Cities in Tennessee by average household size

Nolensville, TN had the highest average household size of 65 cities in 2023, at 3.3 persons per household. Red Bank, TN had the lowest, at 2 persons per household. The median was 2.5 persons per household and the figure for Tennessee was 2.5 persons per household. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest3.3Nolensville, TN
Median2.565 cities
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Top 40 cities, 2023

Nolensville, TN: 3.3 persons per householdNolensville, TN3.3Arlington, TN: 3.2 persons per householdArlington, TN3.2Brentwood, TN: 3 persons per householdBrentwood, TN3La Vergne, TN: 3 persons per householdLa Vergne, TN3Collierville, TN: 2.9 persons per householdCollierville, TN2.9Bartlett, TN: 2.8 persons per householdBartlett, TN2.8Fairview, TN: 2.8 persons per householdFairview, TN2.8Smyrna, TN: 2.8 persons per householdSmyrna, TN2.8Spring Hill, TN: 2.7 persons per householdSpring Hill, TN2.7Atoka, TN: 2.7 persons per householdAtoka, TN2.7Portland, TN: 2.7 persons per householdPortland, TN2.7Shelbyville, TN: 2.7 persons per householdShelbyville, TN2.7Lakeland, TN: 2.7 persons per householdLakeland, TN2.7Mount Juliet, TN: 2.7 persons per householdMount Juliet, TN2.7Farragut, TN: 2.7 persons per householdFarragut, TN2.7White House, TN: 2.7 persons per householdWhite House, TN2.7Springfield, TN: 2.6 persons per householdSpringfield, TN2.6Murfreesboro, TN: 2.6 persons per householdMurfreesboro, TN2.6Germantown, TN: 2.6 persons per householdGermantown, TN2.6Clarksville, TN: 2.6 persons per householdClarksville, TN2.6Manchester, TN: 2.6 persons per householdManchester, TN2.6Franklin, TN: 2.6 persons per householdFranklin, TN2.6Lebanon, TN: 2.6 persons per householdLebanon, TN2.6Dickson, TN: 2.5 persons per householdDickson, TN2.5Maryville, TN: 2.5 persons per householdMaryville, TN2.5Union City, TN: 2.5 persons per householdUnion City, TN2.5Hartsville, TN: 2.5 persons per householdHartsville, TN2.5Oakland, TN: 2.5 persons per householdOakland, TN2.5Lewisburg, TN: 2.5 persons per householdLewisburg, TN2.5Soddy-Daisy, TN: 2.5 persons per householdSoddy-Daisy, TN2.5Hendersonville, TN: 2.5 persons per householdHendersonville, TN2.5Tullahoma, TN: 2.5 persons per householdTullahoma, TN2.5Columbia, TN: 2.5 persons per householdColumbia, TN2.5Cleveland, TN: 2.5 persons per householdCleveland, TN2.5Alcoa, TN: 2.5 persons per householdAlcoa, TN2.5Greeneville, TN: 2.5 persons per householdGreeneville, TN2.5Lenoir City, TN: 2.5 persons per householdLenoir City, TN2.5Gallatin, TN: 2.5 persons per householdGallatin, TN2.5Millington, TN: 2.4 persons per householdMillington, TN2.4Morristown, TN: 2.4 persons per householdMorristown, TN2.4Nolensville, TN: 3.3 persons per householdNolensville, TN3.3Arlington, TN: 3.2 persons per householdArlington, TN3.2Brentwood, TN: 3 persons per householdBrentwood, TN3La Vergne, TN: 3 persons per householdLa Vergne, TN3Collierville, TN: 2.9 persons per householdCollierville, TN2.9Bartlett, TN: 2.8 persons per householdBartlett, TN2.8Fairview, TN: 2.8 persons per householdFairview, TN2.8Smyrna, TN: 2.8 persons per householdSmyrna, TN2.8Spring Hill, TN: 2.7 persons per householdSpring Hill, TN2.7Atoka, TN: 2.7 persons per householdAtoka, TN2.7Portland, TN: 2.7 persons per householdPortland, TN2.7Shelbyville, TN: 2.7 persons per householdShelbyville, TN2.7Lakeland, TN: 2.7 persons per householdLakeland, TN2.7Mount Juliet, TN: 2.7 persons per householdMount Juliet, TN2.7Farragut, TN: 2.7 persons per householdFarragut, TN2.7White House, TN: 2.7 persons per householdWhite House, TN2.7Springfield, TN: 2.6 persons per householdSpringfield, TN2.6Murfreesboro, TN: 2.6 persons per householdMurfreesboro, TN2.6Germantown, TN: 2.6 persons per householdGermantown, TN2.6Clarksville, TN: 2.6 persons per householdClarksville, TN2.6Manchester, TN: 