Murfreesboro · Rutherford County
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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.
Photo: Chris L / PexelsMurfreesboro by the numbers
US Census ACS 2024 five-year estimates. Sourced in full below.
- Population
- 161,445
- Median age
- 31.6
- Median household income
- $80,108
- Median home value
- $402,100
- Owner-occupied
- 52.4%
- Broadband access
- 93.4%
- Self-employed
- 7.0%
- Median year built
- 2002
What the data says about building here
Murfreesboro is young and growing. At a median age of 31.6 it is the youngest city in the metro — Middle Tennessee State University is here — and at 161,445 residents it is the second-largest, behind only Nashville.
It is a college-town, renter-heavy market: a 52.4% owner-occupancy rate means nearly half of homes are rented, and a 7.0% self-employed workforce says this is a wage-and-salary economy more than a founder one. A contractor here often works for landlords and first-time buyers as much as long-tenured owners.
Rutherford County's base runs to 6,285 employer establishments and $6.92B in annual payroll (CBP 2023), with 687 construction firms — the field a Murfreesboro trade competes inside.
The Rutherford County contractor base
Murfreesboro’s market sits inside Rutherford County’s 6,285 employer establishments and $6.92B in annual payroll (County Business Patterns 2023). 687 of those are construction firms employing about 5,852 people, alongside 441 professional-services firms — the field a Murfreesboro trade competes in for the phone call.
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