If you tell people you live in one of Tennessee’s wealthiest places, they will think you are crazy rich.
And since HomeSnacks is our name and ranking states and places is our game, the only ten cities we see are The Volunteer State’s richest places for 2026. Lucky for you, they’re listed below.
How did we identify Tennessee’s wealthiest places? We used Saturday Night Science to analyze the latest Census and Zillow data on incomes and home prices. We limited the analysis to 134 Tennessee cities with more than 3,000 residents.
You’ll be living the Tennessee dream if you choose one of the state’s richest to plant some roots. Heck, there’s a reason famous Tennesseans like country singer Jason Aldean and hockey star Mike Fisher can’t stop talking about their hometowns Spring Hill and Brentwood. These places know how to cater to the state’s one percent.
You’ll need some serious cash if you think you’ll set up shop in The Home to Country Music. The median income in many of Tennessee’s most affluent places is north of $100,000/year.
$250,001 median income · 6.7% poverty · #1 income in Tennessee
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$215,530 median income · 1.2% poverty · #2 income in Tennessee
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$182,088 median income · 3.6% poverty · #3 income in Tennessee
Located in
Williamson County, Tennessee
Brentwood is a suburb of Nashville, Tennessee; located in Williamson County, it is known for its rolling hills as well as being one of the wealthiest cities in America relative to average cost of living. The population was 37,060 as of the 2010 U.S. Census, and estimated at 40,982 in 2014.
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$177,148 median income · 2.1% poverty · #4 income in Tennessee
Located in
Williamson County, Tennessee
Nolensville is a town in Williamson County, Tennessee. The population was 5,861 at the 2010 census.
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$142,093 median income · 3.8% poverty · #6 income in Tennessee
Located in
Loudon County, Tennessee
Farragut is a town which straddles both Knox and Loudon counties in Tennessee and is a suburb of Knoxville. The town’s population was 20,676 at the 2010 census. It is included in the Knoxville Metropolitan Area. The town is named in honor of American Civil War Admiral David Farragut, who was born just east of Farragut at Campbell’s Station in 1801.
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$119,528 median income · 4.6% poverty · #11 income in Tennessee
Located in
Williamson County, Tennessee
Franklin is a city in, and the county seat of, Williamson County, Tennessee, United States. Located about 21 miles south of Nashville, it is one of the principal cities of the Nashville metropolitan area. Since 1980, its population has increased more than fivefold and, based on its 2013 estimated population of 68,886, it is ranked as the seventh-largest city in Tennessee.
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$141,008 median income · 3.3% poverty · #7 income in Tennessee
Located in
Hamilton County, Tennessee
Signal Mountain is a town in Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States. The town is a suburb of Chattanooga and is located on Walden Ridge, a land mass often mistakenly referred to as “Signal Mountain” itself. Signal Mountain is also used as a colloquial name for part of the Walden Ridge close to the town. The town population was 7,554 as of the 2010 census. The population for zip code 37377 was 15,310 as of the 2010 census.
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$132,647 median income · 3.5% poverty · #10 income in Tennessee
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$149,920 median income · 2.7% poverty · #5 income in Tennessee
Located in
Shelby County, Tennessee
Germantown is a city in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 38,844 at the 2010 census.
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$138,598 median income · 3.2% poverty · #8 income in Tennessee
Located in
Shelby County, Tennessee
Collierville is a town in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, and a suburb located in the Memphis metropolitan area. The town had a population of 43,965 at the 2010 census.
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Tennessee statewide median: $69,595
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Saturday Night Science
How we determined the richest places in Tennessee for 2026
The first thing most people reach for is personal income. After all, rich people have really high salaries. But one statistic doesn’t capture what it means to be one of the “richest places,” so we applied Saturday Night Science to two measures from the 2020-2024 American Community Survey:
- Median household income
- Median home value
Median household income is the most digestible way to understand how rich a place is, and home values are a measure of accumulated wealth. The two combine to define a “Rich City.”
After collecting the data for all 134 places in Tennessee with more than 3,000 people, we ranked each place from 1 to 134 on both criteria, then averaged the two ranks into a “Rich Score.” The place with the lowest Rich Score, Forest Hills, is crowned the richest city in Tennessee for 2026.
