Belle Meade vs Nashville

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

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

Nashville has the higher population (684,298 vs 2,824 in Belle Meade). Belle Meade has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $75,197 in Nashville). Belle Meade has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $383,100 in Nashville).

Population, income & housing

	Belle Meade	Nashville
Population	2,824	684,298
Median age	45.0 yrs	34.4 yrs
Median household income	$250,001	$75,197
Median home value	$2,000,001	$383,100
Median gross rent	$3,501	$1,486
Housing units	980	333,074
Homeownership rate	97.7%	53.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	89.0%	46.9%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belle Meade	Nashville
Population	2,280 → 2,824 (+23.9%)	663,750 → 684,298 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$250,001 → $250,001 (+0.0%)	$59,828 → $75,197 (+25.7%)
Median home value	$1,524,400 → $2,000,001 (+31.2%)	$239,000 → $383,100 (+60.3%)
Median gross rent	$2,828 → $3,501 (+23.8%)	$1,100 → $1,486 (+35.1%)

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

Nashville

Population

663,750684,298

Median household income

$59,828$75,197

Median home value

$239,000$383,100

Median gross rent

$1,100$1,486

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belle Meade	Nashville
Under 5	4.7%	6.6%
5 to 17	22.0%	14.3%
18 to 24	8.7%	9.7%
25 to 34	3.9%	20.4%
35 to 44	10.7%	14.5%
45 to 54	14.5%	11.2%
55 to 64	16.0%	10.9%
65 to 74	10.9%	7.9%
75 and over	8.5%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belle Meade	Nashville
White (non-Hispanic)	93.9%	52.9%
Black or African American	0.7%	25.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.5%	3.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.5%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	13.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belle Meade	Nashville
No high school diploma	0.0%	9.8%
High school graduate	5.4%	20.2%
Some college or associate's	5.6%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	42.2%	29.1%
Graduate or professional degree	46.8%	17.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belle Meade	Nashville
Drove alone	74.7%	68.1%
Carpooled	0.9%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.7%
Walked	0.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	23.4%	18.3%
Other means	1.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belle Meade	Nashville
1-unit, detached	95.0%	49.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	9.1%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	14.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	18.3%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Belle Meade	Nashville
Poverty rate	1.5%	14.1%
Average household size	3.05	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	18	25
Median year structure built	1953	1985