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Largest Cities in Tennessee

Name: Tennessee Cities: Population, Income & Housing Data
Creator: PlainCities
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Ranked by resident population across 482 tracked cities and towns in Tennessee, using Census ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023). This compares cities and Census-designated places, not metropolitan areas, and carries the same rows into the chart, table, and downloadable CSV below.

Compiled by PlainCities

482
Cities: 4.5M
Combined city pop.: $63,248
Avg median income: 12.5%
Avg poverty rate

Data updated August 2026

The headline finding

Nashville-Davidson is the largest of 482 tracked cities in Tennessee, which ranks #41 of 52 nationally on avg median income.

Nashville-Davidson
largest tracked city (684,298 people): #41
national rank, avg median income: 482
cities tracked in this state

Every figure here is read live from the same table rendered below.

87% of Tennessee's 482 tracked cities are small towns under 10,000 people -- none crosses the 1-million-resident mark.

<10K

417
10K-99K

59
100K-999K

6

What this shows Small towns under 10,000 residents are the largest group in PlainCities' Tennessee coverage, with 417 of 482 tracked places. This is a count of profiled places, not a share of the state's population.

How we calculate this mix & the national home-value percentile below

Every tracked city in Tennessee is bucketed by population: small town under 10,000; mid-size 10,000–99,999; large 100,000–999,999; megacity 1,000,000+. The national home-value comparison below plots Tennessee's average tracked-city home value against all 52 US states/territories, ranked the same way as the per-city percentiles: the state's percentile is the share of states with a lower average home value. See the methodology page for the full source-to-figure lineage.

Nashville-Davidson

684,298
Memphis

629,063
Knoxville

193,721
Chattanooga

182,832
Clarksville

171,897
Murfreesboro

157,547
Franklin

85,575
Johnson City

71,455
Jackson

68,098
Hendersonville

62,390
Bartlett

56,998
Kingsport

55,807

What this shows Nashville-Davidson, TN is the most populous city profiled in Tennessee; the top 100 rows are listed below and the complete 482-row record is available as a CSV.

How Tennessee ranks nationally

Avg median income

$63,248

#41 of 52 · highest income

Avg home value

$216,498

#27 of 52 · highest values

Avg poverty rate

12.5%

#37 of 52 · lowest poverty

Tracked cities

482

#24 of 52 · most tracked cities

Tennessee ranks #41 of 52 nationally on average median income and #37 of 52 on average poverty rate, derived live by comparing it against every other tracked state. Averages are computed only across the cities PlainCities tracks in each state, not full state populations.

How Tennessee's home values compare nationally

Average tracked-city home value vs. all 52 US states/territories

$216,498 Among the most affordable more affordable than 52% of 52 US states

Show national distribution

Each bar is a $50K-wide band; taller bars hold more US states. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023

Largest cities in Tennessee

Showing the 100 most-populous tracked places, ordered by population. Download the CSV for every one of the 482 city records and their source-backed fields.