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All 100 richest cities in Tennessee, ranked
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| Rank | City | Rich Score | Population | Median income | Median home value | Poverty | Unemployment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Forest Hills | 1.00 | 4,683 | $250,001 | $1,644,514 | 6.7% | 0.3% |
| 2 | Oak Hill | 2.00 | 4,617 | $215,530 | $1,396,051 | 1.2% | 1.7% |
| 3 | Brentwood | 3.00 | 45,556 | $182,088 | $1,393,273 | 3.6% | 2.6% |
| 4 | Nolensville | 4.50 | 15,074 | $177,148 | $836,736 | 2.1% | 2.4% |
| 5 | Farragut | 6.50 | 24,634 | $142,093 | $688,601 | 3.8% | 2.3% |
| 6 | Franklin | 7.50 | 87,133 | $119,528 | $922,855 | 4.6% | 2.2% |
| 7 | Signal Mountain | 7.50 | 8,860 | $141,008 | $623,275 | 3.3% | 2.4% |
| 8 | Thompson’s Station | 8.00 | 8,294 | $132,647 | $815,216 | 3.5% | 6.4% |
| 9 | Germantown | 10.00 | 40,673 | $149,920 | $485,879 | 2.7% | 3.2% |
| 10 | Collierville | 10.50 | 51,515 | $138,598 | $509,893 | 3.2% | 4.0% |
| 11 | Spring Hill | 12.50 | 55,765 | $112,013 | $523,264 | 4.3% | 2.1% |
| 12 | Coope | 13.00 | 4,640 | $118,241 | $490,526 | 9.2% | 0.3% |
| 13 | Mount Juliet | 13.00 | 42,073 | $107,068 | $562,745 | 6.0% | 3.8% |
| 14 | Lakeland | 15.00 | 14,192 | $116,250 | $445,695 | 3.2% | 2.8% |
| 15 | Fairview | 15.50 | 10,009 | $91,131 | $560,109 | 11.6% | 3.3% |
| 16 | Hendersonville | 16.00 | 63,091 | $97,200 | $521,094 | 6.3% | 4.3% |
| 17 | Arlington | 18.00 | 15,205 | $135,105 | $409,250 | 4.9% | 3.4% |
| 18 | Louisville | 19.50 | 4,383 | $89,744 | $464,912 | 11.8% | 5.1% |
| 19 | Pleasant View | 19.50 | 5,276 | $109,213 | $416,777 | 1.4% | 6.4% |
| 20 | Murfreesboro | 25.00 | 161,445 | $80,108 | $426,292 | 8.8% | 4.3% |
| 21 | Gallatin | 25.50 | 48,532 | $77,518 | $435,264 | 13.0% | 3.1% |
| 22 | White House | 27.00 | 14,631 | $90,019 | $388,293 | 7.0% | 2.9% |
| 23 | Lebanon | 27.50 | 44,788 | $72,848 | $443,605 | 13.1% | 2.4% |
| 24 | Smyrna | 28.00 | 56,692 | $81,926 | $403,723 | 12.5% | 5.0% |
| 25 | Maryville | 28.50 | 32,392 | $81,963 | $390,045 | 6.7% | 3.0% |
| 26 | Oakland | 29.50 | 9,979 | $97,798 | $353,491 | 5.8% | 3.3% |
| 27 | Greenbrier | 30.00 | 6,971 | $85,174 | $382,696 | 6.0% | 1.8% |
| 28 | Atoka | 32.50 | 10,385 | $89,663 | $350,767 | 7.0% | 4.5% |
| 29 | Collegedale | 33.50 | 11,330 | $70,246 | $418,364 | 7.3% | 1.6% |
| 30 | Hartsville/Trousdale County | 33.50 | 11,957 | $72,747 | $392,887 | 11.9% | 0.6% |
| 31 | Medina | 36.00 | 5,407 | $107,807 | $320,515 | 2.6% | 3.3% |
| 32 | Bartlett | 36.00 | 56,876 | $102,070 | $321,267 | 5.1% | 3.4% |
| 33 | La Vergne | 36.00 | 40,243 | $81,313 | $346,622 | 15.1% | 2.2% |
| 34 | Ashland City | 36.50 | 5,424 | $79,231 | $349,646 | 6.4% | 1.4% |
