Nashville vs Oak Hill

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

Nashville and Oak Hill 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 4,690 in Oak Hill). Oak Hill has the higher median household income ($202,614 vs $75,197 in Nashville). Oak Hill has the higher median home value ($1,085,100 vs $383,100 in Nashville).

Population, income & housing

	Nashville	Oak Hill
Population	684,298	4,690
Median age	34.4 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$75,197	$202,614
Median home value	$383,100	$1,085,100
Median gross rent	$1,486	$2,170
Housing units	333,074	1,939
Homeownership rate	53.0%	95.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.9%	80.4%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nashville	Oak Hill
Population	663,750 → 684,298 (+3.1%)	4,587 → 4,690 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$59,828 → $75,197 (+25.7%)	$171,500 → $202,614 (+18.1%)
Median home value	$239,000 → $383,100 (+60.3%)	$694,100 → $1,085,100 (+56.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,100 → $1,486 (+35.1%)	$2,059 → $2,170 (+5.4%)

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

Oak Hill

Population

4,5874,690

Median household income

$171,500$202,614

Median home value

$694,100$1,085,100

Median gross rent

$2,059$2,170

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Nashville	Oak Hill
Under 5	6.6%	8.0%
5 to 17	14.3%	15.1%
18 to 24	9.7%	2.8%
25 to 34	20.4%	7.4%
35 to 44	14.5%	14.2%
45 to 54	11.2%	15.5%
55 to 64	10.9%	12.0%
65 to 74	7.9%	17.4%
75 and over	4.6%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nashville	Oak Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	52.9%	90.0%
Black or African American	25.2%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	3.4%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.0%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	13.8%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nashville	Oak Hill
No high school diploma	9.8%	1.9%
High school graduate	20.2%	3.3%
Some college or associate's	23.1%	14.4%
Bachelor's degree	29.1%	43.6%
Graduate or professional degree	17.8%	36.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nashville	Oak Hill
Drove alone	68.1%	75.1%
Carpooled	8.3%	4.0%
Public transit	1.7%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.3%	20.4%
Other means	1.4%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nashville	Oak Hill
1-unit, detached	49.8%	98.3%
1-unit, attached	9.1%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	14.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	18.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Nashville	Oak Hill
Poverty rate	14.1%	0.7%
Average household size	2.19	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	25	21
Median year structure built	1985	1958