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By AtiveSite · Published 07/11/2026 · Updated 08/11/2026 · Every figure is linked to its source below.
Among the 80 largest places in Tennessee, Nolensville has the highest homeownership (93.6%), followed by Brentwood and Fairfield Glade. Click any column to sort; click a city for its guide.
Across the 80 places in Tennessee that we cover, the median is 63.0% and the average 64.4%; the figure runs from 93.6% (Nolensville) to 41.1% (Cookeville). That is a spread of 2.3 times between the two ends. The state figure is 66.9%; 30 of the 80 places are above it and 50 at or below.
The first five are Nolensville, Brentwood, Fairfield Glade, Signal Mountain, Oakland. A high or low position is not good or bad on its own: read it together with the other measures on the city pages. 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.
| # ⇅ | City ⇅ | County ⇅ | Homeowners (share of households) ⇅ | Population ⇅ | Median household income ⇅ | Median rent ⇅ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nolensville | Williamson County | 93.6% | 15,074 | $177,148 | $2,454 |
| 2 | Brentwood | Williamson County | 90.4% | 45,556 | $182,088 | $2,825 |
| 3 | Fairfield Glade (unincorporated) | Cumberland County | 89.1% | 9,487 | $71,682 | $1,310 |
| 4 | Signal Mountain | Hamilton County | 87.9% | 8,860 | $141,008 | $1,852 |
| 5 | Oakland | Fayette County | 87.0% | 9,979 | $97,798 | $1,992 |
| 6 | Halls (unincorporated) | Knox County | 86.7% | 10,272 | $90,933 | $1,178 |
| 7 | Germantown | Shelby County | 86.7% | 40,673 | $149,920 | $1,816 |
| 8 | Bartlett | Shelby County | 85.6% | 56,876 | $102,070 | $1,638 |
| 9 | Atoka | Tipton County | 85.1% | 10,385 | $89,663 | $1,237 |
| 10 | Farragut | Knox County | 84.8% | 24,634 | $142,093 | $1,966 |
| 11 | Arlington | Shelby County | 84.7% | 15,205 | $135,105 | $2,164 |
| 12 | Middle Valley (unincorporated) | Hamilton County | 83.7% | 12,187 | $95,000 | $1,180 |
| 13 | Thompson's Station | Williamson County | 81.3% | 8,294 | $132,647 | $2,088 |
| 14 | Collierville | Shelby County | 79.9% | 51,515 | $138,598 | $1,691 |
| 15 | Lakeland | Shelby County | 79.2% | 14,192 | $116,250 | $1,755 |
| 16 | Powell (unincorporated) | Knox County | 78.9% | 13,739 | $82,434 | $1,276 |
| 17 | Seymour (unincorporated) | Sevier County | 77.5% | 16,216 | $82,855 | $1,515 |
| 18 | Fairview | Williamson County | 76.9% | 10,009 | $91,131 | $1,301 |
| 19 | White House | Robertson County | 75.9% | 14,631 | $90,019 | $1,426 |
| 20 | Soddy-Daisy | Hamilton County | 75.7% | 13,231 | $75,113 | $1,047 |
| 21 | Bloomingdale (unincorporated) | Sullivan County | 75.0% | 9,292 | $52,317 | $836 |
| 22 | Hartsville | Trousdale County | 74.5% | 11,957 | $72,747 | $853 |
| 23 | La Vergne | Rutherford County | 74.0% | 40,243 | $81,313 | $1,805 |
| 24 | Spring Hill | Maury County | 73.4% | 55,765 | $112,013 | $1,844 |
| 25 | Mount Juliet | Wilson County | 72.1% | 42,073 | $107,068 | $2,011 |
| 26 | Hendersonville | Sumner County | 71.7% | 63,091 | $97,200 | $1,653 |
| 27 | Winchester | Franklin County | 69.8% | 9,799 | $62,782 | $974 |
| 28 | Harrison (unincorporated) | Hamilton County | 69.8% | 8,011 | $89,395 | $1,216 |
| 29 | Maryville | Blount County | 67.5% | 32,392 | $81,963 | $1,157 |
| 30 | Bristol | Sullivan County | 67.4% | 27,636 | $58,162 | $842 |
| 31 | Portland | Sumner County | 66.7% | 13,449 | $72,647 | $1,141 |
| 32 | Alcoa | Blount County | 66.6% | 12,222 | $65,714 | $1,282 |
| 33 | Oak Ridge | Anderson County | 65.8% | 32,693 | $72,311 | $1,131 |
