Cities in Tennessee by median household income
Brentwood, TN had the highest median household income of 65 cities in 2023, at $184,720. Paris, TN had the lowest, at $39,365. The median was $61,788 and the figure for Tennessee was $67,097. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.
Top 40 cities, 2023
Full ranking
| Rank | Cities | 2023 | Change on 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brentwood, TN | 184,720 | +1.7% |
| 2 | Nolensville, TN | 170,068 | +7.5% |
| 3 | Germantown, TN | 144,799 | +3.1% |
| 4 | Farragut, TN | 142,402 | +4.9% |
| 5 | Collierville, TN | 134,319 | +3.5% |
| 6 | Arlington, TN | 125,909 | +8.2% |
| 7 | Franklin, TN | 115,000 | +7.9% |
| 8 | Lakeland, TN | 113,843 | +5.2% |
| 9 | Mount Juliet, TN | 107,847 | -0.2% |
| 10 | Spring Hill, TN | 106,658 | +1.7% |
| 11 | Bartlett, TN | 100,660 | +6.4% |
| 12 | Hendersonville, TN | 91,503 | +5.2% |
| 13 | Oakland, TN | 89,240 | +3.2% |
| 14 | Fairview, TN | 88,333 | +7.3% |
| 15 | White House, TN | 87,315 | +2.2% |
| 16 | Atoka, TN | 86,922 | -1.1% |
| 17 | La Vergne, TN | 80,418 | +3.7% |
| 18 | Maryville, TN | 79,340 | +6.3% |
| 19 | Smyrna, TN | 78,409 | +3% |
| 20 | Murfreesboro, TN | 76,241 | +8.2% |
| 21 | Nashville, TN | 75,197 | +5.4% |
| 22 | Gallatin, TN | 73,589 | +7.4% |
| 23 | Portland, TN | 72,380 | +6% |
| 24 | Lebanon, TN | 71,320 | +12% |
| 25 | Oak Ridge, TN | 71,000 | +5.7% |
| 26 | Dickson, TN | 69,074 | +5.9% |
| 27 | Soddy-Daisy, TN | 67,824 | +5.8% |
| 28 | Clarksville, TN | 66,786 | +6.5% |
| 29 | Goodlettsville, TN | 65,898 | +2% |
| 30 | Collegedale, TN | 64,905 | -7.2% |
| 31 | Clinton, TN | 64,005 | +0.5% |
| 32 | Hartsville, TN | 63,190 | +1.9% |
| 33 | Red Bank, TN | 61,788 | +4.7% |
| 34 | Columbia, TN | 61,204 | +5.3% |
| 35 | Chattanooga, TN | 61,028 | +5.8% |
| 36 | Tullahoma, TN | 60,855 | +7.2% |
| 37 | Lenoir City, TN | 60,480 | +13.9% |
| 38 | Alcoa, TN | 60,049 | -5.6% |
| 39 | Winchester, TN | 59,497 | +2.5% |
| 40 | Springfield, TN | 58,741 | +6% |
| 41 | East Ridge, TN | 55,988 | +5.4% |
| 42 | Cleveland, TN | 55,904 | +6.5% |
| 43 | Johnson City, TN | 55,429 | +4.2% |
| 44 | Sevierville, TN | 55,106 | +11.4% |
| 45 | Manchester, TN | 55,019 | +2.6% |
| 46 | Bristol, TN | 55,007 | +12% |
| 47 | Athens, TN | 53,151 | +6% |
| 48 | Lewisburg, TN | 52,634 | +14.6% |
| 49 | Shelbyville, TN | 52,290 | +3.1% |
| 50 | Dyersburg, TN | 51,846 | +2.6% |
| 51 | Millington, TN | 51,695 | +4.3% |
| 52 | Jackson, TN | 51,552 | +7.3% |
| 53 | Greeneville, TN | 51,516 | +10.9% |
| 54 | Memphis, TN | 51,211 | +6.5% |
| 55 | Knoxville, TN | 50,994 | +5.6% |
| 56 | Crossville, TN | 50,672 | +14.2% |
| 57 | Kingsport, TN | 50,436 | +4.6% |
| 58 | Cookeville, TN | 48,501 | +0.8% |
| 59 | Union City, TN | 45,523 | +6.8% |
| 60 | Elizabethton, TN | 44,834 | +1.3% |
| 61 | Morristown, TN | 44,811 | +13.3% |
| 62 | McMinnville, TN | 43,348 | +2.9% |
| 63 | Martin, TN | 41,510 | +8.6% |
| 64 | Lawrenceburg, TN | 41,458 | +10.1% |
| 65 | Paris, TN | 39,365 | -0% |
Other periods
About this ranking
Household income in the past 12 months at the middle of the distribution, in US dollars adjusted to the last year of the period. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.
US dollars. For Spanish places use net_income_per_household (average, EUR).
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 B19013: median household income in the past 12 months, 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-b19013.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.Citation styles
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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B19013: median household income in the past 12 months, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (Cities in Tennessee by median household income, 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b19013.dat
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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B19013: median household income in the past 12 months, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in Tennessee by median household income, 2023. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b19013.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/median-household-income/tennessee-cities?period=2023. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.
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U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B19013: median household income in the past 12 months, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Cities in Tennessee by median household income, 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b19013.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/median-household-income/tennessee-cities?period=2023.
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U.S. Census Bureau (2026) American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B19013: median household income in the past 12 months, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in Tennessee by median household income, 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b19013.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/median-household-income/tennessee-cities?period=2023 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
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Which city has the highest median household income?
Brentwood, TN, with $184,720 in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Which city has the lowest median household income?
Paris, TN, with $39,365 in 2023.
Where does this ranking come from?
Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B19013: median household income in the past 12 months, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Retrieved 2026-10-12.