People moved into Davidson
44,251 people
31,873 tax returns; people are IRS n2/exemptions, returns are n1.
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Davidson County · 37204
12 South
12 South is one of Nashville's most recognizable neighborhood corridors: a compact stretch of 12th Avenue South with restaurants, coffee, boutiques, murals, and Sevier Park stitched into an older residential fabric. It sits in the 37204 zip, but 37204 is broader than 12 South and also captures Berry Hill, parts of Oak Hill/Green Hills edge conditions, and other south-side pockets.
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Antioch
Antioch is a large area of southeast Davidson County, roughly 12 miles southeast of downtown Nashville, organized around the I-24 corridor and the Bell Road, Murfreesboro Pike, and Nolensville Pike arterials. It spans the 37013 ZIP code — one of Tennessee's most populous — and ranges from older corridor and commercial development near Bell Road to newer, hillier subdivisions in the Cane Ridge sub-area to the southeast. Because 37013 is so large, conditions, housing stock, and prices vary widely block to block, and most useful evaluation happens at the specific-address level rather than the ZIP level.
Explore AntiochDavidson County · 37221
Bellevue
Bellevue is Nashville's west-side suburban pocket: Harpeth River edges, Warner Parks access, neighborhood ballfields, large apartment and condo options, and a practical shopping core around Highway 70 South and One Bellevue Place. It is spread out and car-oriented, but it offers more space, more green, and a quieter residential feel while staying inside Davidson County.
Explore BellevueDavidson County · 37212
Belmont-Hillsboro
Belmont-Hillsboro sits between Belmont University, Vanderbilt, Hillsboro Village, and some of Nashville's most established close-in residential streets. It is walkable, academic, historic, and expensive by Nashville standards, but the 37212 zip is broader than Belmont-Hillsboro alone and also captures Vanderbilt-area, Music Row edge, and other Midtown-adjacent pockets.
Explore Belmont-HillsboroDavidson County · 37204
Berry Hill
Berry Hill is one of Davidson County's six separately incorporated satellite cities — the smallest in both land area and population — located just south of downtown Nashville between 8th Avenue South / Franklin Pike and I-65, roughly four miles from the core. Developed largely on and after WWII-era residential lots, its small grid of cottages has been converted over decades into one of Nashville's densest clusters of recording studios, music-industry offices, and independent shops and restaurants. Because it is its own municipality, Berry Hill sets its own zoning and property tax inside the broader 37204 ZIP, which also includes the Melrose area and other parts of South Nashville.
Explore Berry HillDavidson County · 37218
Bordeaux
Bordeaux is a northwest Nashville area along the Clarksville Pike corridor near the Cumberland River, about seven miles from downtown. Its housing stock is largely single-family homes built between the 1940s and 1990s, with apartments and recent new construction and renovation added in recent years, at relative affordability for a location this close to the core. It sits in the 37218 ZIP and includes pockets such as Bordeaux Hills.
Explore BordeauxWilliamson County · 37027
Brentwood
Brentwood is one of Middle Tennessee's premier suburban addresses: large lots, established subdivisions, corporate campuses around Maryland Farms, deep park infrastructure, and Williamson County schools as a major draw. It is less about nightlife corridors and more about quiet streets, polished amenities, and a quieter long-term suburban pattern just south of Nashville.
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Buena Vista
Buena Vista is a small, historic North Nashville neighborhood just northwest of downtown, west of Rosa Parks Boulevard and north of Jefferson Street. Its core is the Buena Vista Historic District — a roughly 10-block area of about 223 structures listed on the National Register of Historic Places, formed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries — now seeing new townhome and infill construction alongside its older housing stock. It sits in the 37208 ZIP, which also covers Germantown, Salemtown, and other parts of North Nashville.
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Crieve Hall
Crieve Hall is an established residential neighborhood in South Nashville, roughly eight miles south of downtown, bordered by Harding Place to the north, I-65 to the east, the Brentwood city line to the south, and Franklin Pike to the west. Subdivided in the 1950s and 1960s, it is characterized by mid-century ranch-style brick homes on generally larger lots, with an active neighborhood association and quick access to I-65 and Nolensville Pike. It sits primarily in the 37211 ZIP — one of Nashville's largest by population — which extends well beyond Crieve Hall.
