Smyrna, Tennessee
Area Profile
56,692 residents. Public schools, jobs, income, housing cost, climate and natural-hazard risk for Smyrna, in Rutherford County.
How this area ranks
Data updated · 15 sourcesSmyrna ranks in the top 12% of cities measured for employment opportunity, with unemployment at 2.9% and median household income of $81,926.
964 housing units were authorized over the past twelve months, within 15% of the prior year — steady rather than turning.
Rent takes 30% of renter income here, at the 30% threshold conventionally called cost-burdened, and the median home is 3.6 times what its owners earn.
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At a glance
Jobs & opportunity
Unemployment of 2.9%, lower than in 95% of the 4,226 measured US cities.
Employment fell 0.6% over the past year, to 33,150 employed residents.
| Metric | Value | Compared nationally | Source period |
|---|---|---|---|
| Income of new arrivalsRutherford County, TN’s figurefiling years 2022–2023 | $61,323 | 30th percentileof 4,101 | filing years 2022–2023 |
| Income of those who leftRutherford County, TN’s figurefiling years 2022–2023 | $56,869 | 19th percentileof 4,101 | filing years 2022–2023 |
| Median household income ±$4,5552024 ACS 5-Year | $81,926 | Top 31%of 29,223 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Per capita income ±$3,4602024 ACS 5-Year | $36,868 | Top 40%of 31,420 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Poverty rate ±2%2024 ACS 5-Year | 12.0% | Bottom 45%of 31,773 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Average commute ±1.2 min2024 ACS 5-Year | 28.9 min | Bottom 39%of 31,543 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Bachelor's degree or higher ±2%2024 ACS 5-Year | 27.8% | Top 34%of 31,919 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Drove alone to work ±4%2024 ACS 5-Year | 73.0% | 36th percentileof 31,433 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| EmploymentJuly 2026 | 33,150 | Bottom 37%of 4,226 | July 2026 |
| Employment change (3 years)July 2026 | +6.2% | Top 3%of 4,226 | July 2026 |
| Employment change (year over year)July 2026 | −0.6% | Top 47%of 4,226 | July 2026 |
| Labor forceJuly 2026 | 34,131 | 37th percentileof 4,226 | July 2026 |
| Labor force participation ±2%2024 ACS 5-Year | 84.0% | Top 28%of 31,513 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Mean annual wageNashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metro Area’s figure2025 OEWS | $66,390 | Bottom 39%of 3,729 | 2025 OEWS |
| Median annual wageNashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metro Area’s figure2025 OEWS | $50,390 | Bottom 45%of 3,729 | 2025 OEWS |
| Public transit to work ±0.2%2024 ACS 5-Year | 0.2% | 76th percentileof 31,433 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Unemployment change (year over year)July 2026 | −0.3% | Top 37%of 4,226 | July 2026 |
| Unemployment rateJuly 2026 | 2.9% | Top 5%of 4,226 | July 2026 |
| Worked from home ±2%2024 ACS 5-Year | 13.0% | 71st percentileof 31,433 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
Unemployment rate
Median household income, successive ACS releases
Largest occupations — Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN
| Occupation | People employed | Median annual wage |
|---|---|---|
| Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand | 33,120 | $39,790 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | 28,680 | $29,150 |
| Retail Salespersons | 28,580 | $34,420 |
| Registered Nurses | 25,100 | $84,040 |
| General and Operations Managers | 23,820 | $119,990 |
| Customer Service Representatives | 20,770 | $45,510 |
Searches the 40 largest occupations here that have a published wage.
Occupational employment and wages are published for metropolitan areas rather than for individual cities or ZIP areas, so these describe the wider labor market this location sits in. 2025 OEWS, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
43% of students met the state standard in mathematics and 39% in reading, across the schools here that reported results.
| School | District | Students | Per teacher | Math | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stewarts Creek High School | Rutherford County | 2,474 | — | 28% | 54% |
| Smyrna High School | Rutherford County | 2,266 | — | 15% | 36% |
| Stewarts Creek Elementary School | Rutherford County | 1,173 | — | 74% | 50% |
| Rock Springs Middle School | Rutherford County | 1,152 | — | 42% | 32% |
| Stewarts Creek Middle School | Rutherford County | 1,045 | — | 54% | 50% |
| Rocky Fork Elementary School | Rutherford County | 905 | — | — | — |
| Smyrna Middle School | Rutherford County | 899 | — | 36% | 24% |
| Rocky Fork Middle School | Rutherford County | 873 | — | 60% | 30% |
| John Colemon Elementary | Rutherford County | 861 | — | 43% | 28% |
| Cedar Grove Elementary | Rutherford County | 856 | — | 58% | 35% |
| Stewartsboro Elementary | Rutherford County | 854 | — | 49% | 28% |
| Thurman Francis Arts Academy/Magnet School for the Arts | Rutherford County | 732 | — | 80% | 71% |
Public schools only, from the NCES Common Core of Data, placed by ZIP code — which schools are in this place, not which one a particular address is zoned for. A dash in a proficiency column is a gap in the federal file, not a bad result. Proficiency is measured against Tennessee’s own standard, so it is ranked within state. How to read school figures.
