Scores by category

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

Safety3#15,205/15,637
Economy99#160/15,631
Housing76#3,538/14,977
Health63#5,819/15,609
Healthcare85#2,302/15,650
Environment18#12,626/15,453
Education46#8,476/15,649
Infrastructure99#182/15,650
Community46#8,375/15,651
Leisure & amenities96#570/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Oak Hill, 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 · low4.6%
100/100Tennessee 16.7%United States 15.6%2022Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Lack of reliable transportation · low3.6%
100/100Tennessee 9.2%United States 8.3%2022Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Bachelor's degree or higher · high81.5%
99/100Tennessee 31.1%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Median household income · high$215,530
99/100Tennessee $72,007United States $81,6042020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19013
Poverty rate · low1.2%
99/100Tennessee 13.3%United States 12.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001High 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
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
Distance to an Amtrak station · high122 mi
7/100Tennessee 93 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauDavidson County value
Income inequality (Gini index) · high0.493
9/100Tennessee 0.476United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083

Trends

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

Rent-burdened householdsImproving
48.3% (2015-2019) → 8.3% (2020-2024)
−40 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
24.5% (2015-2019) → 15.9% (2020-2024)
−8.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
New homes permittedWorsening
6.0 /1k (2021) → 3.7 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−39%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Home price to income ratioWorsening
4.0× (2015-2019) → 5.6× (2020-2024)
+38%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Median household incomeImproving
$171,500 (2015-2019) → $215,530 (2020-2024)
+26%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
93.7% (2015-2019) → 98.0% (2020-2024)
+4.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%

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, Oak Hill, Tennessee improved on 2 of 10 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 6 moved within the margin of error and 1 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.

Improved2

Household income+26%$171,500 → $215,530
Broadband+4.3 points93.7% → 98.0%

Declined1

Price / income+1.5×4.0× → 5.6×

All 10 measures

Change of every measure of Oak Hill, Tennessee between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	19.6 min2015-2019	20.7 min2020-2024	+1.1 min	Within the margin of error	35%
Bachelor's degree or higher	78.9%2015-2019	81.5%2020-2024	+2.7 points	Within the margin of error	49%
Broadband subscriptions	93.7%2015-2019	98.0%2020-2024	+4.3 points	Improved	27%
Effective property tax rate	0.67%2015-2019	0.40%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Little change	71%
High school diploma or higher	97.9%2015-2019	99.2%2020-2024	+1.3 points	Within the margin of error	50%
Home price to income ratio	4.0×2015-2019	5.6×2020-2024	+1.5×	Declined	9%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4882015-2019	0.4932020-2024	+0.005	Within the margin of error	46%
Median household income	$171,5002015-2019	$215,5302020-2024	+26%	Improved	46%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	24.5%2015-2019	15.9%2020-2024	−8.6 points	Within the margin of error	91%

“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 Oak Hill, Tennessee five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Oak Hill, 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, Oak Hill, Tennessee itself moved +2.6 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

4,617 residents (±27)

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: 40–49 men (+5.3 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

4,617 residents (±27)

Oak Hill, Tennessee
Tennessee share

White91%4,184
Black3.0%†137
Hispanic or Latino0.4%†20

Education

3,428 residents (±161)

Oak Hill, Tennessee
Tennessee share

No high school diploma0.8%†28
High school or GED5.0%†173
Some college9.9%†

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

1,814 households (±142)

Oak Hill, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Under $25k1.4%†26
$25k–50k2.8%†50
$50k–75k7.4%†134
$75k–100k7.2%†131
$100k–150k10%†188
$150k–200k16%†298
$200k or more54%987

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $200k or more (+13.2 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

1,814 households (±142)

Oak Hill, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Own95%1,723
Rent5.0%†91

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

48 households (±33)

Oak Hill, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Under $7500.0%0
$750–1,0000.0%0
$1,000–1,5000.0%0

Home values

1,723 homes (±132)

Oak Hill, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Under $150k0.5%†8
$150k–250k0.0%0
$250k–400k3.0%†51

Age of homes

1,936 homes (±162)

Oak Hill, Tennessee
Tennessee share

2010 or later14%†264
2000–20091.2%†23
1980–19999.8%†190

Size of homes

1,936 homes (±162)

Oak Hill, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom0.8%†15
2 bedrooms5.3%†102

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

2,254 workers (±175)

Oak Hill, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Drive alone75%1,693
Carpool3.2%†71
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.3%†7
Bike0.0%0
Work from home21%†476
Other0.3%†7

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 B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

1,778 workers (±231)

Oak Hill, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Under 15 min25%†440
15–29 min46%822
30–44 min24%†419

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 Oak Hill'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 $5.7M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Oak Hill, Tennessee: $1,231 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $5.7M; −38% vs FY2025
Per resident: $1,231; US $1,994
Sole-source: 1.8%; US 30%
Single offer: 2.2%; 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

Defense Logistics Agency$5.4M94%
Department of the Army$231.6K4.1%
Food and Drug Administration$69.1K1.2%
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service$30.8K0.5%
Department of Veterans Affairs$2,5250.0%
Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$9370.0%

Top recipients

ALON USA, LP$5.4M94%
ATT MOBILITY LLC$171.5K3.0%
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE TENNESSEE$99.8K1.8%
JACMEALS L.L.C.$52.7K0.9%
CELLCO PARTNERSHIP$7,4000.1%
COUGAR WJF, LLC

Spending by fiscal year

1.4MFY2017
1.1MFY2018
833.6KFY2019
936.1KFY2020
593.7KFY2021
734.5KFY2022
531.9KFY2023
10.4M

Top industries (NAICS)

Petroleum and coal products manufacturing · 3241$5.4M94%
Wired telecommunications carriers · 5171$173.9K3.1%
Administration of human resource programs · 9231$69.1K1.2%
Special food services · 7223$52.7K0.9%
Other professional, scientific, and technical services · 5419$30.8K0.5%
Automotive repair and maintenance · 8111$2,5250.0%

Largest awards whose ZIP code lies mostly in Oak Hill, Tennessee

THE AWARD PROVIDES SPECIALIZED LAW ENFORCEMENT TACTICAL TEAM LEADER AND MISSION PLANNING COURSE FOR THE ICE- OFFICE OF FIREARMS AND TACTICAL PROGRAMS AT FORT BENNING, GA.$43.5K
TOMAHAWK STRATEGIC SOLUTIONS LLC· Davidson County, TN· Education & social services· Jul 17, 2025 – May 14, 2026· 70CMSW25P00000034
EIMI000225EBM - ETHERNET TRANSPORT SERVICES$42.7K
COMCAST GOVERNMENT SERVICES LLC· Davidson County, TN· IT & telecom· Feb 19, 2025 – May 13, 2026· HC101325FB244
NATIONAL ANIMAL HEALTH LABORATORY NETWORK ORDER FOR FAD TESTING.$41.3K
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE TENNESSEE· Davidson County, TN· Professional services· Apr 17, 2026 – Apr 17, 2026· 12639526F0419

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 Oak Hill, Tennessee, so they do not add up across cities.

Oak Hill, Tennessee's figures are part of those of Davidson County, TN ($698.1M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.8% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Oak Hill 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.

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

House

Senate

Marsha BlackburnR-

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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