Explore Crieve HallDavidson County · 37214
Donelson
Donelson is one of Nashville's east-side originals: postwar ranch streets, airport convenience, Two Rivers parks and greenways, and quick access to Opryland, Music Valley, and Briley Parkway. It is not trying to be a dense urban corridor; its appeal is practical, residential, and rooted in long-standing neighborhood identity.
Explore DonelsonDavidson County · 37206
East Nashville
East Nashville is a large, personality-rich side of the river where historic street grids, creative small businesses, neighborhood restaurants, and deep residential pockets sit close to downtown without feeling like downtown. In the 37206 zip, the daily map runs from Five Points and Lockeland Springs toward Shelby Park, Eastwood, Porter Road, and Gallatin/Main Street corridors — but the zip is broader than any one East Nashville micro-neighborhood.
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Edgehill
Edgehill is a close-in neighborhood just south of downtown Nashville, a few blocks from Music Row and bordered, per Metro Planning, by the I-40/I-65 interstate on the north, Wedgewood Avenue on the south, I-65 on the east, and the blocks facing Villa Place on the west — roughly 560 acres. One of the city's older established neighborhoods, with a commercial history along 12th Avenue South, it has seen substantial redevelopment in recent decades, including the Edgehill Village mixed-use center and an active Metro Planning study guiding new growth. It shares boundaries with The Gulch, 12 South, and Wedgewood-Houston, and sits in the 37203 ZIP (which also covers The Gulch, Music Row, and Midtown), with western blocks in 37212.
Explore EdgehillDavidson County · 37215
Forest Hills
Forest Hills is a separately incorporated satellite city in southwest Davidson County, southwest of Green Hills along the Hillsboro Pike and Old Hickory Boulevard corridors, roughly eight to nine miles from downtown. Incorporated in 1957, it is a large-lot, single-family community by zoning — high-density housing is not permitted — with heavily wooded properties, mid-century subdivisions like Otter Creek and Chickering, and access to Radnor Lake. It shares the 37215 ZIP with Green Hills.
Explore Forest HillsWilliamson County · 37064
Franklin
Franklin is one of Middle Tennessee's strongest standalone markets: historic Main Street, Williamson County schools, Civil War history, polished retail and dining, and a broad housing mix from downtown cottages to luxury acreage and newer subdivisions. It is suburban, high-demand, and deeply tied to schools, parks, historic preservation, and city-scale amenities.
Explore FranklinSumner County · 37066
Gallatin
Gallatin is Sumner County's county-seat city: a historic square, Volunteer State Community College, lake-and-park access, and a growing residential base northeast of Nashville. It feels more like a standalone town with its own civic center than a Nashville neighborhood, which is central to its local identity.
Explore GallatinDavidson County · 37208
Germantown
Germantown is one of Nashville's most walkable historic urban neighborhoods, just north of downtown and wrapped around brick sidewalks, restaurant rows, the Farmers' Market, Bicentennial Mall, and First Horizon Park. The 37208 zip extends beyond Germantown into North Nashville and other pockets, so the data has to be read as broader zip-level context rather than a pure Germantown-only market snapshot.
Explore GermantownDavidson County · 37072
Goodlettsville
Goodlettsville is a separately incorporated city straddling the Davidson–Sumner county line, about 13 to 15 miles north of downtown Nashville along the I-65 and Long Hollow Pike corridors. With its own city government, it pairs a long-established commercial base around the Rivergate area with established residential neighborhoods and the historic Mansker's Station site at Moss-Wright Park. It sits in the 37072 ZIP.
Explore GoodlettsvilleDavidson County · 37215
Green Hills
Green Hills is one of Nashville's most established and sought-after neighborhoods, just south of the city center in the 37215 zip. Known for upscale shopping, top schools, leafy residential streets, and a central location that puts downtown, Vanderbilt, and the airport within easy reach, it remains a benchmark for Nashville luxury and livability.
Explore Green HillsSumner County · 37075
Hendersonville
Hendersonville is a lake-oriented Sumner County suburb north of Nashville, built around Old Hickory Lake, established neighborhoods, parks, schools, and practical commuter access. The area emphasizes space, water access, and a suburban rhythm rather than an urban corridor lifestyle.
Explore HendersonvilleDavidson County · 37076
Hermitage
Hermitage is a large east-side community built around value, history, lake access, and everyday suburban convenience. The area is anchored by Andrew Jackson's Hermitage, Percy Priest and Old Hickory-area recreation, established neighborhoods, and more attainable housing than Nashville's core — with the tradeoff that the area is spread out and very address-specific.
