
Davidson County · Tennessee
ZIP code 37214
- Population
- 30,547
- Median income
- $71,969
- Median home
- $315,000
- Sales tax
- 9.25%
ZCTA residents
Household, past 12 months
Owner-occupied value
Combined state + local
Quick answer
ZIP 37214 sits in Davidson County, Tennessee and is home to 30,547 people. Median household income is $71,969, the median home is worth $315,000 and median gross rent is $1,567. 62% of households own their home, and purchases are taxed at 9.25% combined.
- County
- Davidson County
- State
- Tennessee (TN)
- Area codes
- 615, 629
FIPS 47037
638 ZIPs covered
NANPA codes serving this area
The numbers for 37214
American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates for this ZCTA.
- Population
- 30,547ZIP 37214 residents
- Median household income
- $71,969Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $315,000Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $1,567Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 37.8 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 62%Owner-occupied households
ZIP 37214 in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
ZIP 37214 is a small city in Davidson County, Tennessee, with 30,547 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #67 of 638 ranked by population — larger than 89% of them. The median age here is 37.8 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.
Households in ZIP 37214 earn a median of $71,969 a year, 8.4% below the national figure of $78,538. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 9.3% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in ZIP 37214 is valued at $315,000, 3.8% above the national figure, while median gross rent runs $1,567 a month, 11.5% above the national figure, or roughly $18,804 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 26.1% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4.4×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 62% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.
All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.
Reading ZIP 37214 in context
How 37214 sits inside Davidson County and Tennessee.
ZIP 37214 is tabulated inside Davidson County, Tennessee, one of 30 ZIP areas the Census publishes for that county and 638 across Tennessee. This is a dense urban ZIP, where a single postal boundary can hold more residents than an entire rural county. 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 37214 can be handled by a post office in a neighbouring county even though the tabulation area is filed here.
Against its own county, 37214 reports a median household income of $71,969, 5% below the $75,810 county median, and 22% above the $59,143 typical TN ZIP. Owner-occupied homes are valued at a median of $315,000, 18% below the county figure and 61% above the statewide ZIP median. Rent is reported gross — the contract amount plus tenant-paid utilities — at $1,567 a month, which is why it reads higher than the advertised rent on a listing for the same unit.
A taxable purchase made inside 37214 carries 9.25% at the register, assembled from the Nashville jurisdiction stack: the Tennessee state rate plus every county, municipal and special district levy that reaches this address. Because those district boundaries were drawn for schools, transit and hospital funding rather than for mail delivery, two addresses inside 37214 can legitimately fall under different totals — the rate shown here is the one that applies to the dominant jurisdiction.
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 37214 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 37214
What a purchase inside this ZIP costs at checkout.
This ZIP falls inside the Nashville rate area, so state, county, city and district levies are published here as a full stack.
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 37214 compares
ZIP 37214 against the median ZIP in Davidson County and across Tennessee.
| Measure | ZIP 37214 | County median | State median | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $71,969 | $75,810 | $59,143 | +22% |
| Median home value | $315,000 | $383,050 | $195,100 | +61% |
| Median gross rent | $1,567 | $1,468 | $885 | +77% |
| Population | 30,547 | 20,219 | 4,324 | +606% |
Medians are computed across the 30 ZIP areas in Davidson County and the 638 ZIP areas in Tennessee.
Statewide rank
Where this ZIP places among all 638 Tennessee ZIP areas.
- Income
- #156
- Home value
- #89
- Population
- #67
richer than 74% of 596 state ZIPs
above 85% of 589 state ZIPs
larger than 89% of 638 state ZIPs
Comparable ZIP codes
Tennessee ZIP areas with almost the same household income.
Nearby ZIP codes
Other ZIP codes filed under Davidson County.
Adjacent ZIP Codes
Other ZIP codes in Davidson County, Tennessee.
ZIP 37214 questions
Common questions about this ZIP code.
- Where is ZIP code 37214?
- ZIP 37214 lies mostly in Davidson 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 37214?
- Purchases are taxed at 9.25% combined, built from the Nashville jurisdiction stack.
- Is 37214 expensive to live in?
- Median rent runs $1,567 a month, about 26% of median household income, and the median home is worth $315,000 — +61% 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.