#	City	Population	Median Income	Home Value	Poverty
1	Nashville-Davidson	684,298	$75,197	$383,100	10.3%
2	Memphis	629,063	$51,211	$157,100	17.9%
3	Knoxville	193,721	$50,994	$214,000	13.0%
4	Chattanooga	182,832	$61,028	$259,200	12.4%
5	Clarksville	171,897	$66,786	$236,100	9.2%
6	Murfreesboro	157,547	$76,241	$365,100	5.8%
7	Franklin	85,575	$115,000	$646,300	3.0%
8	Johnson City	71,455	$55,429	$238,000	12.0%
9	Jackson	68,098	$51,552	$195,000	19.6%
10	Hendersonville	62,390	$91,503	$396,500	3.3%
11	Bartlett	56,998	$100,660	$283,700	4.9%
12	Kingsport	55,807	$50,436	$203,000	16.6%
13	Smyrna	55,066	$78,409	$326,700	8.3%
14	Spring Hill	53,585	$106,658	$452,400	3.9%
15	Collierville	51,212	$134,319	$458,300	2.0%
16	Cleveland	48,185	$55,904	$241,800	13.0%
17	Gallatin	46,667	$73,589	$343,700	8.5%
18	Brentwood	45,272	$184,720	$926,700	1.7%
19	Columbia	43,971	$61,204	$261,700	11.1%
20	Lebanon	41,951	$71,320	$359,300	10.7%
21	Mount Juliet	40,828	$107,847	$423,000	3.4%
22	Germantown	40,812	$144,799	$441,200	1.7%
23	La Vergne	38,944	$80,418	$273,700	7.7%
24	Cookeville	35,544	$48,501	$263,800	15.6%
25	Maryville	32,196	$79,340	$310,600	5.3%
26	Oak Ridge	32,088	$71,000	$233,500	7.6%
27	Morristown	30,983	$44,811	$155,700	20.7%
28	Bristol	27,490	$55,007	$182,500	10.1%
29	Farragut	24,309	$142,402	$513,100	1.7%
30	Shelbyville	24,125	$52,290	$224,700	20.3%
31	East Ridge	22,034	$55,988	$182,500	11.0%
32	Tullahoma	20,672	$60,855	$228,800	13.3%
33	Springfield	18,985	$58,741	$235,200	17.1%
34	Sevierville	18,105	$55,106	$264,000	11.9%
35	Goodlettsville	17,598	$65,898	$355,000	4.5%
36	Dickson	16,246	$69,074	$263,100	8.5%
37	Dyersburg	16,075	$51,846	$170,900	13.8%
38	Seymour	15,914	$85,240	$262,800	4.5%
39	Greeneville	15,531	$51,516	$210,700	10.5%
40	Arlington	14,989	$125,909	$367,700	4.1%
41	Nolensville	14,545	$170,068	$695,100	1.0%
42	Elizabethton	14,364	$44,834	$159,700	15.0%
43	Athens	14,250	$53,151	$197,300	14.9%
44	Lakeland	14,068	$113,843	$373,800	1.6%
45	White House	13,875	$87,315	$311,200	6.1%
46	McMinnville	13,765	$43,348	$147,200	13.2%
47	Powell	13,544	$85,281	$264,500	3.5%
48	Portland	13,325	$72,380	$256,400	8.0%
49	Soddy-Daisy	13,117	$67,824	$241,400	4.8%
50	Manchester	12,651	$55,019	$215,700	13.3%
51	Lewisburg	12,607	$52,634	$183,400	24.5%
52	Crossville	12,265	$50,672	$230,300	13.5%
53	Red Bank	11,960	$61,788	$246,100	10.2%
54	Middle Valley	11,808	$93,264	$277,400	2.3%
55	Hartsville/Trousdale County	11,805	$63,190	$284,100	9.8%
56	Lawrenceburg	11,732	$41,458	$158,100	27.5%
57	Alcoa	11,635	$60,049	$232,300	7.9%
58	Collegedale	11,185	$64,905	$332,700	8.4%
59	Millington	11,117	$51,695	$172,800	12.9%
60	Union City	11,040	$45,523	$138,400	17.8%
61	Martin	10,864	$41,510	$177,700	17.9%
62	Lenoir City	10,681	$60,480	$214,300	18.4%
63	Paris	10,313	$39,365	$142,700	19.9%
64	Atoka	10,237	$86,922	$283,500	6.0%
65	Clinton	10,141	$64,005	$204,700	8.7%
66	Fairview	9,751	$88,333	$354,900	8.1%
67	Brownsville	9,634	$39,488	$119,700	25.0%
68	Winchester	9,600	$59,497	$209,300	6.6%
69	Oakland	9,544	$89,240	$297,300	4.8%
70	Halls	9,455	$89,032	$275,900	3.5%
71	Fairfield Glade	9,149	$73,569	$321,300	4.3%
72	Signal Mountain	8,861	$139,714	$482,300	1.8%
73	Bloomingdale	8,840	$50,408	$141,800	21.0%
74	Covington	8,612	$43,512	$163,900	20.4%
75	Jefferson City	8,472	$53,819	$205,000	16.4%
76	Harrison	8,446	$89,753	$254,600	3.4%
77	Pulaski	8,305	$45,420	$168,200	22.7%
78	Milan	8,194	$45,608	$121,400	12.7%
79	Lexington	7,943	$49,253	$173,200	15.1%
80	Thompson's Station	7,855	$122,139	$598,200	0.0%
81	Humboldt	7,799	$42,873	$111,300	15.7%
82	South Cleveland	7,748	$64,607	$195,700	7.1%
83	Ripley	7,718	$39,047	$152,200	25.9%
84	La Follette	7,308	$34,678	$106,000	26.7%
85	Savannah	7,219	$41,396	$163,100	23.9%
86	Dayton	7,191	$56,692	$152,200	14.7%
87	Church Hill	7,057	$69,433	$192,600	4.1%
88	Fayetteville	7,037	$50,890	$191,100	14.0%
89	Greenbrier	6,960	$82,308	$310,400	6.0%
90	Tellico	6,901	$98,214	$484,900	1.7%
91	Newport	6,881	$40,096	$124,300	22.1%
92	Green Hill	6,617	$91,397	$345,000	1.7%
93	Lynchburg	6,611	$66,687	$259,300	6.9%
94	Sweetwater	6,462	$44,661	$166,000	13.6%
95	Munford	6,459	$86,492	$234,600	10.9%
96	Henderson	6,349	$57,727	$130,100	23.3%
97	Pigeon Forge	6,345	$53,839	$258,700	20.4%
98	Loudon	6,235	$58,810	$220,900	11.8%
99	Jonesborough	6,056	$63,155	$247,900	12.8%
100	Kingston	6,042	$70,532	$204,200	6.1%

What to do with Tennessee's city data

482 cities is a lot to browse, here's where to start.

Nashville-Davidson is Tennessee's largest tracked city by population, start there if you want the fullest picture of a major TN metro. Nashville-Davidson profile
2 tracked cities in Tennessee sit at the Census ACS top-code of $250,000 or more, so no single city can be named the highest-income. Browse the city table by income column instead of trusting a single crown. All Tennessee cities
See how Tennessee's cities stack up nationally, not just against each other. National rankings

City counts and averages on this page cover only the 482 places with sufficient Census ACS data, smaller towns below the reporting threshold are not included.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Primary sources: Census ACS, FBI UCR, NOAA Climate Normals, NCES.

Compare beyond this state

Nationwide similar states

Other states closest to Tennessee on two ACS statewide axes: tracked-city population sum and mean of city median household incomes. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a claim that peers share a labor market or climate.

Similar statewide population

Nearest 50-state peers by ACS population of tracked cities. This state: 4,492,683.

4 peers

Similar mean household income

Nearest peers by mean of city median household incomes. This state: $63,248. Population peers are excluded.

4 peers

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many cities does PlainCities track in Tennessee?

PlainCities profiles 482 cities and towns in Tennessee, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (2023).

What is the largest city in Tennessee?

Nashville-Davidson is the largest tracked city in Tennessee, with a population of 684,298.

What is the average household income in Tennessee?

Across the 482 tracked cities in Tennessee, the average median household income is $63,248. Individual cities vary widely - 2 tracked cities in Tennessee sit at the Census ACS top-code of $250,000 or more, so no single city can be named the highest-income.

What is the average poverty rate in Tennessee?

The average poverty rate across Tennessee's tracked cities is 12.5%, based on Census ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023).

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