Murfreesboro vs Smyrna

A side-by-side comparison of Murfreesboro and Smyrna: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Murfreesboro has the higher population (157,547 vs 55,066 in Smyrna). Smyrna has the higher median household income ($78,409 vs $76,241 in Murfreesboro). Murfreesboro has the higher median home value ($365,100 vs $326,700 in Smyrna).

Population, income & housing

	Murfreesboro	Smyrna
Population	157,547	55,066
Median age	31.4 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	$76,241	$78,409
Median home value	$365,100	$326,700
Median gross rent	$1,376	$1,366
Housing units	64,497	20,763
Homeownership rate	53.3%	56.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.1%	28.2%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Murfreesboro	Smyrna
Population	136,366 → 157,547 (+15.5%)	49,552 → 55,066 (+11.1%)
Median household income	$62,003 → $76,241 (+23.0%)	$62,635 → $78,409 (+25.2%)
Median home value	$238,000 → $365,100 (+53.4%)	$189,800 → $326,700 (+72.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,052 → $1,376 (+30.8%)	$1,033 → $1,366 (+32.2%)

Murfreesboro

Population

136,366157,547

Median household income

$62,003$76,241

Median home value

$238,000$365,100

Median gross rent

$1,052$1,376

Smyrna

Population

49,55255,066

Median household income

$62,635$78,409

Median home value

$189,800$326,700

Median gross rent

$1,033$1,366

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Murfreesboro	Smyrna
Under 5	6.4%	8.0%
5 to 17	17.0%	18.0%
18 to 24	15.3%	9.5%
25 to 34	16.9%	16.0%
35 to 44	13.1%	16.1%
45 to 54	11.6%	11.8%
55 to 64	9.5%	10.3%
65 to 74	6.0%	6.3%
75 and over	4.3%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Murfreesboro	Smyrna
White (non-Hispanic)	63.6%	56.4%
Black or African American	16.9%	16.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	3.7%	5.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.8%
Two or more races	5.8%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	9.5%	16.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Murfreesboro	Smyrna
No high school diploma	6.1%	10.2%
High school graduate	23.7%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	26.7%	21.4%
Graduate or professional degree	14.4%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Murfreesboro	Smyrna
Drove alone	72.6%	77.7%
Carpooled	10.7%	9.3%
Public transit	0.3%	0.2%
Walked	1.2%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.6%	11.2%
Other means	0.5%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Murfreesboro	Smyrna
1-unit, detached	52.8%	59.7%
1-unit, attached	9.9%	7.7%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	18.3%	16.3%
20 or more units	11.6%	7.8%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Murfreesboro	Smyrna
Poverty rate	10.0%	11.5%
Average household size	2.62	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	2001	2000