Workers
27,180
$29,460
$14.17
Customer Service Representatives
22,760
$43,520
$20.92
Stockers and Order Fillers
21,010
$37,230
$17.90
Waiters and Waitresses
20,060
$30,300
$14.57
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators
19,690
$49,090
$23.60
Cashiers
19,560
$29,900
$14.37
Retail Salespersons · benchmark
28,140
$34,120
$16.41
Registered Nurses · benchmark
24,460
$81,170
$39.02
General and Operations Managers · benchmark
23,930
$108,380
$52.11
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers · benchmark
18,600
$57,150
$27.48
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education · benchmark
All items run 3.7% below the U.S. average (RPP 96.3); utilities run 28.0% below (RPP 72.0) — the metro's utility affordability is the main driver.
BEA Regional Price Parity (all items)
RPP 96.3
−3.7% vs U.S. average · BEA 2024 · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN metro
HUD Fair Market Rent, 2-BR
$1,730/mo
FY2026 · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN HUD Metro FMR Area
State income tax (top marginal rate)
0%
no state income tax · TY2025
Family-of-four monthly budget total
$8,419/mo
3BR rent + food + childcare + taxes + transport · federal sources
Single-adult monthly budget total
$5,580/mo
1BR rent + food + taxes + transport · federal sources
Local income tax
—
not applicable in Tennessee · no modeled local income tax
Household budget figures are arithmetic floors using current federal sources at the grains documented in methodology. Not a recommended salary, not a poverty threshold, not a composite score.
15.0% foreign-born (U.S. median 14%); Spanish is the most-spoken language at home other than English (10.8% of residents 5+).
Where Nashville's residents come from and what they speak at home, from the ACS 5-Year 2020–2024. Foreign-born is the share of residents born outside the U.S. (any citizenship status); language-at-home is reported only for residents 5 and older.
Measure
Value
± margin / note
Foreign-born share
15.0%+7.0% vs US
share of residents born outside the U.S. · U.S. median: 14% · ACS B05002
Speak only English at home
80.8%
share of population 5+ · ACS C16001 line 2
Top non-English language at home
Spanish10.8%
most-spoken language other than English among residents 5+ · ACS C16001 collapsed buckets
Hottest month: July (90°F avg high). Coldest: January (29°F avg low). Annual precipitation: 51.7 in.
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) for Nashville from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. See methodology §15 for the gridded vs. station source path.
Average monthly highs & lows · 30-year normal (NOAA 1991–2020). Every number on this chart is an average.
bar = avg daily high → avg daily lowprecip in inches below each barprecip in millimeters below each bar
16 non-satellite ISPs serve the area; 90% of locations have gigabit-capable service per ISP filings.
Fixed broadband availability for Nashville from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission's Broadband Data Collection (BDC), as of June 30, 2025. Every speed and provider count below is an ISP-reported advertised maximum — not measured throughput. Actual delivered speeds typically run 60–80% of advertised. See methodology §16.
Measure
Value
Note
Providers serving this city
16 + satellite
distinct ISPs, excluding satellite-only
Fiber providers
13
offer fiber-to-the-premises somewhere in the BDC
Units with ≥100/20 Mbps fixed
100.0%
share of broadband-serviceable units, ISP-reported max
Locations with ≥100 Mbps upload
90.0%
derived: max(fiber ≥100/20, gigabit). Fiber is symmetric; gigabit is ≥100 up by definition
Units with ≥1 Gbps fixed
90.0%
share of broadband-serviceable units, ISP-reported max
Total broadband-serviceable units
408,564
residential locations in the FCC Fabric (not households)
Source: FCC BDC · as of June 30, 2025 · methodology →
In-state context.
Nashville sits at state rank #1 among 345 cities in Tennessee. Nearby in the state ranking:
Nashville is ranked #20 of 19,483 U.S. cities by 2025 population.
Just above in the profiled set: Seattle, WA · #19 · 784,777 residents.
Just below in the profiled set: Denver, CO · #21 · 740,613 residents.
Quick travel facts for Nashville
Quick travel facts.
Nearest commercial airport
Nashville International Airport(BNA) ·
7 mi 11 km from city centroid
Best months to visit
Oct · months when the avg high sits in 65–80°F and precipitation is at or below the city's median monthly precip
Sources: elevation from USGS Elevation Point Query Service (3DEP) · nearest airport from OurAirports CSV (FAA-aligned, type=large/medium, scheduled_service=yes) · best months derived from NOAA 1991-2020 normals · methodology →
Sources · provenance
Every listed dataset is used on this page.
The GEOID for Nashville is 4752004. These are the official datasets used by this profile's main data modules; click "methodology" for inclusion rules and the V2019 ↔ V2025 seam, or "source" for the raw publisher page.
