Population
684,298 residents
Census ACS 2023 — Tennessee
City profile · Tennessee · Census ACS 2023
Population, income, housing, safety, climate and schools for Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance) — drawn straight from Census ACS, FBI UCR, NOAA, NCES, HUD and FEMA, refreshed on the 2024–2025 release cycle.
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance) is a city in Tennessee with a population of 684,298 residents based on U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Median household income here reaches $75,197 per year, while the poverty rate sits at 10.3%. Typical homes in Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance) are valued around $383,100, and the median resident age is 34.4 years. About 46.9% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 68.8% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Housing supply pressure shows in Census Building Permit Survey data: 6,799 residential units were authorized in 2024 (Construction Slowdown), down 30% from five years earlier.
On a cost-of-living index where 100 equals the national average, Tennessee registers 91.9 (Near Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,118 per month. Average monthly utility bills run around $218 based on EIA 2023 residential energy data. FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 52.5 out of 100 (Low).
According to the U.S. Census Bureau's 2023 American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates, PlainCities renders standardized city-level demographic, income, education, employment, and housing indicators across more than 19,000 incorporated places nationwide. Population counts and median household income figures are sourced directly from Census Table B01003 and B19013 respectively, with poverty rates from B17001 and cost-of-living adjustments from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) Regional Price Parities (RPP) 2024 release. Every value displayed in this snapshot links back to the official upstream tables and is refreshed on the ACS annual release cadence (typically December of the survey year + 1).
Methodology: city boundaries follow the Census Bureau's place-level geography (incorporated places, census-designated places, and consolidated city-county governments), with FIPS codes ensuring consistent identifiers across decennial and annual surveys. Cost-of-living comparisons use BEA's Regional Price Parities (RPP) indexed to the national average (100), enabling cross-city purchasing-power comparisons. See our methodology page for full source attribution, refresh cadence, and known data quality limitations including margin-of-error disclosure and sample-size thresholds.
Population
684,298 residents
Census ACS 2023 — Tennessee
Median Household Income
$75,197 /yr
Poverty 10.3%
Cost of Living Index
91.9 (US=100)
Near Average — BEA RPP 2024
Where Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance) sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure — computed live from Census and FBI data.
Percentiles compare Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance) against every US city with at least 1,000 residents. "Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
Census ACS S1501 — educational attainment
Census ACS S1701 — poverty status
Census ACS S2301 — share of working-age residents in the labor force
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) — annual residential permits authorized
| Year | Total |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 9,765 |
| 2020 | 13,149 |
| 2021 | 16,137 |
| 2022 | 14,795 |
| 2023 | 11,158 |
| 2024 | 6,799 |
Permit volume decreased 30% from 2019 to 2024.
How workers travel to work — Census ACS 2023
Based on 376,578 workers 16 and over.
State-average estimates for Tennessee — EIA 2023 residential energy data
Estimates reflect Tennessee state averages. Actual costs vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Tennessee state-level data from PlainCost, PlainRent, and PlainHazard
National-average reference values shown when city-level race/ethnicity table is not loaded. Source: Census ACS 5-year, OMB Directive 15 race-and-ethnicity categories.
Census ACS 2023 — population and median income benchmarks
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Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN has a population of 684,298 according to U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates.
The median household income in Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance) is $75,197 per year, based on Census ACS 2023 data.
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance) has a cost of living index of 91.9 (U.S. average = 100), rated "Near Average" based on BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 data.
The median home value in Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance) is $383,100, according to Census ACS 2023 estimates.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.
Read our methodology — how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.