Belle Meade vs Goodlettsville

A side-by-side comparison of Belle Meade and Goodlettsville: population, income, housing, and more.

Belle Meade and Goodlettsville are places in Tennessee. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Goodlettsville has the higher population (17,598 vs 2,824 in Belle Meade). Belle Meade has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $65,898 in Goodlettsville). Belle Meade has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $355,000 in Goodlettsville).

Population, income & housing

	Belle Meade	Goodlettsville
Population	2,824	17,598
Median age	45.0 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$250,001	$65,898
Median home value	$2,000,001	$355,000
Median gross rent	$3,501	$1,370
Housing units	980	7,923
Homeownership rate	97.7%	63.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	89.0%	32.7%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belle Meade	Goodlettsville
Population	2,280 → 2,824 (+23.9%)	16,870 → 17,598 (+4.3%)
Median household income	$250,001 → $250,001 (+0.0%)	$60,268 → $65,898 (+9.3%)
Median home value	$1,524,400 → $2,000,001 (+31.2%)	$218,800 → $355,000 (+62.2%)
Median gross rent	$2,828 → $3,501 (+23.8%)	$1,091 → $1,370 (+25.6%)

Belle Meade

Population

2,2802,824

Median household income

$250,001$250,001

Median home value

$1,524,400$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$2,828$3,501

Goodlettsville

Population

16,87017,598

Median household income

$60,268$65,898

Median home value

$218,800$355,000

Median gross rent

$1,091$1,370

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belle Meade	Goodlettsville
Under 5	4.7%	6.6%
5 to 17	22.0%	15.2%
18 to 24	8.7%	7.7%
25 to 34	3.9%	14.7%
35 to 44	10.7%	15.2%
45 to 54	14.5%	11.1%
55 to 64	16.0%	13.2%
65 to 74	10.9%	9.3%
75 and over	8.5%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belle Meade	Goodlettsville
White (non-Hispanic)	93.9%	54.0%
Black or African American	0.7%	25.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.5%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.5%	7.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	9.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belle Meade	Goodlettsville
No high school diploma	0.0%	10.1%
High school graduate	5.4%	27.8%
Some college or associate's	5.6%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	42.2%	20.6%
Graduate or professional degree	46.8%	12.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belle Meade	Goodlettsville
Drove alone	74.7%	74.3%
Carpooled	0.9%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	23.4%	14.6%
Other means	1.0%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belle Meade	Goodlettsville
1-unit, detached	95.0%	55.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	9.9%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	19.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.1%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Belle Meade	Goodlettsville
Poverty rate	1.5%	9.6%
Average household size	3.05	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	18	27
Median year structure built	1953	1990