Explore HermitageDavidson County · 37216
Inglewood
Inglewood is the quieter, more residential side of East Nashville: older homes, bigger lots, mature trees, pockets of local businesses, and easy access to Riverside Village, Gallatin Pike, and the broader East Nashville scene. It has creative energy, but the core appeal is neighborhood character and space rather than a dense nightlife corridor.
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Joelton
Joelton is a semi-rural community in the northwestern corner of Davidson County, about 15 to 17 miles north of downtown Nashville along Whites Creek Pike and U.S. Route 431, near I-24 Exit 35. It blends working farms and larger tracts of land with suburban subdivisions, with typical property sizes ranging from about one to five acres. Most of Joelton is in Davidson County (governed by Metro Nashville), with some bordering areas in Cheatham County. It sits in the 37080 ZIP.
Explore JoeltonRutherford County · 37086
La Vergne
La Vergne is a Rutherford County city along the I-24 corridor in southeast Middle Tennessee, about 19 miles southeast of downtown Nashville, between Antioch and Smyrna. It pairs relatively affordable residential neighborhoods with a major industrial and logistics base along I-24 and direct access to the 14,000-acre J. Percy Priest Lake. It sits in the 37086 ZIP.
Explore La VergneDavidson County · 37115
Madison
Madison is a suburban area of northeast Davidson County, roughly eight miles northeast of downtown along the Gallatin Pike corridor, between Briley Parkway to the south and Hendersonville to the north, with the Cumberland River to the east and Whites Creek to the west. Originally Madison Station, it offers relatively affordable housing — mid-century single-family homes, apartments, and a commercial corridor mixing longtime and newer businesses — plus river-edge features like the Neely's Bend peninsula. It sits in the 37115 ZIP.
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Melrose
Melrose is a South Nashville area centered on the 8th Avenue South / Franklin Pike commercial strip, just north and west of Berry Hill and about four to five miles south of downtown. A streetcar-era commercial corridor, it is known for a long-running stretch of antique stores, independent restaurants and bars, a comedy club, and the 1944-era Melrose Billiard Parlor, with established residential streets on either side of the corridor. It sits in the 37204 ZIP, which is broad and also includes Berry Hill and more affluent areas toward 12 South and Green Hills.
Explore MelroseWilson County · 37122
Mount Juliet
Mount Juliet is one of Middle Tennessee's clearest bedroom-community stories: strong household incomes, newer subdivisions, Providence retail, Wilson County schools, and a commute identity tied to I-40, the airport, and Nashville's east side. It is suburban, fast-growing, and built around convenience more than urban walkability.
Explore Mount JulietRutherford County · 37130
Murfreesboro
Murfreesboro is a full city in its own right, not just a Nashville suburb: MTSU, a historic square, Stones River battlefield history, Cannonsburgh, major medical and retail corridors, and a large Rutherford County housing base. The area offers relative value, jobs, schools, and space, with a longer Nashville commute as the tradeoff.
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Nolensville
Nolensville is a fast-growing Williamson County town about 17 to 20 miles southeast of downtown Nashville along the Nolensville Road corridor. A historic crossroads settled in 1797 and first incorporated in 1839, it pairs a small historic Main Street along Mill Creek with extensive newer master-planned subdivisions that have expanded the town rapidly over the past decade. It sits in the 37135 ZIP and is served by Williamson County Schools.
Explore NolensvilleDavidson County · 37220
Oak Hill
Oak Hill is a small, separately incorporated satellite city within Davidson County, south of Green Hills along the Franklin Pike and Granny White Pike corridors, roughly eight miles from downtown. Incorporated in 1952 — just before the Nashville–Davidson consolidation — it is an almost entirely residential, large-lot community with its own zoning, and it contains and adjoins the 1,368-acre Radnor Lake State Natural Area. It sits in the 37220 ZIP.
Explore Oak HillDavidson County · 37138
Old Hickory
Old Hickory is an east Davidson County community on Hadley's Bend of the Cumberland River, bordered by Old Hickory Lake to the east and the Old Hickory Lock and Dam to the north, roughly 13 miles from downtown. It originated in 1918 as a DuPont company town built around a World War I smokeless-powder plant, and its historic Village core — worker bungalows and larger management homes, several on the National Register — remains a defining feature alongside strong lake and river recreation. It sits in the 37138 ZIP, with an unusually high owner-occupancy rate.
