ZIP 37211
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
What the numbers show
December. Asking rents in ZIP 37211 usually run 1.2% below trend in December and 1% above it in August, about $32 a month apart at today's median. Based on 11 years of data.
Rent in ZIP 37211 is 2.7% below its high of $1,472 in August 2022, at $1,432 as of September 2026.
Rent in ZIP 37211 changed -0.1% 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 37211 rose 32% while median household income rose 25.8% ($56,748 to $71,399). Rent outpaced income.
Rent in ZIP 37211 is 26.7% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
30% of the median household income ($71,399) is $1,785 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 2-bedroom ($1,780); a 3-bedroom is $2,280.
2nd cheapest of 23 ZIP codes in Nashville.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for ZIP 37211. 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 37211 (Nashville, TN) is roughly split between renters and owners, skews toward younger working-age adults, 43.9% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How ZIP 37211 in Nashville, TN has changed in 5 years
Five years ago, renters in ZIP 37211 in Nashville, TN paid around $1,163 a month. That figure now sits near $1,432, up 23.1% from the 2021 baseline. Median household income climbed from $61,781 to $71,399 between 2021 and 2024, a 15.6% shift. Because rent grew faster than wages over the same span, the affordability picture has tightened relative to 2021. Census counts show ZIP 37211 in Nashville, TN adding about 1,500 residents over the five-year window, up 2.0% on net. Bachelor's-degree-or-higher attainment moved from 39.3% to 43.9% across the same window. Taken together, the five-year picture in ZIP 37211 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 37211 covers Nashville, TN. The median rent here is $1,432/mo as of October 2026. A 1-bedroom rents for a median of $1,190/mo. A 2-bedroom rents for a median of $1,308/mo.
At 24% of local median household income ($71,399/yr), ZIP 37211 ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have decreased 0.1% over the past year.
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At $1,432/mo, rent takes ~24% of ZIP 37211's median household income ($71,399/yr). The standard benchmark is 30%.
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