Best PlacesMidtown-Nashville, Nashville, TN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Midtown-Nashville, Nashville, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Midtown-Nashville, Nashville ranks 1,709th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on short commutes by a wide margin, and empty homes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Midtown-Nashville, Nashville
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Midtown-Nashville, Nashville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Midtown-Nashville, Nashville ranks high
- Short commute13.4 minutes each way, better than 99% of neighborhoods
- Local economyBetter than 98% of neighborhoods
- State fiscal healthBetter than 98% of neighborhoods
- Health outlookBetter than 93% of neighborhoods
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 88% of neighborhoods
Where Midtown-Nashville, Nashville ranks low
- Low vacancyBetter than only 3% of neighborhoods
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 10% of neighborhoods
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 14% of neighborhoods
- Tree shadeBetter than only 15% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than only 20% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Midtown-Nashville, Nashville
A household needs to earn about $181,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Midtown-Nashville, Nashville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $82,496, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Midtown-Nashville, Nashville's effective rate of 0.56%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Midtown-Nashville, Nashville
Midtown-Nashville, Nashville runs younger than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Midtown-Nashville, Nashville.
Who works in Midtown-Nashville, Nashville, and how
Work in Midtown-Nashville, Nashville centers on education and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 43%
- Work from home 34%
- Transit, walk, or bike 23%
Life in Midtown-Nashville, Nashville
Midtown-Nashville, Nashville has more restaurants and bars per resident than 94% of neighborhoods. That concentrates in some parts of Midtown-Nashville, Nashville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Midtown-Nashville, Nashville, month by month
Midtown-Nashville, Nashville sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 49, with lows near 32. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49° | 39° | 32° |
| April | 72° | 61° | 50° |
| July | 91° | 80° | 71° |
| October | 74° | 63° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Midtown-Nashville, Nashville
Nashville International sits about 7 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 12.6 million passengers in 2025, with 158 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Midtown-Nashville, Nashville
Schools across Midtown-Nashville, Nashville average a C−, better than 24% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Eakin ElementaryB · 45% proficient
Top middle schools
- Haynes MiddleF · 2% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Midtown-Nashville, Nashville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Midtown-Nashville, Nashville measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Midtown-Nashville, Nashville against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Midtown-Nashville, Nashville
Is Midtown-Nashville, Nashville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Midtown-Nashville, Nashville ranks 1,709th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on short commutes, a strong job market, and state finances, and lowest on empty homes and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Midtown-Nashville, Nashville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $715,003. The overall cost of living runs about 7% above the national average. Set against a $82,496 median income, cost of living beats 60% of neighborhoods.
Is Midtown-Nashville, Nashville safe?
Midtown-Nashville, Nashville is safer than 35% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $991 per resident a year.
Compare Midtown-Nashville, Nashville with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Midtown-Nashville, Nashville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Midtown-Nashville, Nashville represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Midtown-Nashville, Nashville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Midtown-Nashville, Nashville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Midtown-Nashville, Nashville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Midtown-Nashville, Nashville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Midtown-Nashville, Nashville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Midtown-Nashville, Nashville detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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