| 34 | Tullahoma | Coffee County | 64.4% | 21,103 | $60,979 | $886 |
| 35 | Franklin | Williamson County | 63.8% | 87,133 | $119,528 | $1,923 |
| 36 | Lenoir City | Loudon County | 63.7% | 11,110 | $67,259 | $932 |
| 37 | Columbia | Maury County | 63.4% | 45,441 | $63,719 | $1,197 |
| 38 | Greeneville | Greene County | 63.0% | 15,646 | $49,889 | $650 |
| 39 | Lexington | Henderson County | 63.0% | 7,962 | $49,057 | $720 |
| 40 | Clinton | Anderson County | 63.0% | 10,239 | $68,882 | $962 |
| 41 | Elizabethton | Carter County | 62.6% | 14,374 | $46,975 | $740 |
| 42 | Lebanon | Wilson County | 62.4% | 44,788 | $72,848 | $1,306 |
| 43 | Dickson | Dickson County | 61.7% | 16,424 | $69,678 | $1,063 |
| 44 | Goodlettsville | Sumner County | 60.5% | 17,597 | $70,758 | $1,385 |
| 45 | Kingsport | Sullivan County | 60.1% | 56,262 | $52,490 | $907 |
| 46 | Athens | McMinn County | 59.9% | 14,471 | $53,929 | $846 |
| 47 | Lewisburg | Marshall County | 59.4% | 12,861 | $48,341 | $872 |
| 48 | Millington | Shelby County | 57.8% | 11,289 | $49,979 | $1,111 |
| 49 | Lawrenceburg | Lawrence County | 57.7% | 11,844 | $42,343 | $775 |
| 50 | East Ridge | Hamilton County | 57.5% | 22,070 | $62,247 | $1,147 |
| 51 | Smyrna | Rutherford County | 57.4% | 56,692 | $81,926 | $1,461 |
| 52 | Gallatin | Sumner County | 57.1% | 48,532 | $77,518 | $1,395 |
| 53 | Paris | Henry County | 56.8% | 10,338 | $41,012 | $780 |
| 54 | Milan | Gibson County | 55.9% | 8,244 | $43,886 | $805 |
| 55 | Red Bank | Hamilton County | 55.8% | 12,010 | $63,983 | $1,283 |
| 56 | Springfield | Robertson County | 55.7% | 19,255 | $59,465 | $1,139 |
| 57 | Clarksville | Montgomery County | 55.5% | 176,456 | $69,303 | $1,307 |
| 58 | Morristown | Hamblen County | 54.9% | 31,527 | $47,917 | $882 |
| 59 | Union City | Obion County | 53.0% | 10,982 | $50,870 | $739 |
| 60 | Nashville | Davidson County | 52.4% | 690,130 | $77,371 | $1,586 |
| 61 | Chattanooga | Hamilton County | 52.4% | 185,783 | $64,523 | $1,256 |
| 62 | Murfreesboro | Rutherford County | 52.4% | 161,445 | $80,108 | $1,481 |
| 63 | Manchester | Coffee County | 51.5% | 12,944 | $57,500 | $978 |
| 64 | Johnson City | Washington County | 51.3% | 72,222 | $57,254 | $1,023 |
| 65 | Jackson | Madison County | 51.2% | 68,435 | $53,032 | $1,145 |
| 66 | Crossville | Cumberland County | 51.2% | 12,428 | $48,802 | $815 |
| 67 | Jefferson City | Jefferson County | 51.1% | 8,579 | $60,638 | $851 |
| 68 | Shelbyville | Bedford County | 50.7% | 24,661 | $55,073 | $1,056 |
| 69 | Sevierville | Sevier County | 50.6% | 18,397 | $52,421 | $1,081 |
| 70 | McMinnville | Warren County | 49.7% | 13,844 | $47,179 | $791 |
| 71 | Dyersburg | Dyer County | 48.2% | 15,979 | $52,064 | $782 |
| 72 | Cleveland | Bradley County | 48.0% | 48,829 | $58,559 | $1,034 |
| 73 | Brownsville | Haywood County | 47.6% | 9,622 | $43,494 | $767 |
| 74 | Pulaski | Giles County | 46.7% | 8,285 | $48,538 | $835 |
| 75 | Knoxville | Knox County | 46.6% | 195,185 | $54,039 | $1,191 |
| 76 | Covington | Tipton County | 45.3% | 8,587 | $42,254 | $933 |
| 77 | Memphis | Shelby County | 44.9% | 618,980 | $51,736 | $1,181 |
| 78 | Collegedale | Hamilton County | 44.0% | 11,330 | $70,246 | $1,581 |
| 79 | Martin | Weakley County | 42.4% | 10,915 | $43,381 | $859 |
| 80 | Cookeville | Putnam County | 41.1% | 36,088 | $51,375 | $917 |
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Nolensville, with 93.6% (among the 80 largest places; ACS 2020–2024).
The 80 largest places in Tennessee by population.