Official figures side by side: 2025 property tax rates, 2024-25 high school grades, Zillow home values and Census income for Nashville and three neighbors.

Last checked Oct. 19, 2026. Sources: the Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury’s 2025 property tax rates, the Tennessee Department of Education’s 2024-25 letter grades, the Zillow Home Value Index, the Census Bureau’s 2020-2024 American Community Survey five-year estimates (QuickFacts: Nashville, Goodlettsville, Brentwood, Hendersonville), the federal NCES school directory and each city’s own police, fire and trash pages, linked below.

Nashville’s three nearest neighboring cities are Goodlettsville, about 12 miles north; Brentwood, about 12 miles south; and Hendersonville, about 14 miles northeast. They sit in three different counties, which matters more than anything else on this page: the county decides your school district, your county tax rate and who appraises your home. This guide puts the official figures side by side. It does not rank the cities.

What this means for you

  • Taxes: the 2025 combined rate ran from $1.49 per $100 of assessed value in Brentwood to $3.2888 on Goodlettsville’s Davidson County side.
  • Schools: each city’s schools belong to a different district. Brentwood and Hendersonville each have a high school with an A on the state’s 2024-25 grades.
  • Home values: Zillow’s typical value in September 2026 ran from $385,179 in Goodlettsville to $1,388,985 in Brentwood.

The four cities at a glance

From the Census Bureau’s 2020-2024 American Community Survey five-year estimates, the same vintage for all four:

Nashville Goodlettsville Brentwood Hendersonville
County Davidson Davidson and Sumner Williamson Sumner
Population 690,130 17,597 45,556 63,091
Median household income $77,371 $70,758 $182,088 $97,200
Median home value (owner estimate) $413,600 $381,900 $1,031,300 $430,700
Mean travel time to work 24.7 minutes 26.3 minutes 25.7 minutes 29.7 minutes

Nashville’s figures are for the Census Bureau’s “Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance),” which leaves out the satellite cities inside the county, Goodlettsville among them. The median home value is what owners told the survey their homes were worth, a different measure from Zillow’s below.

Property tax rates

Tennessee assesses homes at 25% of appraised value, and each rate is charged per $100 of that assessed value. From the Tennessee Comptroller’s 2025 tax rate table:

Where City rate County rate Combined Tax on each $100,000 of appraised value
Nashville, Urban Services District $0.032 $2.782 $2.814 $703.50
Nashville, General Services District none $2.782 $2.782 $695.50
Goodlettsville, Davidson County side $0.5068 $2.782 $3.2888 $822.20
Goodlettsville, Sumner County side $0.5068 $1.421 $1.9278 $481.95
Brentwood $0.19 $1.30 $1.49 $372.50
Hendersonville $0.5883 $1.421 $2.0093 $502.33

The last column is our arithmetic: $100,000 times 25%, divided by 100, times the combined rate. Metro is a consolidated city-county government, so the Comptroller lists its General Services District rate as the county rate and the extra Urban Services District charge as the city rate.

Chart: combined 2025 rates

Bar chart of combined 2025 property tax rates per $100 of assessed value: Nashville Urban Services District $2.81, Goodlettsville Davidson side $3.29, Goodlettsville Sumner side $1.93, Brentwood $1.49, Hendersonville $2.01

A lower rate does not always mean a lower bill. Each county’s assessor appraises homes on its own schedule, and a home’s appraisal, not its market price, is what the rate applies to. The Comptroller’s table lists no special school district tax for any of the four. For Davidson County’s due dates, tax relief and tax freeze, see our property taxes guide.

Schools

Each city’s public schools belong to a different district. From the Tennessee Department of Education’s 2024-25 A-F letter grade file, the same year for every school:

City District High schools in the city 2024-25 grade
Brentwood Williamson County Schools Ravenwood High, 1724 Wilson Pike A
Brentwood Williamson County Schools Brentwood High, 5304 Murray Lane B
Hendersonville Sumner County Schools Hendersonville High, 123 Cherokee Road A
Hendersonville Sumner County Schools Beech High, 3126 Long Hollow Pike B

Goodlettsville has no public high school with a Goodlettsville address in the federal NCES school directory. Its Davidson County addresses are zoned to Metro Nashville Public Schools and its Sumner County addresses to Sumner County Schools.

