Ranked from official statistics; every city opens its own guide.
Ranking CITY (80 largest of Tennessee) Official statistics Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year (via Census Reporter) · Data: ACS 2020–2024
Among the 80 largest places in Tennessee, Brentwood Nolensville and Germantown . Click any column to sort; click a city for its guide.
What the ranking shows Across the 80 places in Tennessee that we cover, the median is $68,882 and the average $75,794; the figure runs from $182,088 (Brentwood ) to $41,012 (Paris ). That is a spread of 4.4 times between the two ends. The state figure is $69,595; 38 of the 80 places are above it and 42 at or below.
How to use it The first five are Brentwood , Nolensville , Germantown , Farragut , Signal Mountain . A high or low position is not good or bad on its own: high incomes often come with higher housing costs, so compare rent as a share of income. Use the Compare tab on each city page to see how two places differ across income, rent, commute and education, and check the county page for the local job market.
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# ⇅ City ⇅ County ⇅ Median household income ⇅ Population ⇅ Median rent ⇅ 1 Brentwood Williamson County $182,088 45,556 $2,825 2 Nolensville Williamson County $177,148 15,074 $2,454 3 Germantown Shelby County $149,920 40,673 $1,816 4 Farragut Knox County $142,093 24,634 $1,966 5 Signal Mountain Hamilton County $141,008 8,860 $1,852 6 Collierville Shelby County $138,598 51,515 $1,691 7 Arlington Shelby County $135,105 15,205 $2,164 8 Thompson's Station Williamson County $132,647 8,294 $2,088 9 Franklin Williamson County $119,528 87,133 $1,923 10 Lakeland Shelby County $116,250 14,192 $1,755 11 Spring Hill Maury County $112,013 55,765 $1,844 12 Mount Juliet Wilson County $107,068 42,073 $2,011 13 Bartlett Shelby County $102,070 56,876 $1,638 14 Oakland Fayette County $97,798 9,979 $1,992 15 Hendersonville Sumner County $97,200 63,091 $1,653 16 Middle Valley (unincorporated) Hamilton County $95,000 12,187 $1,180 17 Fairview Williamson County $91,131 10,009 $1,301 18 Halls (unincorporated) Knox County $90,933 10,272 $1,178 19 White House Robertson County $90,019 14,631 $1,426 20 Atoka Tipton County $89,663 10,385 $1,237 21 Harrison (unincorporated) Hamilton County $89,395 8,011 $1,216 22 Seymour (unincorporated) Sevier County $82,855 16,216 $1,515 23 Powell (unincorporated) Knox County $82,434 13,739 $1,276 24 Maryville Blount County $81,963 32,392 $1,157 25 Smyrna Rutherford County $81,926 56,692 $1,461 26 La Vergne Rutherford County $81,313 40,243 $1,805 27 Murfreesboro Rutherford County $80,108 161,445 $1,481 28 Gallatin Sumner County $77,518 48,532 $1,395 29 Nashville Davidson County $77,371 690,130 $1,586 30 Soddy-Daisy Hamilton County $75,113 13,231 $1,047 31 Lebanon Wilson County $72,848 44,788 $1,306 32 Hartsville Trousdale County $72,747 11,957 $853 33 Portland Sumner County $72,647 13,449 $1,141 34 Oak Ridge Anderson County $72,311 32,693 $1,131 35 Fairfield Glade (unincorporated) Cumberland County $71,682 9,487 $1,310 36 Goodlettsville Sumner County $70,758 17,597 $1,385 37 Collegedale Hamilton County $70,246 11,330 $1,581 38 Dickson Dickson County $69,678 16,424 $1,063 39 Clarksville Montgomery County $69,303 176,456 $1,307 40 Clinton Anderson County $68,882 10,239 $962 41 Lenoir City Loudon County $67,259 11,110 $932 42 Alcoa Blount County $65,714 12,222 $1,282 43 Chattanooga Hamilton County $64,523 185,783 $1,256 44 Red Bank Hamilton County $63,983 12,010 $1,283 45 Columbia Maury County $63,719 45,441 $1,197 46 Winchester Franklin County $62,782 9,799 $974 47 East Ridge Hamilton County $62,247 22,070 $1,147 48 Tullahoma Coffee County $60,979 21,103 $886 49 Jefferson City Jefferson County $60,638 8,579 $851 50 Springfield Robertson County $59,465 19,255 $1,139 51 Cleveland Bradley County $58,559 48,829 $1,034 52 Bristol Sullivan County $58,162 27,636 $842 53 Manchester Coffee County $57,500 12,944 $978 54 Johnson City Washington County $57,254 72,222 $1,023 55 Shelbyville Bedford County $55,073 24,661 $1,056 56 Knoxville Knox County $54,039 195,185 $1,191 57 Athens McMinn County $53,929 14,471 $846 58 Jackson Madison County $53,032 68,435 $1,145 59 Kingsport Sullivan County $52,490 56,262 $907 60 Sevierville Sevier County $52,421 18,397 $1,081 61 Bloomingdale (unincorporated) Sullivan County $52,317 9,292 $836 62 Dyersburg Dyer County $52,064 15,979 $782 63 Memphis Shelby County $51,736 618,980 $1,181 64 Cookeville Putnam County $51,375 36,088 $917 65 Union City Obion County $50,870 10,982 $739 66 Millington Shelby County $49,979 11,289 $1,111 67 Greeneville Greene County $49,889 15,646 $650 68 Lexington Henderson County $49,057 7,962 $720 69 Crossville Cumberland County $48,802 12,428 $815 70 Pulaski Giles County $48,538 8,285 $835 71 Lewisburg Marshall County $48,341 12,861 $872 72 Morristown Hamblen County $47,917 31,527 $882 73 McMinnville Warren County $47,179 13,844 $791 74 Elizabethton Carter County $46,975 14,374 $740 75 Milan Gibson County $43,886 8,244 $805 76 Brownsville Haywood County $43,494 9,622 $767 77 Martin Weakley County $43,381 10,915 $859 78 Lawrenceburg Lawrence County $42,343 11,844 $775 79 Covington Tipton County $42,254 8,587 $933 80 Paris Henry County $41,012 10,338 $780
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