Goodlettsville vs Nashville

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

Goodlettsville 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 17,598 in Goodlettsville). Nashville has the higher median household income ($75,197 vs $65,898 in Goodlettsville). Nashville has the higher median home value ($383,100 vs $355,000 in Goodlettsville).

Population, income & housing

	Goodlettsville	Nashville
Population	17,598	684,298
Median age	38.4 yrs	34.4 yrs
Median household income	$65,898	$75,197
Median home value	$355,000	$383,100
Median gross rent	$1,370	$1,486
Housing units	7,923	333,074
Homeownership rate	63.0%	53.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.7%	46.9%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Goodlettsville	Nashville
Population	16,870 → 17,598 (+4.3%)	663,750 → 684,298 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$60,268 → $65,898 (+9.3%)	$59,828 → $75,197 (+25.7%)
Median home value	$218,800 → $355,000 (+62.2%)	$239,000 → $383,100 (+60.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,091 → $1,370 (+25.6%)	$1,100 → $1,486 (+35.1%)

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

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)

	Goodlettsville	Nashville
Under 5	6.6%	6.6%
5 to 17	15.2%	14.3%
18 to 24	7.7%	9.7%
25 to 34	14.7%	20.4%
35 to 44	15.2%	14.5%
45 to 54	11.1%	11.2%
55 to 64	13.2%	10.9%
65 to 74	9.3%	7.9%
75 and over	6.9%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Goodlettsville	Nashville
White (non-Hispanic)	54.0%	52.9%
Black or African American	25.9%	25.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	2.2%	3.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.6%	0.5%
Two or more races	7.5%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.8%	13.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Goodlettsville	Nashville
No high school diploma	10.1%	9.8%
High school graduate	27.8%	20.2%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	20.6%	29.1%
Graduate or professional degree	12.1%	17.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Goodlettsville	Nashville
Drove alone	74.3%	68.1%
Carpooled	7.2%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.7%
Walked	1.1%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.3%
Worked from home	14.6%	18.3%
Other means	2.7%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Goodlettsville	Nashville
1-unit, detached	55.3%	49.8%
1-unit, attached	9.9%	9.1%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	19.1%	14.4%
20 or more units	8.1%	18.3%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Goodlettsville	Nashville
Poverty rate	9.6%	14.1%
Average household size	2.32	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1990	1985