Explore Old HickoryDavidson County · 37208
Salemtown
Salemtown is a small, close-in North Nashville neighborhood of roughly 12 square blocks between Jefferson Street and the Cumberland River, immediately north of Germantown and less than two miles from downtown. Dating to the 1920s, it has seen heavy recent infill — new single-family homes, townhomes, and condominiums alongside renovated older houses — on a compact, walkable street grid. It sits in the 37208 ZIP, which also covers Germantown, Buena Vista, and other parts of North Nashville.
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Smyrna
Smyrna is a growing Rutherford County town along the I-24 corridor, about 22 miles southeast of downtown Nashville and roughly halfway between Nashville and Murfreesboro. Anchored economically by a major Nissan vehicle assembly plant, it also includes the Smyrna Airport and the historic Sam Davis Home, with a mix of established and newer residential development. It sits in the 37167 ZIP.
Explore SmyrnaWilliamson County · 37174
Spring Hill
Spring Hill is a fast-growing city straddling the Williamson and Maury county line, about 30 to 35 miles south of downtown Nashville along I-65 and U.S. Route 31. Anchored economically by a large General Motors vehicle and EV-battery manufacturing complex, it has grown from a small town into one of Tennessee's fastest-growing cities, dominated by newer master-planned residential construction. It sits in the 37174 ZIP.
Explore Spring HillDavidson County · 37209
Sylvan Heights
Sylvan Heights is a West Nashville neighborhood around the Charlotte Avenue corridor, tucked between Sylvan Park to the southeast, The Nations to the north, West End to the east, and I-440 to the south, about three miles from downtown. Once partly industrial, the Charlotte Avenue stretch has been redeveloped into commercial space — including the Hill Center Sylvan Heights mixed-use center — alongside newer residential construction. It sits in the 37209 ZIP, which also covers Sylvan Park and The Nations.
Explore Sylvan HeightsDavidson County · 37209
Sylvan Park
Sylvan Park is one of West Nashville's most livable close-in neighborhoods: leafy, residential, and practical, with Murphy Road as the daily-use spine and McCabe Park as the backyard. It sits in the 37209 zip, but the feel is more specific than the zip suggests — front porches, walkers on the greenway, longtime local restaurants, and quick access to Charlotte Pike, Vanderbilt, and downtown without living in the middle of downtown energy.
Explore Sylvan ParkDavidson County · 37203
The Gulch
The Gulch is Nashville's most vertical, urban-feeling neighborhood: glassy high-rises, hotels, restaurants, offices, nightlife, and condos between downtown, SoBro, Music Row, and Midtown. It is in the 37203 zip, but 37203 is much broader than The Gulch and also captures Midtown, Music Row, Edgehill, parts of SoBro, and major institutional/commercial areas.
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The Nations
The Nations is a West Nashville neighborhood about four miles west of downtown, named for its grid of numbered avenues running north toward the Cumberland River above Charlotte Avenue. Once a mix of industrial parcels and modest worker housing, it has been one of Nashville's most heavily redeveloped areas over the past decade, with extensive new infill construction, a dense cluster of breweries and restaurants along Centennial Boulevard and Charlotte Avenue, and quick I-40 access. It sits in the 37209 ZIP, which is much broader than The Nations and also covers Sylvan Park, Sylvan Heights, and other West Nashville pockets.
Explore The NationsDavidson County · 37203
Wedgewood-Houston
Wedgewood-Houston — usually shortened to WeHo — is a former industrial district about two miles south of downtown Nashville, where early-1900s mill and warehouse buildings now hold galleries, studios, distilleries, breweries, restaurants, and a fast-growing stack of new office and residential construction. It sits in a wedge framed by the CSX rail corridor and 8th Avenue South to the west, I-65 to the east, the Chestnut Street blocks toward downtown at the north, and Wedgewood Avenue and the Nashville Fairgrounds at the south. The core is in the 37203 ZIP, which is much broader than WeHo and also covers The Gulch, Music Row, Midtown, and Edgehill; the eastern edge dips into 37210.
Explore Wedgewood-HoustonDavidson County · 37189
Whites Creek
Whites Creek is a rural area of north Davidson County, governed by Metro Nashville, about nine miles and a short drive north of downtown along Whites Creek Pike and Brick Church Pike. It blends farmland and wooded hills with established residential pockets, larger lots, and recreation anchors like the Whites Creek Greenway and the Fontanel property. It sits in the 37189 ZIP, one of Davidson County's smaller and more rural ZIPs.
