Housing in Southeast at a glance
- Population
- about 113,878
- Housing units
- about 52,713
- Median value, owner-occupied homes
- $424,000Nashville: $413,600 (+2%)
- Median gross rent
- $1,560 a monthNashville: $1,586 (-2%)
- Owner-occupied homes
- 54%Nashville: 52.4%
- Homes built before 1980
- 35.7%
- Median year built
- 1988
Southeast tracks the Nashville averages closely, which is its defining trait: homes valued at $424,000 against $413,600 for the city, gross rent of $1,560 against $1,586, and 54% owner households against 52.4%. Value and rent each rank fifth of ten, and ownership ranks sixth. Its housing is younger than most, with only 35.7% of units predating 1980, eighth in the ranking, and a typical home dating from 1988. Antioch - Priest Lake, where homes are valued at $309,000, sits well below it, South Nashville at $378,000 sits a little below, and Green Hills - Midtown, at $939,000, towers over all of them. Its 113,878 residents outnumber those of every neighbour listed. Geographically it is a southern sector, positioned south of Nashville's population centre. Owners live in 26,317 of its households and renters in 22,407, so the two groups run close, across 52,713 homes.
Questions about Southeast
What is the median home value in Southeast, Nashville?
$424,000 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 Southeast?
$1,560 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 Southeast own or rent?
Most own: 54% 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 25 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.
Southeast is one of the 10 most populous of 14 community planning areas of Nashville: estimated population about 113,878 (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 Southeast
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 Southeast. 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 Southeast? Ask for your spot.