| 35 | Soddy-Daisy | 36.50 | 13,231 | $75,113 | $359,449 | 7.4% | 6.0% |
| 36 | Goodlettsville | 37.00 | 17,597 | $70,758 | $389,925 | 9.7% | 6.1% |
| 37 | Lenoir City | 38.00 | 11,110 | $67,259 | $411,984 | 17.0% | 5.1% |
| 38 | Millersville | 39.00 | 5,836 | $71,789 | $360,650 | 10.5% | 5.4% |
| 39 | Jonesborough | 40.50 | 6,232 | $74,015 | $334,165 | 11.7% | 1.7% |
| 40 | Blaine | 40.50 | 3,213 | $77,092 | $332,733 | 8.9% | 8.0% |
| 41 | Portland | 43.00 | 13,449 | $72,647 | $332,794 | 11.2% | 4.9% |
| 42 | Dickson | 45.00 | 16,424 | $69,678 | $344,966 | 12.8% | 4.8% |
| 43 | Columbia | 46.00 | 45,441 | $63,719 | $374,476 | 14.2% | 2.6% |
| 44 | White Bluff | 46.00 | 4,080 | $69,483 | $342,700 | 10.2% | 4.8% |
| 45 | Kingston | 46.50 | 6,224 | $71,675 | $329,855 | 7.1% | 8.1% |
| 46 | Oak Ridge | 46.50 | 32,693 | $72,311 | $322,990 | 12.2% | 3.8% |
| 47 | Munford | 47.50 | 6,588 | $89,531 | $287,684 | 8.8% | 7.9% |
| 48 | Winchester | 48.00 | 9,799 | $62,782 | $359,609 | 13.5% | 4.4% |
| 49 | Clinton | 49.00 | 10,239 | $68,882 | $332,661 | 12.7% | 1.4% |
| 50 | Pigeon Forge | 49.00 | 6,375 | $53,261 | $423,694 | 21.0% | 3.5% |
| 51 | Tusculum | 51.00 | 3,337 | $70,694 | $318,487 | 5.5% | 3.3% |
| 52 | Gatlinburg | 51.00 | 3,663 | $53,475 | $410,249 | 13.5% | 3.6% |
| 53 | Sevierville | 52.00 | 18,397 | $52,421 | $417,023 | 15.4% | 4.4% |
| 54 | Clarksville | 53.50 | 176,456 | $69,303 | $318,206 | 12.3% | 5.5% |
| 55 | Dandridge | 54.00 | 3,538 | $53,507 | $384,828 | 15.1% | 9.6% |
| 56 | Knoxville | 54.50 | 195,185 | $54,039 | $369,216 | 20.2% | 4.5% |
| 57 | Alcoa | 56.00 | 12,222 | $65,714 | $314,718 | 12.9% | 2.0% |
| 58 | Springfield | 56.00 | 19,255 | $59,465 | $331,464 | 22.4% | 4.7% |
| 59 | Chattanooga | 56.00 | 185,783 | $64,523 | $319,579 | 19.1% | 5.4% |
| 60 | Red Bank | 59.50 | 12,010 | $63,983 | $307,145 | 12.0% | 3.8% |
| 61 | Manchester | 60.50 | 12,944 | $57,500 | $325,769 | 14.9% | 2.2% |
| 62 | Jefferson City | 63.00 | 8,579 | $60,638 | $304,012 | 19.0% | 6.1% |
| 63 | Jasper | 63.00 | 3,612 | $73,013 | $253,036 | 10.1% | 3.0% |
| 64 | Cleveland | 63.50 | 48,829 | $58,559 | $311,237 | 16.7% | 6.0% |
| 65 | Tullahoma | 64.00 | 21,103 | $60,979 | $293,828 | 18.0% | 3.2% |
| 66 | Mount Carmel | 66.00 | 5,472 | $68,866 | $262,492 | 7.0% | 7.4% |
| 67 | Shelbyville | 66.00 | 24,661 | $55,073 | $313,350 | 20.7% | 3.8% |
| 68 | Church Hill | 68.50 | 7,139 | $65,526 | $261,209 | 6.4% | 13.9% |
| 69 | Johnson City | 69.50 | 72,222 | $57,254 | $292,485 | 20.3% | 5.6% |
| 70 | Cookeville | 71.50 | 36,088 | $51,375 | $320,762 | 23.5% | 3.8% |
| 71 | East Ridge | 72.00 | 22,070 | $62,247 | $257,872 | 13.1% | 5.3% |