Explore Whites CreekDavidson County · 37210
Woodbine
Woodbine is a South Nashville neighborhood centered on the Nolensville Pike corridor, roughly four to seven miles from downtown, loosely bordered by Glenrose Avenue, Thompson Lane, Nolensville Pike, and I-440. Known for early-to-mid-century craftsman bungalows, ranch homes, and cottages and for a Nolensville Pike corridor dense with independent and international restaurants, groceries, and family-run businesses, it offers relative affordability close to the urban core. It straddles the 37210 and 37211 ZIP codes, both of which extend well beyond the neighborhood.
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Migration flows around Davidson County
Official county-to-county IRS SOI rows for Nashville's core county. These are flow facts — where tax filers moved from and where they moved next — not motive or demographic claims.
People moved out of Davidson
48,296 people
30,066 tax returns; people are IRS n2/exemptions, returns are n1.
Net migration
-4,045 people
Inflow people minus outflow people for Davidson County. Negative means more IRS-counted people moved out than in.
IRS SOI migration data is based on year-to-year address changes reported on individual income tax returns. People counts are the IRS n2 field, which approximates individuals by exemptions. Net migration uses the inflow row above and the outflow row above; both source rows are linked.
Top county origins into Davidson
Largest verified county rows where people moved from another county into Davidson County.
Rutherford County, TN
3,735 people moved from Rutherford County, TN into Davidson County.
3,735 people2,412 returns · 113,699k AGI · FIPS 47149 · IRS CSV row 70,235
Williamson County, TN
3,169 people moved from Williamson County, TN into Davidson County.
3,169 people2,120 returns · 326,699k AGI · FIPS 47187 · IRS CSV row 70,236
Sumner County, TN
2,078 people moved from Sumner County, TN into Davidson County.
2,078 people1,291 returns · 75,892k AGI · FIPS 47165 · IRS CSV row 70,237
Wilson County, TN
1,698 people moved from Wilson County, TN into Davidson County.
1,698 people1,090 returns · 107,272k AGI · FIPS 47189 · IRS CSV row 70,238
Montgomery County, TN
1,104 people moved from Montgomery County, TN into Davidson County.
1,104 people695 returns · 33,327k AGI · FIPS 47125 · IRS CSV row 70,239
Top county destinations from Davidson
Largest verified county rows where Davidson County residents moved next.
Rutherford County, TN
6,012 people moved from Davidson County to Rutherford County, TN.
6,012 people3,236 returns · 180,104k AGI · FIPS 47149 · IRS CSV row 71,287
Williamson County, TN
4,157 people moved from Davidson County to Williamson County, TN.
4,157 people2,304 returns · 374,213k AGI · FIPS 47187 · IRS CSV row 71,288
Wilson County, TN
3,643 people moved from Davidson County to Wilson County, TN.
3,643 people2,053 returns · 163,167k AGI · FIPS 47189 · IRS CSV row 71,289
Sumner County, TN
3,475 people moved from Davidson County to Sumner County, TN.
3,475 people1,979 returns · 144,316k AGI · FIPS 47165 · IRS CSV row 71,290
Montgomery County, TN
2,130 people moved from Davidson County to Montgomery County, TN.
2,130 people1,136 returns · 51,072k AGI · FIPS 47125 · IRS CSV row 71,291
Notable inter-regional flows
Selected verified rows for Cook, Los Angeles, and Maricopa counties. These are shown as county-to-county facts only.
Los Angeles County, CA
748 people moved to Davidson.
546 returns · 66,641k AGI · IRS CSV row 70,241
Cook County, IL
587 people moved to Davidson.
450 returns · 55,729k AGI · IRS CSV row 70,242
Maricopa County, AZ
386 people moved to Davidson.
290 returns · 23,563k AGI · IRS CSV row 70,247
Cook County, IL
473 people moved from Davidson.
379 returns · 28,594k AGI · IRS CSV row 71,295
Los Angeles County, CA
418 people moved from Davidson.
330 returns · 51,701k AGI · IRS CSV row 71,297
Maricopa County, AZ
302 people moved from Davidson.
202 returns · 23,897k AGI · IRS CSV row 71,304