Nashville-Davidson, TN (Tennessee) Houses and Residents

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Total population: 590,807 (Urban population: 565,288, Rural population: 25,519 (521 farm, 24,998 nonfarm))

Nashville-Davidson, Tennessee Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 242,474 (227,395 occupied: 124,041 owner occupied, 103,354 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	45%
State:	30%

Housing density: 512 houses/condos per square mile

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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007 in this state: $157,129.

Median contract rent in 2007: $605 (lower quartile is $495, upper quartile is $751)

Housing units in Nashville-Davidson with a mortgage: 78,973 (9,185 second mortgage, 7,428 home equity loan, 312 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 30,129

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $157,400 (it was $111,800 in 2000)

Nashville-Davidson:	$157,400
Tennessee:	$130,800

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $115,800 - $238,700

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $220,452
Here: $220,452
State: $188,120

Townhouses or other attached units: $193,675
Here: $193,675
State: $161,999

In 2-unit structures: $136,992
Here: $136,992
State: $142,458

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $137,100
Here: $137,100
State: $133,385

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $201,395
Here: $201,395
State: $164,555

Mobile homes: $36,802
Here: $36,802
State: $44,109

Median year house/condo built: 1973

Median year apartment built: 1976

Household type by relationship

Households: 521,425

In family households: 403,148 (88,803 male householders, 43,451 female householders)
91,422 spouses, 137,982 children (127,491 natural, 3,680 adopted, 6,811 stepchildren), 11,338 grandchildren, 6,142 brothers or sisters, 3,808 parents, 9,319 other relatives, 10,883 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 118,277 (43,231 male householders (32,333 living alone)), 52,074 female householders (44,461 living alone)), 22,972 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 24,124 (10,277 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 58,534 2-persons, 33,590 3-persons, 23,756 4-persons, 10,296 5-persons, 3,718 6-persons, 2,360 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 76,794 1-person, 15,687 2-persons, 1,997 3-persons, 567 4-persons, 154 5-persons, 81 6-persons, 25 7-or-more-persons.

65,182 married couples with children.
39,518 single-parent households (6,044 men, 33,474 women).

89.9% of residents of Nashville-Davidson speak English at home.
5.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (47% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 24% speak English not well, 13% don't speak English at all).
2.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (65% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
1.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (43% speak English very well, 33% speak English well, 21% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
1.0% of residents speak other language at home (57% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).

Foreign born population: 38,936 (7.1%)
(24.6% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.1
State:	6.0

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	3.9
State:	4.2

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Nashville-Davidson, Tennessee:
	1 room: 61 2 rooms: 848 3 rooms: 3,341 4 rooms: 10,919 5 rooms: 26,821 6 rooms: 31,191 7 rooms: 22,800 8 rooms: 14,336 9 or more rooms: 13,724

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Nashville-Davidson, Tennessee:
	1 room: 3,635 2 rooms: 10,771 3 rooms: 22,924 4 rooms: 32,221 5 rooms: 20,155 6 rooms: 8,581 7 rooms: 2,864 8 rooms: 1,327 9 or more rooms: 876

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 4,985
1995 to 1998: 17,703
1990 to 1994: 16,069
1980 to 1989: 46,634
1970 to 1979: 47,816
1960 to 1969: 40,772
1950 to 1959: 33,258
1940 to 1949: 16,436
1939 or earlier: 18,801

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Nashville-Davidson:
	no bedroom: 212 1 bedroom: 3,389 2 bedrooms: 30,764 3 bedrooms: 65,557 4 bedrooms: 20,861 5 or more bedrooms: 3,258

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Nashville-Davidson:
	no bedroom: 4,330 1 bedroom: 35,550 2 bedrooms: 45,654 3 bedrooms: 14,855 4 bedrooms: 2,572 5 or more bedrooms: 393

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Nashville-Davidson in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 4,229 1 vehicle: 39,683 2 vehicles: 55,911 3 vehicles: 18,013 4 vehicles: 4,643 5 or more vehicles: 1,562

Cars and other vehicles available in Nashville-Davidson in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 16,220 1 vehicle: 53,354 2 vehicles: 27,256 3 vehicles: 4,945 4 vehicles: 1,175 5 or more vehicles: 404

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2000 in Nashville-Davidson, TN:

Less than $10,000: 84
$10,000 to $14,999: 88
$15,000 to $19,999: 147
$20,000 to $24,999: 79
$25,000 to $29,999: 232
$30,000 to $34,999: 581
$35,000 to $39,999: 573
$40,000 to $49,999: 2287
$50,000 to $59,999: 3606
$60,000 to $69,999: 6196
$70,000 to $79,999: 8778
$80,000 to $89,999: 11159
$90,000 to $99,999: 11100
$100,000 to $124,999: 18109
$125,000 to $149,999: 14578
$150,000 to $174,999: 8579
$175,000 to $199,999: 5977
$200,000 to $249,999: 6896
$250,000 to $299,999: 3911
$300,000 to $399,999: 3418
$400,000 to $499,999: 1243
$500,000 to $749,999: 1031
$750,000 to $999,999: 171
$1,000,000 or more: 279

Nashville-Davidson rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Nashville-Davidson:

Less than $100: 2,903 people
$100 to $149: 1,987
$150 to $199: 2,161
$200 to $249: 2,132
$250 to $299: 2,080
$300 to $349: 2,138
$350 to $399: 3,403
$400 to $449: 4,537
$450 to $499: 7,083
$500 to $549: 8,032
$550 to $599: 9,096
$600 to $649: 9,393
$650 to $699: 8,370
$700 to $749: 6,820
$750 to $799: 5,551
$800 to $899: 6,860
$900 to $999: 3,723
$1,000 to $1,249: 3,789
$1,250 to $1,499: 1,472
$1,500 to $1,999: 995
$2,000 or more: 704
No cash rent: 2,892

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 17,556 1990 to 1994: 8,794 1985 to 1989: 4,531 1980 to 1984: 3,035 1975 to 1979: 1,680 1970 to 1974: 922 1970 to 1974: 765 1965 to 1969: 1,653

Nashville-Davidson, TN Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 87.1%
Number of people working at home: 8,320 (3.0% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 5230
5 to 9 minutes: 22581
10 to 14 minutes: 36443
15 to 19 minutes: 50409
20 to 24 minutes: 53345
25 to 29 minutes: 18855
30 to 34 minutes: 44750
35 to 39 minutes: 5499
40 to 44 minutes: 5928
45 to 59 minutes: 12244
60 to 89 minutes: 6019
90 or more minutes: 4405

Nashville-Davidson mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 215,008 (78%)
Carpooled: 36,890 (13%)
Bus or trolley bus: 4,599 (2%)
Subway or elevated: 7 (0%)
Railroad: 7 (0%)
Ferryboat: 9 (0%)
Taxi: 329 (0%)
Motorcycle: 217 (0%)
Bicycle: 386 (0%)
Walked: 6,509 (2%)
Other means: 1,747 (1%)
Worked at home: 8,320 (3%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 23404
$10,000 to $14,999: 13316
$15,000 to $19,999: 14337
$20,000 to $24,999: 16536
$25,000 to $29,999: 16746
$30,000 to $34,999: 17117
$35,000 to $39,999: 14267
$40,000 to $44,999: 13859
$45,000 to $49,999: 12093
$50,000 to $59,999: 21066
$60,000 to $74,999: 22141
$75,000 to $99,999: 20355
$100,000 to $124,999: 9637
$125,000 to $149,999: 4438
$150,000 to $199,999: 3696
$200,000 or more: 4551

First ancestries reported:

Other groups: 172746

United States or American: 59521

English: 37287

Irish: 32752

German: 32311

Scotch-Irish: 12946

Italian: 8365

Scottish: 7786

Subsaharan African:: 7648

French (except Basque): 5901

African: 5385

European: 5151

Arab:: 4462

Polish: 3412

Dutch: 3377

British: 2912

Norwegian: 2191

Russian: 2137

Other Arab: 1837

Swedish: 1681

Welsh: 1509

French Canadian: 1292

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 1124

Egyptian: 911

Nigerian: 796

Greek: 760

Hungarian: 740

Danish: 737

Swiss: 706

Canadian: 593

Czech: 527

Yugoslavian: 525

Iranian: 515

Lebanese: 502

Iraqi: 476

Slovak: 439

Ukrainian: 425

Portuguese: 424

Ethiopian: 420

Austrian: 390

Arab/Arabic: 379

Scandinavian: 367

Haitian: 356

Albanian: 338

Czechoslovakian: 337

Somalian: 308

Lithuanian: 290

Other Subsaharan African: 268

Eastern European: 255

Romanian: 252

Jamaican: 247

Finnish: 232

Armenian: 223

Northern European: 219

Croatian: 204

Afghan: 185

Serbian: 177

Acadian/Cajun: 175

Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 175

Sudanese: 151

Australian: 148

Belgian: 141

Celtic: 139

West Indian: 131

Palestinian: 130

Ghanian: 118

Latvian: 107

Syrian: 107

Jordanian: 105

Guyanese: 100

Slovene: 89

Bahamian: 88

Turkish: 88

Pennsylvania German: 87

Liberian: 86

Israeli: 75

South African: 68

Slavic: 61

Brazilian: 58

Icelander: 50

Macedonian: 37

Luxemburger: 31

Zimbabwean: 29

Barbadian: 28

Belizean: 27

U.S. Virgin Islander: 26

Estonian: 25

Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac: 22

Dutch West Indian: 20

Bulgarian: 18

Basque: 17

British West Indian: 16

Moroccan: 15

Cape Verdean: 14

New Zealander: 12

Bermudan: 10

Carpatho Rusyn: 6

Maltese: 6

Kenyan: 5

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

Mexico (27%)
Iraq (5%)
Vietnam (4%)
India (3%)
Laos (3%)
El Salvador (3%)
Korea (3%)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 314894
Northeast: 23591
Midwest: 53467
South: 93214
West: 16793

47% of Nashville-Davidson residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 57% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 35% lived in Tennessee.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 1,796
Nursery to 4th grade: 856
5th and 6th grade: 2,554
7th and 8th grade: 5,174
9th grade: 4,242
10th grade: 5,310
11th grade: 5,994
12th grade, no diploma: 7,258
High school graduate (or equivalency): 40,714
Less than 1 year of college: 8,633
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 27,328
Associate degree: 7,462
Bachelor's degree: 34,762
Master's degree: 10,014
Professional school degree: 5,171
Doctorate degree: 3,072

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 1,559
Nursery to 4th grade: 774
5th and 6th grade: 2,141
7th and 8th grade: 6,221
9th grade: 4,790
10th grade: 6,439
11th grade: 6,236
12th grade, no diploma: 6,657
High school graduate (or equivalency): 48,994
Less than 1 year of college: 13,109
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 28,860
Associate degree: 10,232
Bachelor's degree: 36,399
Master's degree: 13,190
Professional school degree: 3,059
Doctorate degree: 1,563

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 3.9%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 3.9%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 9.7%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 8.1%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 5.1%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 9.3%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 5.0%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 6.5%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 9.7%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 6.2%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 5.4%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 5.8%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 7.2%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 7.0%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $52,031
Black householders: $31,875
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $42,258
Asian householders: $57,569
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $37,362
Some other race householders: $32,965
Two or more races householders: $72,070
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $36,650

Nashville-Davidson household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Nashville-Davidson household income for Black householders

Nashville-Davidson household income for American Indian and Alaska Native householders

Nashville-Davidson household income for Asian householders

Nashville-Davidson household income for Some other race householders

Nashville-Davidson household income for Two or more races householders

Nashville-Davidson household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Nashville-Davidson marital status for males

Nashville-Davidson marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $171,056
Black or African American householders: $123,751
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $132,480
Asian householders: $174,153
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $213,714
Some other race householders: $132,762
Two or more races householders: $147,967
Hispanic or Latino householders: $136,563

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 125,507
One, attached: 17,157
Two: 15,021
3 or 4: 9,933
5 to 9: 17,497
10 to 19: 22,243
20 to 49: 11,246
50 or more: 19,836
Mobile homes: 4,008
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 26

Median worth of mobile homes: $17,800

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Nashville-Davidson:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Electricity (49%) Utility gas (48%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Electricity (79%) Utility gas (19%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%) No fuel used (1%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 8,417

Here:	15.8%
Tennessee:	9.5%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4,271

Here:	16.5%
Tennessee:	10.4%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 14,708

Here:	46.2%
Tennessee:	22.8%

School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students

School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

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