Housing & affordability
How it’s calculated — housing affordability →Prices for everything a household buys run about 3% below the national average — the Bureau of Economic Analysis index reads 97.0, against 100 for the nation. Nationally, housing drives most of the spread between places in this index; other goods vary far less.
The Federal Housing Finance Agency’s house price index for the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metro Area is up 46% over five years, and up 1.6% over the last year. It follows repeat sales of the same homes, so it measures price change rather than which homes happened to sell.
Homeowners here who pay a tax bill pay a median of $1,764 a year in real estate taxes, about 0.49% of the median home value.
HUD’s Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom, set near the 40th percentile of recent new leases, is $1,825, some 25% above the $1,461 tenants already here pay.
At HUD’s Fair Market Rent of $1,825 a month for a two-bedroom, keeping rent to 30% of income takes a household income of about $73,000 a year, about 89% of the median household income here of $81,926.
The typical renter household here spends 30% of its income on rent, at the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened. Median gross rent runs $1,461 a month.
A median home at $358,300 costs 3.6 times the median income of its owner-occupied households, $99,167, above the historic benchmark of about 3 times income.
Prices here run about 3% below the national average. The spread between places is driven mostly by housing — goods vary far less — and this excludes taxes.
Published for the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metro Area as a whole. Prices are regional — people shop, commute and rent across a metropolitan area rather than within a city boundary — so this describes the cost of living around this place better than a figure drawn to its own limits would.
The figures above are measured against Smyrna’s median household income of $81,926, which describes the place rather than you. Enter your own and the ratio is recomputed against it. It stays in this browser.
| Metric | Value | Compared nationally | Source period |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cost of living indexthe Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metro Area’s figure2023 | 97.0 | Top 33%of 3,700 | 2023 |
| Home price change (1 year)the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metro Area’s figure2026 Q2 | +1.6% | 31st percentileof 4,154 | 2026 Q2 |
| Home price change (5 years)the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metro Area’s figure2026 Q2 | +45.8% | 65th percentileof 4,154 | 2026 Q2 |
| Home price change (10 years)the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metro Area’s figure2026 Q2 | +119.4% | 86th percentileof 4,154 | 2026 Q2 |
| Home price to income ±0.32024 ACS 5-Year | 3.6 | Bottom 23%of 26,815 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Homeownership rate ±3%2024 ACS 5-Year | 57.4% | 17th percentileof 31,717 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Housing units ±7102024 ACS 5-Year | 21,051 | 97th percentileof 32,177 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Market rent, one bedroomFY2026 | $1,663 | Bottom 35%of 4,072 | FY2026 |
| Market rent, three bedroomFY2026 | $2,332 | Bottom 42%of 4,072 | FY2026 |
| Market rent, two bedroomFY2026 | $1,825 | Bottom 41%of 4,072 | FY2026 |
| Median gross rent ±$692024 ACS 5-Year | $1,461 | Bottom 21%of 23,120 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Median home value ±$9,6432024 ACS 5-Year | $358,300 | 79th percentileof 29,111 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Median property taxes ±$682024 ACS 5-Year | $1,764 | 50th percentileof 26,440 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Owner household income ±$7,5092024 ACS 5-Year | $99,167 | Top 28%of 27,548 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Property tax rate ±0.02%2024 ACS 5-Year | 0.49% | 11th percentileof 20,543 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Rent as a share of income ±3%2024 ACS 5-Year | 29.7% | Bottom 42%of 22,950 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Seasonal and second homes ±1212024 ACS 5-Year | 77 | 87th percentileof 32,330 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Second homes2024 ACS 5-Year | 0.4% | 55th percentileof 31,895 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Vacancy rate2024 ACS 5-Year | 3.6% | 30th percentileof 31,769 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Vacant housing units ±2802024 ACS 5-Year | 825 | 94th percentileof 32,330 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
These measures come from the same ACS release as the income they are compared with. They compare housing cost with local earnings only: transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes are not in them. How to read affordability, the two rent figures and the cost-of-living index.
Growth & development
How it’s calculated — growth →Development Momentum
An AreaProfile calculation combining permit volume per resident, its direction over one and three years, population change and employment growth. Permit volume alone is not the measure.
