Housing in South Nashville at a glance
- Population
- about 38,453
- Housing units
- about 19,406
- Median value, owner-occupied homes
- $378,000Nashville: $413,600 (-9%)
- Median gross rent
- $1,360 a monthNashville: $1,586 (-14%)
- Owner-occupied homes
- 35.8%Nashville: 52.4%
- Homes built before 1980
- 61.6%
- Median year built
- 1972
Owner households are scarce in South Nashville: 6,074 of them against 10,871 renter households, a 35.8% ownership rate that is the lowest of Nashville's ten sectors with data and trails the 52.4% for the whole city. Age sets the sector apart as well, since 61.6% of the units here predate 1980, the top of the ranking, and the typical home was put up in 1972. Money figures sit below the city's, with homes valued at $378,000 (sixth of ten, 9% under the $413,600 for Nashville) and gross rent at $1,360 (ninth, 14% under $1,586). Green Hills - Midtown, a neighbour, values homes at $939,000, while East Nashville shows 59.9% owners and Southeast values homes at $424,000. The sector is found close to the middle of Nashville's population, which makes a renter-heavy, older stock a central rather than outlying feature. The estimate rests on 13 census tracts and covers a population of 38,453 spread over 19,406 homes.
Questions about South Nashville
What is the median home value in South Nashville, Nashville?
$378,000 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 South Nashville?
$1,360 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 South Nashville own or rent?
Most rent: 35.8% 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 13 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.
South Nashville is one of the 10 most populous of 14 community planning areas of Nashville: estimated population about 38,453 (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.
Near South Nashville
The closest sectors of Nashville, by distance between population centres.
Other sectors of Nashville
Five trades, one spot each
Payotte lists one professional per trade in South Nashville. No one is listed yet: every spot is open.
- Real estate agentOpen spot
- Mortgage loan officerOpen spot
- Home inspectorOpen spot
- Real estate attorneyOpen spot
- AppraiserOpen spot
Work in one of these trades in South Nashville? Ask for your spot.