City · Davidson County, Tennessee

Belle Meade, Tennessee

Belle Meade is a city in Davidson County, Tennessee, part of the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN metro area. It has 2,708 residents. Belle Meade, Tennessee has a quality-of-life score of 63 out of 100 (high), ranking #5,785 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Tennessee it ranks #18 of 305 cities and towns. It ranks best on food insecurity (low), bachelor's degree or higher (high) and lack of reliable transportation (low). It ranks worst on property crime rate (high), violent crime rate (high) and rent as share of income (high).

63High

Quality-of-life score: #5,785 of 15,651 cities and towns
Tennessee: #18 of 305 in TN
Population: 2,708 (2020-2024)
Land area: 3 mi²
Density: 882.0 /mi²
FIPS code: 4704620

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 75 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety3#15,205/15,637
Economy99#101/15,631
Housing26#11,091/14,977
Health63#5,806/15,609
Healthcare86#2,134/15,650
Environment18#12,626/15,453
Education52#7,542/15,649
Infrastructure96#689/15,650
Community46#8,375/15,651
Leisure & amenities96#570/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Belle Meade, Tennessee ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Davidson County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Food insecurity · low3.8%
100/100Tennessee 16.7%United States 15.6%2022Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Bachelor's degree or higher · high86.8%
100/100Tennessee 31.1%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Lack of reliable transportation · low3.1%
100/100Tennessee 9.2%United States 8.3%2022Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Median household income · high$250,001
100/100Tennessee $72,007United States $81,6042020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19013At least this value: the publisher's top bracket is open-ended
Uninsured residents (under 65) · low0.4%
99/100Tennessee 11.3%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010High uncertainty
Arts, entertainment and recreation · high16.5 /10k
98/100Tennessee 5.5 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsDavidson County value

Weaknesses

Property crime rate · high3,833 /100k
1/100Tennessee 1,637 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationDavidson County value
Violent crime rate · high937 /100k
1/100Tennessee 492 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationDavidson County value
Rent as share of income · high51.0%
2/100Tennessee 29.5%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071At least this value: the publisher's top bracket is open-ended
Home price to income ratio · high8.0×
3/100Tennessee 4.1×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Drug overdose deaths · high37.5 /100k
4/100Tennessee 27.1 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataDavidson County value
Injury deaths · high138 /100k
6/100Tennessee 122 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteDavidson County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
2,280 (2015-2019) → 2,708 (2020-2024)
+19%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
8.9% (2015-2019) → 81.5% (2020-2024)
+73 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
13.7% (2015-2019) → 51.0% (2020-2024)
+37 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
New homes permittedWorsening
4.6 /1k (2021) → 1.8 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−60%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Home price to income ratioWorsening
6.1× (2015-2019) → 8.0× (2020-2024)
+31%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Average commute timeImproving
19.7 min (2015-2019) → 16.5 min (2020-2024)
−16%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Belle Meade, Tennessee improved on 1 of 10 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 5 moved within the margin of error and 2 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved1

Inequality−0.0580.514 → 0.456

Declined2

Rent / income+37 points13.7% → 51.0%
Price / income+1.9×6.1× → 8.0×

All 10 measures

Change of every measure of Belle Meade, Tennessee between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	19.7 min2015-2019	16.5 min2020-2024	−3.2 min	Within the margin of error	80%
Bachelor's degree or higher	84.9%2015-2019	86.8%2020-2024	+1.9 points	Within the margin of error	42%
Broadband subscriptions	94.8%2015-2019	95.5%2020-2024	+0.6 points	Within the margin of error	10%
Effective property tax rate	0.72%2015-2019	0.57%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Little change	48%
High school diploma or higher	99.6%2015-2019	99.7%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	34%
Home price to income ratio	6.1×2015-2019	8.0×2020-2024	+1.9×	Declined	5%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.5142015-2019	0.4562020-2024	−0.058	Improved	87%
Median household income	$250,0012015-2019	$250,0012020-2024	0%	Little change	7%
Poverty rate	2.3%2015-2019	1.4%2020-2024	−0.9 points	Within the margin of error	52%
Rent as share of income	13.7%2015-2019	51.0%2020-2024	+37 points	Declined	0%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Belle Meade, Tennessee five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Belle Meade, Tennessee in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Belle Meade, Tennessee itself moved −8.4 points in standing on average over the same 9 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

2,708 residents (±289)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 70–79 men (−3.6 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

2,708 residents (±289)

