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South · Tennessee · pop 690K

Nashville, TN

Fit score

Good match

at the reference profile: one person earning $6,700/mo gross, default weights.

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After estimated taxes in TN, your $6,700/mo income nets about $5,412 — covering estimated essentials here (about $1,352 rent plus everyday costs incl. local sales tax) with roughly $1,680 left over.

Expect summer highs near 89°F, winter lows around 29°F, and about 208 sunny days a year.

The job market looks healthy: 2.9% unemployment and 2.5% job growth over the past year.

Tradeoff: reported crime rates are higher than most cities here, so research specific neighborhoods before deciding.

AFFORD 94HOUSIN 31JOBS 89SAFETY 22CLIMAT 100AMENIT 79

The Nashville fit print

Est. monthly cost

$3,732/mo

Typical rent

$1,590/mo

Home value ÷ income

6.5×

Score breakdown

Affordability
94
Housing
31
Jobs
89
Safety
22
Climate
100
Amenities
79

The data behind the score

Money (Census ACS · HUD)

Median gross rent
$1,500/mo
HUD fair market rent (2BR)
$1,590/mo
Median home value
$460,000
Median household income
$71,000
Population
690,000

Work (BLS)

Unemployment rate
2.9%
Job growth (1yr)
2.5%

Safety (FBI CDE, per 100k)

Violent crime rate
1,000
Property crime rate
3,600

Climate (NOAA normals)

Avg. summer high
89°F
Avg. winter low
29°F
Sunny days / year
208
Days ≥100°F by 2050 (air temp)
≈19/yr
Dangerous humid days by 2050 (feels-like)
≈72/yr
Unhealthy air days
≈8/yr
Annual rain
47"
Annual snow
5"

Community & access (approx.)

2024 county margin
D+30
Int'l airport
≈8 mi
Walkability
29/100
Disaster risk
55/100
Buying instead of renting? Tennessee's effective property tax runs about 0.58% of home value per year (≈$222/mo on the median $460,000 home). Our affordability score is rent-based, so this isn't double-counted.
A citywide number is an average. Rent, safety, and everything else vary block by block — treat these figures as a starting point and research specific neighborhoods before committing.

Data vintage: sample-approx-2024. Sources & methodology — this deployment is running the bundled sample dataset; figures are approximate.

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