2.6 persons per householdManchester, TN2.6Franklin, TN: 2.6 persons per householdFranklin, TN2.6Lebanon, TN: 2.6 persons per householdLebanon, TN2.6Dickson, TN: 2.5 persons per householdDickson, TN2.5Maryville, TN: 2.5 persons per householdMaryville, TN2.5Union City, TN: 2.5 persons per householdUnion City, TN2.5Hartsville, TN: 2.5 persons per householdHartsville, TN2.5Oakland, TN: 2.5 persons per householdOakland, TN2.5Lewisburg, TN: 2.5 persons per householdLewisburg, TN2.5Soddy-Daisy, TN: 2.5 persons per householdSoddy-Daisy, TN2.5Hendersonville, TN: 2.5 persons per householdHendersonville, TN2.5Tullahoma, TN: 2.5 persons per householdTullahoma, TN2.5Columbia, TN: 2.5 persons per householdColumbia, TN2.5Cleveland, TN: 2.5 persons per householdCleveland, TN2.5Alcoa, TN: 2.5 persons per householdAlcoa, TN2.5Greeneville, TN: 2.5 persons per householdGreeneville, TN2.5Lenoir City, TN: 2.5 persons per householdLenoir City, TN2.5Gallatin, TN: 2.5 persons per householdGallatin, TN2.5Millington, TN: 2.4 persons per householdMillington, TN2.4Morristown, TN: 2.4 persons per householdMorristown, TN2.4
persons per household. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25010: average household size of occupied housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2023
persons per household
Change on 2022
1Nolensville, TN3.3-3.2%
2Arlington, TN3.20%
3Brentwood, TN3+0.3%
3La Vergne, TN3+1.7%
5Collierville, TN2.90%
6Bartlett, TN2.8-2.1%
7Fairview, TN2.8+4.5%
8Smyrna, TN2.8-1.4%
9Spring Hill, TN2.7-4.5%
10Atoka, TN2.7+2.6%
11Portland, TN2.7+3.8%
12Shelbyville, TN2.7-3.6%
13Lakeland, TN2.70%
13Mount Juliet, TN2.7-1.8%
15Farragut, TN2.7+0.4%
16White House, TN2.7+0.4%
17Springfield, TN2.6+1.9%
18Murfreesboro, TN2.6+0.8%
19Germantown, TN2.6-1.9%
20Clarksville, TN2.6-2.3%
21Manchester, TN2.6-3%
22Franklin, TN2.6+0.8%
23Lebanon, TN2.6+0.8%
24Dickson, TN2.5-2.3%
24Maryville, TN2.50%
24Union City, TN2.5+4.1%
27Hartsville, TN2.5-2.3%
27Oakland, TN2.5-4.5%
29Lewisburg, TN2.5-3.1%
29Soddy-Daisy, TN2.5-1.2%
31Hendersonville, TN2.5-1.6%
31Tullahoma, TN2.5+3.8%
33Columbia, TN2.5+2.1%
34Cleveland, TN2.5-1.6%
35Alcoa, TN2.5-0.8%
35Greeneville, TN2.5+2.5%
35Lenoir City, TN2.5-8.6%
38Gallatin, TN2.5-0.4%
39Millington, TN2.4-0.8%
40Morristown, TN2.4+0.4%
40Sevierville, TN2.4+0.8%
42Memphis, TN2.4-1.2%
43Paris, TN2.40%
44McMinnville, TN2.40%
44Oak Ridge, TN2.40%
46Jackson, TN2.4-2.5%
47Dyersburg, TN2.3-1.3%
47Goodlettsville, TN2.3-2.9%
49Winchester, TN2.3-3.4%
50East Ridge, TN2.3-0.4%
51Clinton, TN2.3-1.7%
51Lawrenceburg, TN2.3-1.7%
53Chattanooga, TN2.30%
54Bristol, TN2.2-0.4%
55Kingsport, TN2.2+0.9%
56Cookeville, TN2.20%
56Johnson City, TN2.20%
58Athens, TN2.2-0.5%
59Elizabethton, TN2.2-5.6%
59Nashville, TN2.2-3.5%
61Knoxville, TN2.20%
61Martin, TN2.2-0.9%
63Collegedale, TN2.2-1.4%
64Crossville, TN2.1-1.8%
65Red Bank, TN2-2.4%

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Average number of persons per private household. EU countries: EU-SILC. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate of people in households divided by occupied housing units, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.

Covers private households only; people living in institutions or other group quarters are excluded. EU-SILC figures refer to the survey year. The EU and US surveys differ, so their figures are not strictly comparable.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

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U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25010: average household size of occupied housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b25010.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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Red Bank, TN, with 2 persons per household in 2023.

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