Housing in Donelson - Hermitage - Old Hickory at a glance
- Population
- about 82,212
- Housing units
- about 42,051
- Median value, owner-occupied homes
- $361,000Nashville: $413,600 (-13%)
- Median gross rent
- $1,610 a monthNashville: $1,586 (+1%)
- Owner-occupied homes
- 59%Nashville: 52.4%
- Homes built before 1980
- 37.3%
- Median year built
- 1986
Donelson - Hermitage - Old Hickory, in north-east Nashville, tracks the city on rent and falls short on value. Rent of $1,610 is 1% over the $1,586 Nashville-wide level, fourth of ten, while owners report $361,000, 13% beneath $413,600 and seventh of ten. Ownership reaches 59% of households, ahead of the 52.4% for the city. Some 37.3% of the housing is older than 1980, and the middle year of construction is 1986. East Nashville reports $477,000, with older stock, 60.8% pre-1980. South Nashville reports $378,000, but only 35.8% of households own there. Madison, the lowest-value area in the city, reports $309,000, and renters outnumber owners there. Its stock is newer than that of its three neighbours: East Nashville's pre-1980 share is 60.8%, South Nashville's 61.6% and Madison's 50.8%. Rent here also tops all three, since East Nashville charges $1,550, Madison $1,340 and South Nashville $1,360. The area therefore pairs newer homes with the highest rent in that group, even as values stay lower than East Nashville's.
Questions about Donelson - Hermitage - Old Hickory
What is the median home value in Donelson - Hermitage - Old Hickory, Nashville?
$361,000 for owner-occupied homes, against $413,600 for Nashville as a whole (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary). It is the owners' own estimate of their home's value, not a sale price.
What is the median rent in Donelson - Hermitage - Old Hickory?
$1,610 a month in gross rent (rent plus utilities paid by the renter), against $1,586 in Nashville (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary).
Do most people in Donelson - Hermitage - Old Hickory own or rent?
Most own: 59% of occupied homes are owner-occupied, against 52.4% in Nashville (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary).
Data and method
Data as of: American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, U.S. Census Bureau (retrieved 2026-11-02).
Estimate from the 18 census tracts whose internal point lies within the official boundary: counts are summed, and each median is recomputed from the summed value, rent and year-built brackets (grouped median, linear interpolation). The gap with the city is measured with the same method on the whole city.
Donelson - Hermitage - Old Hickory is one of the 10 most populous of 14 community planning areas of Nashville: estimated population about 82,212 (Payotte estimate: Census ACS 2020-2024 populations of the census tracts whose internal point lies inside the boundary; boundaries from Metro Nashville Planning Department, Community Planning Areas (Subareas), consulted 2026-11-02).
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, tables B01003, B25001, B25003, B25034, B25063, B25064, B25075, B25077; U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer files (census tract internal points). City figures: the same survey, published for Nashville as a whole. Home values are owners' estimates, not sale prices.
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