Population has grown 13% since 2020, reaching 60,302 in 2024.
Permitting has turned downward after moving the other way the year before: 504 units authorized in 2025, 57% below the prior year.
Federal tax returns show Rutherford County, which contains Smyrna, gained about 1.0% of its residents through moves within the US in the most recent year, counting those who arrived against those who left. Households that moved in reported an average income of $61,323, above the $56,869 of households that moved out.
At 17.0 permitted units per 1,000 residents, building activity is above the median for measured US cities.
Population, annual estimates
People moving in and out
Where newcomers came from
- Davidson County, TN 6,012 people · 27% of arrivals
- Williamson County, TN 1,122 people · 5.0% of arrivals
- Wilson County, TN 765 people · 3.4% of arrivals
- Bedford County, TN 606 people · 2.7% of arrivals
- Coffee County, TN 405 people · 1.8% of arrivals
Where people who left went
- Davidson County, TN 3,735 people · 19% of departures
- Wilson County, TN 1,082 people · 5.5% of departures
- Bedford County, TN 878 people · 4.4% of departures
- Coffee County, TN 802 people · 4.0% of departures
- Williamson County, TN 745 people · 3.8% of departures
Based on the address on federal tax returns, compared with the same filers a year earlier. It counts people who file, and sees a move only when the address on a return changes. Domestic moves only: people arriving from abroad are left out. This is the figure for Rutherford County, TN. IRS Statistics of Income, filing years 2022–2023.
Housing units permitted per year
Weather & climate
6 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 91°F and January a low of 30°F.
Normal annual precipitation is 50.5 inches, including 4.7 inches of snow.
Precipitation
| Metric | Value | Source period |
|---|---|---|
| Annual precipitation1991-2020 Normals | 50.5" | 1991-2020 Normals |
| Annual snowfall1991-2020 Normals | 4.7" | 1991-2020 Normals |
| Average January low1991-2020 Normals | 30°F | 1991-2020 Normals |
| Average July high1991-2020 Normals | 91°F | 1991-2020 Normals |
| Comfortable months1991-2020 Normals | 6 | 1991-2020 Normals |
| Seasonal temperature swing1991-2020 Normals | 41°F | 1991-2020 Normals |
Climate figures are thirty-year normals, not current conditions. How to read climate and air quality.
Physical risk
The hazards accounting for most of this area's expected annual loss are inland flooding, cold wave and earthquake, with inland flooding alone responsible for 52% of it. Cold wave is independently rated low or minimal nationally, so this describes how the loss is composed, not how large that hazard is.
Low or minimal exposure: cold wave, winter weather, tornado, strong wind, heat wave, ice storm, hail, hurricane, drought, wildfire, landslide, coastal flooding, avalanche, tsunami, volcanic activity.
Hazard ratings are AreaProfile calculations derived from the FEMA National Risk Index v1.20.0 (December 2025). FEMA publishes at county level. City values are the population-weighted mean of the counties the city overlaps, using AreaProfile place-to-county land-area weights. FEMA does not endorse this presentation. Higher physical resilience means lower exposure.
Below these are deaths rather than offenses, published for the county. The two measure different things and are not comparable with each other.
Smyrna's police department reported 333 violent offenses per 100,000 residents, near the middle of places with a department reporting. Property crime runs at 1,907.
Rutherford County records 4.6 homicide deaths per 100,000 residents a year, near the middle of counties measured. The CDC does not publish this below county level.
Firearm deaths of all intents run at 11.2 per 100,000 — more than the homicide rate, since the figure counts suicides and accidents as well as homicides.
Drug overdose deaths run at 19.1 per 100,000 residents in Rutherford County.
Firearm deaths count every intent together, and nationally the majority are suicides rather than homicides, so the firearm figure and the homicide figure above it count some of the same deaths twice over. They overlap and should not be added together.
Offenses are reported to the FBI by Smyrna’s own police department and shown only where it reported every month of the year; a partial year is withheld rather than scaled up. Reported crime is what police recorded, which is not the same as what happened. Death rates are crude rates — deaths divided by population, not adjusted for age — except where a count was too small for the CDC to publish and it modeled the rate, which the card marks. They come from provisional death certificate records, published by the CDC by county and not below it. So they describe the county around Smyrna (Rutherford County) rather than Smyrna itself. Neither is part of the Area Score. How to read crime rates and death rates.
What this profile does not cover
Each of these is absent for a reason, not by oversight. The Area Score is calculated without them; the weighting is on the methodology page.
- Air quality
- The EPA publishes an air-quality index only where a monitor sits. There is none in this county, and a modeled value would be a different kind of number from the measured ones everywhere else on this page.