Belle Meade, Tennessee
Tennessee share

White95%2,578
Black0.6%†15
Hispanic or Latino0.9%†24

Education

1,749 residents (±159)

Belle Meade, Tennessee
Tennessee share

No high school diploma0.3%†5
High school or GED5.1%†89
Some college7.2%

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

887 households (±76)

Belle Meade, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Under $25k2.0%†18
$25k–50k4.6%†41
$50k–75k4.1%†36
$75k–100k6.1%†54
$100k–150k4.5%†40
$150k–200k11%†99
$200k or more68%599

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $200k or more (+10.2 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

887 households (±76)

Belle Meade, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Own97%858
Rent3.3%†29

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

27 households (±19)

Belle Meade, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Under $7500.0%0
$750–1,0000.0%0
$1,000–1,50026%†7

Home values

858 homes (±76)

Belle Meade, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Under $150k1.5%†13
$150k–250k0.6%†5
$250k–400k1.2%†10

Age of homes

951 homes (±100)

Belle Meade, Tennessee
Tennessee share

2010 or later12%†114
2000–200912%†111
1980–199911%†108

Size of homes

951 homes (±100)

Belle Meade, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Studio1.7%†16
1 bedroom1.7%†16
2 bedrooms5.7%†54

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

1,109 workers (±161)

Belle Meade, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Drive alone72%797
Carpool1.4%†16
Public transit0.0%0
Walk2.4%†27
Bike0.0%0
Work from home23%†259
Other0.9%†10

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Drive alone (−20.1 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

850 workers (±146)

Belle Meade, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Under 15 min32%†271
15–29 min57%†486
30–44 min10%†85

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Davidson County, the county holding most of Belle Meade's residents.

Davidson County has 22,122 employer establishments, 307 for every 10,000 residents (1.24× the US rate of 248; 1.46× Tennessee's), with 526,927 paid employees at an average annual pay of $73,370. The Census Bureau also counts 98,789 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 22,122; 98,789 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 307; US 248 · Tennessee 210
Paid employees: 526,927
Average annual pay: $73,370; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Davidson County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	1,915	26.6	1.27×More than typical	45,833	$91,799	3,948
Restaurants and other eating places	1,908	26.5	1.44×More than typical	40,209	$29,358	496
Lessors of real estate	1,097	15.2	1.24×About typical	7,358	$79,546	8,666
Specialty trade contractors	958	13.3	0.86×About typical	19,217	$74,997	4,694
Limited-service restaurants	824	11.4	1.42×More than typical	14,524	$24,277	185
Full-service restaurants	811	11.2	1.46×More than typical	22,483	$33,603	226
Offices of physicians	770	10.7	1.65×More than typical	21,997	$121,274	1,008
Religious organizations	570	7.9	1.43×More than typical	6,803	$34,937	—
Management, scientific and technical consulting	544	7.5	1.12×About typical	6,478	$116,108	4,191
Legal services	485	6.7	1.25×More than typical	4,623	$124,621	902
Clothing and accessories stores	479	6.6	1.83×More than typical	6,061	$28,910	791
Construction of buildings	461	6.4	0.85×About typical	5,573	$99,690	2,115

Rank places for an industry Open Davidson County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 720,989 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $158.2K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Belle Meade, Tennessee: $58.41 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $158.2K; −83% vs FY2025
Per resident: $58.41; US $1,994
Sole-source: 99%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.7%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of Veterans Affairs$156.1K99%
Health Resources and Services Administration$1,0870.7%
Offices, Boards and Divisions$6710.4%
U.S. Secret Service$3010.2%

Top recipients

WEST MEADE PLACE LLP$156.1K99%
SUBRAMANIAM SRIRAM$1,0870.7%
MARK A COHEN LLC$6710.4%
MAGNOLIA MEMPHIS POPLAR PARTNERSHIP$3010.2%

Spending by fiscal year

471.1KFY2017
1.1MFY2018
742.4KFY2019
420KFY2020
279.9KFY2021
595.2KFY2022
755.1KFY2023
608K

Top industries (NAICS)

Nursing care facilities (skilled nursing facilities) · 6231$156.1K99%
Offices of physicians · 6211$1,0870.7%
Scientific research and development services · 5417$6710.4%
Lessors of real estate · 5311$3010.2%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Belle Meade, Tennessee, so they do not add up across cities.

Belle Meade, Tennessee's figures are part of those of Davidson County, TN ($698.1M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Belle Meade is mostly in Davidson County.

See federal money in Davidson County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Belle Meade, Tennessee is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

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County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Davidson County52100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN57

Other cities and towns in Davidson County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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