Nashville is home to 5,729 people in North Carolina. 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, below the 36% national rate. 1% of residents were born outside the United States. Owners hold 52% of the housing stock. 1,420 more people live here than in 2000. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $205,300.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $61,000, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 40.7
US median: 38.9
Less educated
16% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Nashville
What changed most since 1990
Homes owned by their occupants69.5% → 52.0%(−17.5 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Black share44.4% → 59.9%(+15.4 pts)US over the same years: +0.2 pts
Poverty rate11.1% → 16.9%(+5.7 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Nashville's population equals 6.0% of Nash County's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 1.5% of the county's. Its number of people who work from home equals 12% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)26%(61)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)39.1%(92)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era12.3%(29)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War0%(0)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II5.1%(12)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 235 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Nashville, decade by decade
Nashville population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
3,449
$63,902
$146,164
15.1%
62.3
2000
4,309
$66,255
$171,782
15.2%
65.0
2010
5,352
$77,435
$194,495
20.4%
67.0
2020
5,632
$69,736
$183,745
27.0%
71.2
2024
5,729
$61,000
$205,300
16.3%
61.9
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