Nashville is served by Metro Nashville Public Schools, which zones each address to one of 12 high schools. Their 2024-25 grades were C at Antioch, Hunters Lane and Stratford STEM Magnet; D at Glencliff, Hillsboro, James Lawson, Maplewood, McGavock, John Overton and Pearl-Cohn; and F at Cane Ridge and Whites Creek. Across the district, 14 schools earned an A, among them five high schools that are not zoned schools: Hume-Fogg, Martin Luther King Jr., Early College High, KIPP Nashville Collegiate and Valor Flagship Academy. Our neighborhoods guide shows which zone covers which part of the city, and our schools guide has the district-wide grades.

Home values

From the Zillow Home Value Index (Zillow Research), by city, for one month:

City September 2026 September 2025 Change
Nashville $425,889 $436,922 -2.5%
Goodlettsville $385,179 $390,761 -1.4%
Brentwood $1,388,985 $1,334,485 +4.1%
Hendersonville $515,384 $512,356 +0.6%

The index is a modeled typical value for the middle third of homes, not a sale price.

Chart: typical home values

Bar chart of Zillow typical home values in September 2026: Nashville $425,889, Goodlettsville $385,179, Brentwood $1,388,985, Hendersonville $515,384

More in our home prices guide.

Commute

In the 2020-2024 American Community Survey, workers living in Nashville averaged 24.7 minutes to get to work, Brentwood 25.7, Goodlettsville 26.3 and Hendersonville 29.7. Those are survey averages for each city’s residents, wherever they work. For buses, roads and the WeGo Star train, see our getting around guide.

Who provides city services

Service Nashville Goodlettsville Brentwood Hendersonville
Police Metro Nashville Police Department Goodlettsville Police Department Brentwood Police Department Hendersonville Police Department
Fire Nashville Fire Department Goodlettsville Fire Department Brentwood Fire and Rescue Hendersonville Fire Department
Household trash Metro, in the Urban Services District; a private hauler elsewhere (our guide) Weekly curbside; the city reports missed pickups to Waste Management (city page) No city service; a private hauler or a Williamson County convenience center (city page) Weekly curbside, collected by Waste Pro under city contract (city page)

How to check an address

City limits, county lines and school zones do not match ZIP codes or mailing addresses, so check one address at a time:

For the areas inside Nashville, see our Nashville neighborhoods guide.

Frequently asked questions

Which has lower property taxes, Nashville or Brentwood?

For tax year 2025 the Tennessee Comptroller lists a combined rate of $1.49 per $100 of assessed value in Brentwood and $2.814 in Nashville’s Urban Services District. Each county appraises homes on its own schedule, so the rate alone does not settle a bill.

What is the property tax rate in Hendersonville, Tennessee?

The combined 2025 rate is $2.0093 per $100 of assessed value: $0.5883 for the city and $1.421 for Sumner County, according to the Tennessee Comptroller.

Is Goodlettsville in Davidson or Sumner County?

Both. Goodlettsville’s 2025 city rate of $0.5068 is added to Metro’s $2.782 on the Davidson County side and to Sumner County’s $1.421 on the Sumner side.

How do home values compare in Nashville and its neighbors?

Zillow’s typical value in September 2026 was $425,889 in Nashville, $385,179 in Goodlettsville, $1,388,985 in Brentwood and $515,384 in Hendersonville.

Which city has the shortest commute?

Nashville residents averaged 24.7 minutes to work, Brentwood 25.7, Goodlettsville 26.3 and Hendersonville 29.7, in the Census Bureau’s 2020-2024 American Community Survey.