Brentwood vs Nolensville

A side-by-side comparison of Brentwood and Nolensville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Brentwood has the higher population (45,272 vs 14,545 in Nolensville). Brentwood has the higher median household income ($184,720 vs $170,068 in Nolensville). Brentwood has the higher median home value ($926,700 vs $695,100 in Nolensville).

Population, income & housing

	Brentwood	Nolensville
Population	45,272	14,545
Median age	44.0 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$184,720	$170,068
Median home value	$926,700	$695,100
Median gross rent	$2,497	$2,557
Housing units	15,607	4,477
Homeownership rate	90.9%	93.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	74.5%	68.3%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brentwood	Nolensville
Population	42,407 → 45,272 (+6.8%)	8,390 → 14,545 (+73.4%)
Median household income	$168,688 → $184,720 (+9.5%)	$134,740 → $170,068 (+26.2%)
Median home value	$655,400 → $926,700 (+41.4%)	$455,700 → $695,100 (+52.5%)
Median gross rent	$2,085 → $2,497 (+19.8%)	$2,263 → $2,557 (+13.0%)

Brentwood

Population

42,40745,272

Median household income

$168,688$184,720

Median home value

$655,400$926,700

Median gross rent

$2,085$2,497

Nolensville

Population

8,39014,545

Median household income

$134,740$170,068

Median home value

$455,700$695,100

Median gross rent

$2,263$2,557

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brentwood	Nolensville
Under 5	3.3%	6.7%
5 to 17	23.8%	22.3%
18 to 24	8.1%	10.6%
25 to 34	4.8%	7.7%
35 to 44	11.6%	16.5%
45 to 54	18.9%	19.6%
55 to 64	14.2%	10.8%
65 to 74	9.0%	4.1%
75 and over	6.3%	1.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brentwood	Nolensville
White (non-Hispanic)	81.5%	82.5%
Black or African American	4.1%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	7.1%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	1.3%
Two or more races	3.2%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brentwood	Nolensville
No high school diploma	1.9%	3.7%
High school graduate	7.7%	11.5%
Some college or associate's	15.9%	16.5%
Bachelor's degree	41.3%	43.5%
Graduate or professional degree	33.1%	24.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brentwood	Nolensville
Drove alone	68.4%	63.6%
Carpooled	3.4%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.2%	29.5%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brentwood	Nolensville
1-unit, detached	88.9%	92.4%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	0.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Brentwood	Nolensville
Poverty rate	2.5%	2.2%
Average household size	3.02	3.28
Mean commute (minutes)	26	36
Median year structure built	1996	2012