- Taxes
- Income and sales taxes are not published: no source covers them nationally with a method open enough to check. Property taxes are shown in the housing section but are not part of the score. The cost-of-living index above is a price level for all consumption, not a household budget, and it excludes taxes. Nothing here is individualized tax advice.
- Anything about a specific address
- Every figure describes an area, not a street or a house.
Access
3 major airports lie within 100 miles, the nearest Smyrna at 3 miles.
| Metric | Value | Compared nationally | Source period |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broadband access ±2%2024 ACS 5-Year | 94.6% | Top 27%of 31,588 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Distance to major airportNASR current cycle | 3 mi | Top 2%of 4,226 | NASR current cycle |
| Major airports within 100 milesNASR current cycle | 3 | Bottom 20%of 4,226 | NASR current cycle |
| No internet access ±0.9%2024 ACS 5-Year | 3.4% | Top 27%of 31,588 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Airport | Code | Distance | Longest runway |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smyrna | MQY | 3 mi | 8,038 ft |
| Nashville Intl | BNA | 14 mi | 11,030 ft |
| Huntsville Intl-Carl T Jones Fld | HSV | 93 mi | 10,001 ft |
Airport identity, position and runway data come from the FAA. “Major airport” is an AreaProfile classification — a public-use civil airport with a paved runway of at least 8,000 feet — not an FAA hub designation. Distances are straight-line, not driving distance.
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Other cities in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN
Same metropolitan area, measured the same way| City | County | Population | Area Score | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nashville-Davidson | Davidson County | 690,130 | 58 | Nashville-Davidson vs Smyrna |
| Murfreesboro | Rutherford County | 161,445 | 72 | Murfreesboro vs Smyrna |
| Franklin | Williamson County | 87,133 | 78 | Franklin vs Smyrna |
| Hendersonville | Sumner County | 63,091 | 69 | |
| Spring Hill | Maury County | 55,765 | 78 | |
| Gallatin | Sumner County | 48,532 | 67 | |
| Brentwood | Williamson County | 45,556 | 73 | |
| Columbia | Maury County | 45,441 | 55 | |
| Lebanon | Wilson County | 44,788 | 68 | |
| Mount Juliet | Wilson County | 42,073 | 74 | |
| La Vergne | Rutherford County | 40,243 | 65 | |
| Springfield | Robertson County | 19,255 | 63 |
Every city here is measured on the same scale from the same source releases, so the comparison is like for like. A higher Area Score reflects AreaProfile’s standardized weighting rather than a judgment about which is the better place to live.
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Data & methodology
| Used for | Source | Source period |
|---|---|---|
| Access | Federal Aviation Administration Airports (NASR) — Aeronautical Data Delivery Service | NASR current cycle |
| Safety | Federal Bureau of Investigation, Crime Data Explorer Summarized offense counts by law enforcement agency | 2025 calendar year |
| Physical risk | Federal Emergency Management Agency National Risk Index | National Risk Index December 2025 (v1.20.0) |
| Demographics, Income | Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income Division U.S. Population Migration Data (county to county) | filing years 2022–2023 |
| Climate | NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Monthly) | 1991-2020 Normals |
| Housing | U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis Regional price parities and county personal income | 2023 |
| Jobs | U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics | 2025 OEWS |
| Jobs | U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Local Area Unemployment Statistics | July 2026 |
| Development | U.S. Census Bureau Building Permits Survey | 12 months ending July 2026 |
| Demographics | U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program | July 1, 2024 estimate |
| Access, Demographics, Housing, Income, Jobs | U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (Table-Based Summary File) | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Safety | U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics Provisional county-level mortality by intent | March 2025 to February 2026; May 2025 to April 2026 |
| Schools | U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessments | 2018-19 school year; 2024-25 school year |
| Housing | U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research Fair Market Rents | FY2026 |
| Housing | U.S. Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (traditional, all-transactions) | 2026 Q2 |
| Current conditions | NOAA National Weather Service National Weather Service current conditions | Live observation, read when the page opens |
Profile recalculated October 8, 2026. Recalculation is not the same as new source data — each figure above shows the period its source actually covers. Read the full methodology, or every source with how often each updates.
ZIP codes in Smyrna
2 ZIP areasEvery ZIP area in Smyrna with census figures of its own, largest first. The ones linked below diverge enough from the city as a whole to carry a full profile; the rest track Smyrna closely, so their figures are here rather than on a page that would repeat this one. An Area Score is calculated for published profiles only, which is why it is blank on those rows.
| ZIP | Population | Median household income | Median home value | Area Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37167 | 66,504 | $84,351 | $365,400 | — |
| 37014 | 3,227 | $105,125 | $739,500 | 74 |