165 census tracts
Nashville.Tennessee housing market
This Nashville housing market report covers about 342,900 homes across 165 census tracts. Picking the tract matters more in Nashville than in most markets: the middle half of its tracts spans 77 to 85 on the Location Score, wider than in 131 of the 139 markets PriceDNA tracks. For August 2026, the average listing price is $992,361 across 3,492 active listings (Realtor.com Economic Research, Monthly Housing Inventory).
- Average listing price
- $992,361 3,492 active listings · Realtor.com Economic Research, Monthly Housing Inventory · August 2026
- Approximate homes
- 342,900 across 165 assigned tracts
- Renter-occupied
- 48% of occupied homes
Nashville housing market context
- The average listing, $992,361, costs 13.4 times the median household income, higher than in 131 of the 139 markets.
- Rent growth in Nashville is running at 5.5% a year at the median, faster than in 125 of the 139 markets, against the Tennessee median of 3.9%.
- The median census tract scores 81.4 on the PriceDNA Location Score™, higher than in 113 of the 139 markets.
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Location score distribution
How location scores vary across 165 census tracts in Nashville.
Half of Nashville's tracts score between 77 and 85. The full range spans 66 to 98, with a median of 81.4.
What the location score shows
PriceDNA Location Score™ is a 0 to 100 signal designed to summarize local strength and risk context for rental-property analysis. Higher scores generally point to stronger location fundamentals.
The middle half of Nashville's tracts is 8.3 points wide on the score, wider than in 131 of the 139 markets PriceDNA tracks.
To see the location score for your specific property, analyze a property
Housing composition
Key housing statistics for approximately 342,900 homes in Nashville, including occupancy, tenure, and structure type.
Of about 342,900 homes, 9.1% are vacant. Among occupied homes, 48% are renter-occupied, providing context on the size of the local rental base.
By structure type, about 58% of Nashville’s housing units are in single-family structures, 7% in small multifamily buildings (2 to 4 units), and 34% in larger multifamily buildings (5+ units). Percentages are rounded; small residual structure categories are not shown.
How Nashville compares
Nashville's median is above the Tennessee median on 5 of these 8 measures and above the U.S. median on 5. The city range shows the lower quarter, median and upper quarter of its census tracts.
| Metric | Nashville lower · median · upper Nashville | Tennessee TN | United States US |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Census ACS B19013 · 2020 to 2024
|
$61,725 $73,992 $91,376 | $64,675 | $77,171 |
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Census ACS B15003 · 2020 to 2024
|
39% 52% 68% | 34% | 41% |
|
Census ACS B01001 · 2020 to 2024
|
36% 42% 47% | 31% | 32% |
|
FHFA HPI · 2025
|
5.2% 5.3% 5.3% | 6.2% | 5.2% |
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HUD SAFMR · 2018 to 2027 + Census ACS B25064 · 2014 to 2024
|
4.8% 5.5% 6.1% | 3.9% | 3.8% |
|
Census ACS B25103 · 2020 to 2024 + Lincoln Institute
|
1.11% every tract | 1.11% | 1.65% |
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Census ACS B25141 · 2020 to 2024 + U.S. Treasury FIO
|
0.37% 0.43% 0.50% | 0.62% | 0.56% |
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Census ACS B25064 + B19013 · 2020 to 2024
|
28.9% 31.8% 34.9% | 29.0% | 30.8% |
About this data
PriceDNA uses the most local reliable data available for each metric. Some signals are available at the census-tract level. Others are published or more reliable at broader geographies such as county, metro, state, or national level.
Housing-unit totals are approximate. PriceDNA sums Census ACS counts for the tracts assigned to the city by centroid, so the market total can differ from a municipal boundary count when a tract crosses the city line.
The property-tax assumption combines local residential tax data with a state-level apartment benchmark to provide more conservative context for rental-property underwriting. Insurance assumptions use available residential property insurance data and should be verified for the specific property and coverage.
These pages are designed for market screening and investor education. They do not replace property-level underwriting, inspections, appraisals, insurance quotes, lender review, or professional advice.
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