Nolensville vs Thompson's Station

A side-by-side comparison of Nolensville and Thompson's Station: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Nolensville has the higher population (14,545 vs 7,855 in Thompson's Station). Nolensville has the higher median household income ($170,068 vs $122,139 in Thompson's Station). Nolensville has the higher median home value ($695,100 vs $598,200 in Thompson's Station).

Population, income & housing

	Nolensville	Thompson's Station
Population	14,545	7,855
Median age	36.6 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$170,068	$122,139
Median home value	$695,100	$598,200
Median gross rent	$2,557	$2,124
Housing units	4,477	2,743
Homeownership rate	93.2%	78.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	68.3%	60.6%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nolensville	Thompson's Station
Population	8,390 → 14,545 (+73.4%)	5,456 → 7,855 (+44.0%)
Median household income	$134,740 → $170,068 (+26.2%)	$104,250 → $122,139 (+17.2%)
Median home value	$455,700 → $695,100 (+52.5%)	$420,400 → $598,200 (+42.3%)
Median gross rent	$2,263 → $2,557 (+13.0%)	$1,827 → $2,124 (+16.3%)

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

Thompson's Station

Population

5,4567,855

Median household income

$104,250$122,139

Median home value

$420,400$598,200

Median gross rent

$1,827$2,124

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Nolensville	Thompson's Station
Under 5	6.7%	8.4%
5 to 17	22.3%	20.0%
18 to 24	10.6%	11.3%
25 to 34	7.7%	5.1%
35 to 44	16.5%	18.1%
45 to 54	19.6%	14.7%
55 to 64	10.8%	10.2%
65 to 74	4.1%	9.0%
75 and over	1.8%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nolensville	Thompson's Station
White (non-Hispanic)	82.5%	81.5%
Black or African American	2.5%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	3.0%	4.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	10.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nolensville	Thompson's Station
No high school diploma	3.7%	4.9%
High school graduate	11.5%	21.6%
Some college or associate's	16.5%	12.9%
Bachelor's degree	43.5%	36.1%
Graduate or professional degree	24.7%	24.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nolensville	Thompson's Station
Drove alone	63.6%	65.5%
Carpooled	6.0%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	29.5%	25.4%
Other means	0.0%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nolensville	Thompson's Station
1-unit, detached	92.4%	68.2%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	17.3%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.4%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Nolensville	Thompson's Station
Poverty rate	2.2%	3.0%
Average household size	3.28	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	36	30
Median year structure built	2012	2013