ZIP 37209
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
What the numbers show
January. Asking rents in ZIP 37209 usually run 1% below trend in January and 1.1% above it in July, about $39 a month apart at today's median. Based on 9 years of data.
Rent in ZIP 37209 is 2.5% below its high of $1,899 in March 2023, at $1,852 as of September 2026.
Rent in ZIP 37209 changed +0.5% over the year to September 2026. Across the 127 Tennessee ZIP codes Zillow tracks, the typical change was +1.8%.
From 2019 to 2024, rent in ZIP 37209 rose 22.3% while median household income rose 49.5% ($54,461 to $81,423). Income kept ahead of rent.
Rent in ZIP 37209 is 19.6% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
Rent rose in 6 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($81,423) is $2,036 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 2-bedroom ($1,950); a 3-bedroom is $2,490.
9th cheapest of 23 ZIP codes in Nashville.
ZIP 37221, 9 miles away, rents for 12% less ($1,627/mo), about $2,700 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for ZIP 37209. The seasonal pattern compares Zillow’s seasonally adjusted and unadjusted series. Income is the Census median household income (5-year estimates). Fair Market Rents are HUD’s, which include utilities.
Who lives here
ZIP 37209 (Nashville, TN) is roughly split between renters and owners, skews toward younger working-age adults, 60% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How ZIP 37209 in Nashville, TN has changed in 5 years
Rent in ZIP 37209 in Nashville, TN has climbed 17.7% since 2021, going from about $1,573 per month to roughly $1,852 today. Median household income grew from $63,287 to $81,423 between 2021 and 2024, a 28.7% shift. Income growth outran rent by about 11.0 percentage points, easing the affordability math somewhat compared with 2021. Headcount in the area went from 37,363 to 37,817 between 2021 and 2024, a 1.2% change. About 53.1% of households rent today, against 55.9% in 2021. Educational attainment has shifted as well, with the share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher climbed from 53% to 60%. Taken together, the five-year picture in ZIP 37209 in Nashville, TN reflects how housing costs and the people paying them have evolved through a stretch that included a pandemic, a hot rental market, and a recent cooling phase.
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
ZIP code 37209 covers Nashville, TN. The median rent here is $1,852/mo as of October 2026. A 1-bedroom rents for a median of $1,780/mo. A 2-bedroom rents for a median of $1,950/mo.
At 27% of local median household income ($81,423/yr), ZIP 37209 ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 0.5% over the past year.
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