
Rutherford County · Tennessee
ZIP code 37132
- Population
- 2,698
- Median income
- —
- Median home
- —
- Sales tax
- 7%
ZCTA residents
Household, past 12 months
Owner-occupied value
Tennessee state rate
Quick answer
ZIP 37132 sits in Rutherford County, Tennessee and is home to 2,698 people. Median household income is —, the median home is worth — and median gross rent is —. — of households own their home, and purchases are taxed at 7% (Tennessee state rate).
- County
- Rutherford County
- State
- Tennessee (TN)
- Area codes
- Not published
- Metro area
- Outside covered metros
FIPS 47149
638 ZIPs covered
No NANPA match for this ZIP
Rate jurisdiction used for tax
The numbers for 37132
American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates for this ZCTA.
- Population
- 2,698ZIP 37132 residents
- Median household income
- —Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- —Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- —Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 19.4 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- —Owner-occupied households
ZIP 37132 in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
ZIP 37132 is a small town in Rutherford County, Tennessee, with 2,698 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #397 of 638 ranked by population — larger than 37% of them. The median age here is 19.4 years against 39.1 nationally, a distinctly younger profile, typical of places with students, military posts or a fast-growing family population. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.
Households in ZIP 37132 earn a median of not published a year. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches an unpublished share of residents here.
The typical owner-occupied home in ZIP 37132 is valued at not published, while median gross rent runs not published a month. The homeownership rate is not published. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.
A median age of 19.4 means a large student or early-career population; income medians in places like this understate household resources, since many residents are supported from outside the address.
The Census withheld household income, home value, gross rent, poverty rate for ZIP 37132 because the sample was too thin to publish at this geography. Those values were suppressed at the source, not lost in our dataset, and we do not model a replacement. Everything else on this page comes straight from the ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year tables.
Reading ZIP 37132 in context
How 37132 sits inside Rutherford County and Tennessee.
ZIP 37132 is tabulated inside Rutherford County, Tennessee, one of 13 ZIP areas the Census publishes for that county and 638 across Tennessee. Population sits in the small-town band, typically one main street plus the addresses that feed into it. County assignment on this page follows the largest share of the ZIP's land area, which matters where a delivery route crosses a county line: mail addressed to 37132 can be handled by a post office in a neighbouring county even though the tabulation area is filed here.
Against its own county, 37132 reports a median household income of not published. Owner-occupied homes are valued at a median of not published. Rent is reported gross — the contract amount plus tenant-paid utilities — at not published a month, which is why it reads higher than the advertised rent on a listing for the same unit.
Tennessee charges 7% statewide, and local governments overlapping 37132 may add county, city or special-district levies on top. We publish the state floor for this ZIP rather than guessing a combined figure, because ZIP boundaries and taxing-district boundaries were drawn for different purposes and do not line up.
Everything above comes from the Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates for this ZIP Code Tabulation Area, with sales tax rates traced to the state revenue agency. Five-year estimates pool sixty months of responses, so they are stable enough to compare 37132 with its neighbours but always trail the current year, and any value the Census suppressed for sample size is shown as unpublished rather than filled in with a model.
Sales tax in 37132
What a purchase inside this ZIP costs at checkout.
Tennessee levies 7% statewide, and counties, cities and special districts inside this ZIP can add their own local rate on top. Check the county page for the local component before you quote a price.
Affordability in this ZIP
Derived from the Census medians above — indicative, not an offer.
A rent burden above 30% is the federal threshold for cost-burdened households, and a price-to-income multiple above 4× is generally considered a stretched housing market. The mortgage figure is principal and interest only — taxes, insurance and HOA dues are extra.
How 37132 compares
ZIP 37132 against the median ZIP in Rutherford County and across Tennessee.
| Measure | ZIP 37132 | County median | State median | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | — | $87,758 | $59,143 | — |
| Median home value | — | $357,550 | $195,100 | — |
| Median gross rent | — | $1,364 | $885 | — |
| Population | 2,698 | 9,786 | 4,324 | -38% |
Medians are computed across the 13 ZIP areas in Rutherford County and the 638 ZIP areas in Tennessee.
Statewide rank
Where this ZIP places among all 638 Tennessee ZIP areas.
- Income
- —
- Home value
- —
- Population
- #397
Not published
Not published
larger than 38% of 638 state ZIPs
Nearby ZIP codes
Other ZIP codes filed under Rutherford County.
Adjacent ZIP Codes
Other ZIP codes in Rutherford County, Tennessee.
ZIP 37132 questions
Common questions about this ZIP code.
- Where is ZIP code 37132?
- ZIP 37132 lies mostly in Rutherford County, Tennessee. County assignment follows the largest share of land area, so a ZIP straddling a county line is filed under its dominant county.
- What sales tax do I pay in 37132?
- Tennessee charges 7% statewide, plus any county, city or district rate that applies locally.
- Is 37132 expensive to live in?
- Median rent runs — a month, and the median home is worth — — — against the typical Tennessee ZIP.
- Is a ZCTA the same as a postal ZIP code?
- Not exactly. The Census builds ZIP Code Tabulation Areas from the ZIP codes of addresses inside each census block, so a ZCTA can differ slightly from the USPS delivery route of the same number, and PO-box-only ZIPs have no ZCTA at all.
Keep going
Related pages for this area.
Sources & transparency
- US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates — 2019-2023 ACS 5-year — population, income, housing
- Census 2020 ZCTA-to-county relationship file — County assignment by largest land-area overlap
- Tennessee Department of Revenue — Sales tax rates and local add-ons
Last reviewed December 2024. Figures are published for reference and can change; verify with the source agency before filing or contracting. How we build and check this data.