The Nashville metro, city by city.

Davidson County

Nashville is the metro's core — a state-capital and music-industry economy in a fast-growing city where nearly half the housing is rented and construction rarely stops.

Williamson County

Franklin is affluent Williamson County's historic seat — six-figure incomes, $700K-plus homes, and a preserved downtown anchoring one of the wealthiest markets in Tennessee.

Rutherford County

Murfreesboro is the metro's fast-growing #2 city and a college town — home to Middle Tennessee State University, the youngest and one of the most renter-heavy suburbs on the map.

Williamson County

Brentwood is the metro's high end — the highest household income around, the only seven-figure median home, and a settled, owner-occupied, founder-heavy market.

Sumner County

Hendersonville is an established lakeside suburb on Old Hickory Lake in Sumner County, with high incomes and a settled, owner-occupied resident base.

Rutherford County

Smyrna is a working Rutherford County town built around the Nissan assembly plant — affordable homes, a young population, and a wage-and-salary economy.

Wilson County

Mount Juliet is one of Wilson County's fastest-growing suburbs east of Nashville — young housing stock, high home-ownership, and six-figure household incomes.

Sumner County

Gallatin is Sumner County's historic seat on the northern edge of the metro — a growing, mid-market suburb with a preserved courthouse square and young housing stock.

Williamson & Maury counties

Spring Hill straddles the Williamson–Maury county line around the GM plant — the metro's newest housing stock and its highest broadband adoption.

Williamson County

Nolensville is a small, fast-growing Williamson County town with the metro's newest housing and highest home-ownership rate — a market where a new business's website is its storefront.

Maury County

Columbia is Maury County's seat and the metro's affordable southern anchor — the lowest home prices around, older housing stock, and a wage-and-salary workforce.