| 72 | Harrogate | 77.50 | 4,368 | $65,586 | $234,028 | 12.4% | 5.8% |
| 73 | Centerville | 78.50 | 3,535 | $59,167 | $246,949 | 9.6% | 1.5% |
| 74 | Athens | 79.00 | 14,471 | $53,929 | $260,344 | 17.0% | 6.2% |
| 75 | Crossville | 81.00 | 12,428 | $48,802 | $304,997 | 22.9% | 7.2% |
| 76 | Lafayette | 81.25 | 5,727 | $51,736 | $269,410 | 27.6% | 5.4% |
| 77 | Mount Pleasant | 82.50 | 4,837 | $50,108 | $281,069 | 22.8% | 3.8% |
| 78 | Sparta | 82.50 | 4,939 | $50,080 | $282,101 | 14.3% | 7.8% |
| 79 | Lewisburg | 83.50 | 12,861 | $48,341 | $299,243 | 19.9% | 5.5% |
| 80 | Bristol | 84.00 | 27,636 | $58,162 | $234,603 | 13.6% | 6.8% |
| 81 | Kingsport | 84.50 | 56,262 | $52,490 | $254,341 | 20.7% | 4.9% |
| 82 | Dayton | 88.00 | 7,625 | $49,719 | $264,804 | 22.2% | 1.3% |
| 83 | Somerville | 90.00 | 3,466 | $44,310 | $296,915 | 25.0% | 1.9% |
| 84 | Hohenwald | 91.00 | 3,884 | $51,440 | $246,422 | 20.4% | 8.0% |
| 85 | Morristown | 91.00 | 31,527 | $47,917 | $266,073 | 26.0% | 7.1% |
| 86 | Oliver Springs | 91.00 | 3,281 | $51,183 | $247,169 | 17.0% | 4.6% |
| 87 | Newbern | 91.00 | 3,289 | $58,455 | $194,373 | 18.0% | 3.0% |
| 88 | Jackson | 92.00 | 68,435 | $53,032 | $227,078 | 22.2% | 8.1% |
| 89 | Fayetteville | 92.00 | 7,057 | $49,223 | $254,902 | 16.9% | 5.7% |
| 90 | Dunlap | 93.00 | 5,678 | $45,589 | $273,219 | 34.3% | 12.2% |
| 91 | Greeneville | 93.00 | 15,646 | $49,889 | $248,040 | 18.5% | 8.4% |
| 92 | Camden | 95.00 | 3,678 | $55,029 | $190,726 | 19.8% | 4.4% |
| 93 | Bean Station | 95.00 | 3,016 | $44,785 | $267,602 | 18.3% | 0.8% |
| 94 | Pulaski | 95.50 | 8,285 | $48,538 | $250,196 | 25.7% | 7.2% |
| 95 | South Pittsburg | 95.50 | 3,013 | $57,865 | $177,237 | 21.8% | 11.9% |
| 96 | Trenton | 95.50 | 4,151 | $58,750 | $162,582 | 29.6% | 15.6% |
| 97 | Millington | 96.00 | 11,289 | $49,979 | $238,393 | 16.5% | 4.7% |
| 98 | Unicoi | 96.50 | 3,806 | $42,424 | $280,028 | 21.3% | 4.8% |
| 99 | McMinnville | 96.50 | 13,844 | $47,179 | $255,402 | 20.7% | 9.0% |
| 100 | Algood | 97.50 | 4,036 | $42,359 | $279,881 | 32.9% | 0.7% |
Source: U.S. Census ACS 2020-2024, Zillow research. 134 cities with more than 3,000 residents.
Forest Hills is the richest place in Tennessee for 2026
When we set out to identify the richest places in Tennessee, we weren’t sure what we’d find, but it ended up being some of the best places to live in the state. The richest cities in Tennessee are Forest Hills, Oak Hill, and Brentwood, and when you look at the data they sit at the very top of the income ladder for everyone who lives there.
Breaking into the top ten takes a median household income of at least $119,528. If you’re curious about the other end of the ledger, the poorest places are listed to the right.
