ZIP 37212
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
What the numbers show
November. Asking rents in ZIP 37212 usually run 1.4% below trend in November and 1.3% above it in June, about $56 a month apart at today's median. Based on 7 years of data.
Rent in ZIP 37212 is at its highest level since Zillow's records here began in November 2018.
Rent in ZIP 37212 changed +2.5% 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 37212 rose 26.1% while median household income rose 49.6% ($63,586 to $95,145). Income kept ahead of rent.
Rent in ZIP 37212 is 29.4% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
Rent has risen 7 months in a row, and rose in 9 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($95,145) is $2,379 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 3-bedroom ($2,330); a 4-bedroom is $2,840.
15th cheapest of 23 ZIP codes in Nashville.
ZIP 37204, 2 miles away, rents for 13% less ($1,801/mo), about $3,300 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for ZIP 37212. 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 37212 (Nashville, TN) is majority renter-occupied, skews toward younger working-age adults, has a median income above the national average, 78.6% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How ZIP 37212 in Nashville, TN has changed in 5 years
Across the past five years, the going rent in ZIP 37212 in Nashville, TN has shifted from $1,666 to $2,077, up 24.7% since 2021. On the earnings side, the typical household in ZIP 37212 in Nashville, TN now reports about $95,145, up from $78,720 in 2021. Because rent grew faster than wages over the same span, the affordability picture has tightened relative to 2021. Census counts show ZIP 37212 in Nashville, TN losing about 325 residents over the five-year window, down 1.6% on net. Bachelor's-degree-or-higher attainment moved from 70.8% to 78.6% across the same window. For context, the 2021 to 2026 window covers an unusually volatile run for US rents nationally, and ZIP 37212 in Nashville, TN reflects that arc in its own way.
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
ZIP code 37212 covers Nashville, TN. The median rent here is $2,077/mo as of October 2026. A 1-bedroom rents for a median of $1,660/mo. A 2-bedroom rents for a median of $1,820/mo.
At 26% of local median household income ($95,145/yr), ZIP 37212 ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 2.5% over the past year.
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