The 100 Richest Zip Codes in Tennessee for 2024
In this article, we'll look at the top 100 richest zip codes in Tennessee and explore some of the demographic statistics of each to see if we can find out why they are the richest.
Before we get started, let's talk about how we determine "the richest zip codes" by explaining how we calculate it.
We use the mean household income for each zip code, which can be found on the latest American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates. The ACS is an ongoing survey conducted by the US Census Bureau and, because it's updated yearly, is more up-to-date that the Decennial Survey.
The latest year we have ACS data for is 2022.
Using the mean (or average) household income, we only really have two criteria to determine the richest zip codes:
- The zip code must have a population of at least 500 people.
- The margin of error provided by the Census Bureau for the zip code must be less than 50% of the mean household income estimate.
Richest Zip Codes in Tennessee
If you're in a rush and just want to see the top 100 zip codes in Tennessee, here they are, sorted by highest average household income.
The list is long, so you might have to scroll the table to see all of the zip codes. You can click the links in the table to view more demographic statistics about the zip code.
Rank |
Zip Code |
County |
Mean Income |
1 |
37350 |
Hamilton County |
$289,852.00 |
2 |
38139 |
Shelby County |
$240,136.00 |
3 |
37220 |
Davidson County |
$230,199.00 |
4 |
37205 |
Davidson County |
$222,323.00 |
5 |
37027 |
Davidson County, Williamson County |
$219,549.00 |
6 |
37215 |
Davidson County, Williamson County |
$217,318.00 |
7 |
37069 |
Williamson County |
$215,308.00 |
8 |
38120 |
Shelby County |
$212,769.00 |
9 |
37046 |
Marshall County, Rutherford County, Williamson County |
$202,675.00 |
10 |
38028 |
Fayette County, Shelby County |
$187,394.00 |
11 |
37014 |
Rutherford County, Williamson County |
$180,731.00 |
12 |
37212 |
Davidson County |
$178,515.00 |
13 |
37204 |
Davidson County |
$178,418.00 |
14 |
37922 |
Knox County |
$170,612.00 |
15 |
38017 |
Fayette County, Shelby County |
$169,699.00 |
16 |
37934 |
Knox County |
$166,876.00 |
17 |
38138 |
Shelby County |
$162,282.00 |
18 |
37377 |
Hamilton County, Sequatchie County |
$161,654.00 |
19 |
37135 |
Davidson County, Rutherford County, Williamson County |
$160,223.00 |
20 |
38476 |
Hickman County, Maury County, Williamson County |
$152,164.00 |
21 |
37064 |
Davidson County, Williamson County |
$151,833.00 |
22 |
37179 |
Williamson County |
$147,521.00 |
23 |
37122 |
Davidson County, Rutherford County, Wilson County |
$140,908.00 |
24 |
37067 |
Williamson County |
$139,171.00 |
25 |
38117 |
Shelby County |
$136,370.00 |
26 |
37408 |
Hamilton County |
$133,440.00 |
27 |
37302 |
Hamilton County |
$129,500.00 |
28 |
37919 |
Knox County |
$129,354.00 |
29 |
37048 |
Robertson County, Sumner County |
$128,480.00 |
30 |
37932 |
Knox County |
$128,000.00 |
31 |
38002 |
Fayette County, Shelby County |
$127,528.00 |
32 |
37010 |
Montgomery County, Robertson County |
$123,231.00 |
33 |
37221 |
Davidson County, Williamson County |
$122,269.00 |
34 |
37228 |
Davidson County |
$120,574.00 |
35 |
37405 |
Hamilton County, Marion County |
$120,488.00 |
36 |
37772 |
Knox County, Loudon County |
$119,720.00 |
37 |
38119 |
Shelby County |
$119,005.00 |
38 |
38103 |
Shelby County |
$118,564.00 |
39 |
37174 |
Maury County, Williamson County |
$118,118.00 |
40 |
37037 |
Rutherford County |
$117,755.00 |
41 |
37363 |
Hamilton County |
$116,814.00 |
42 |
37375 |
Franklin County, Marion County |
$116,461.00 |
43 |
37075 |
Sumner County |
$116,150.00 |
44 |
37146 |
Cheatham County, Robertson County |
$116,070.00 |
45 |
37206 |
Davidson County |
$114,377.00 |
46 |
37686 |
Sullivan County, Washington County |
$113,539.00 |
47 |
37085 |
Rutherford County, Wilson County |
$113,058.00 |
48 |
37029 |
Dickson County |
$113,019.00 |
49 |
37138 |
Davidson County, Wilson County |
$112,166.00 |
50 |
37143 |
Cheatham County, Davidson County |
$112,011.00 |
51 |
37343 |
Hamilton County |
$111,999.00 |
52 |
38066 |
Fayette County |
$110,970.00 |
53 |
38004 |
Shelby County, Tipton County |
$109,814.00 |
54 |
37419 |
Hamilton County, Marion County |
$108,910.00 |
55 |
37615 |
Washington County |
$108,620.00 |
56 |
37189 |
Davidson County |
$108,107.00 |
57 |
37043 |
Cheatham County, Montgomery County |
$107,054.00 |
58 |
37060 |
Bedford County, Rutherford County, Williamson County |
$106,836.00 |
59 |
37763 |
Roane County |
$106,549.00 |
60 |
37062 |
Dickson County, Williamson County |
$106,515.00 |
61 |
37129 |
Rutherford County |
$105,624.00 |
62 |
37777 |
Blount County |
$105,352.00 |
63 |
37931 |
Anderson County, Knox County |
$105,333.00 |
64 |
37073 |
Robertson County |
$104,765.00 |
65 |
38024 |
Dyer County |
$104,685.00 |
66 |
37191 |
Montgomery County |
$104,552.00 |
67 |
38460 |
Giles County |
$104,389.00 |
68 |
38135 |
Shelby County |
$104,310.00 |
69 |
37421 |
Hamilton County |
$103,572.00 |
70 |
38133 |
Shelby County |
$103,467.00 |
71 |
37938 |
Knox County |
$103,151.00 |
72 |
37082 |
Cheatham County |
$102,953.00 |
73 |
38018 |
Shelby County |
$102,889.00 |
74 |
37742 |
Blount County, Loudon County |
$102,849.00 |
75 |
37865 |
Blount County, Sevier County |
$102,339.00 |
76 |
37188 |
Robertson County, Sumner County |
$102,122.00 |
77 |
38355 |
Gibson County, Madison County |
$101,450.00 |
78 |
38313 |
Chester County, Henderson County, Madison County |
$101,361.00 |
79 |
37128 |
Rutherford County |
$101,361.00 |
80 |
37087 |
Smith County, Trousdale County, Wilson County |
$100,467.00 |
81 |
37403 |
Hamilton County |
$99,899.00 |
82 |
37803 |
Blount County |
$99,762.00 |
83 |
37216 |
Davidson County |
$99,706.00 |
84 |
37335 |
Franklin County, Lincoln County |
$99,319.00 |
85 |
37219 |
Davidson County |
$99,317.00 |
86 |
38057 |
Fayette County |
$99,133.00 |
87 |
37031 |
Sumner County, Trousdale County |
$99,061.00 |
88 |
37066 |
Sumner County |
$98,882.00 |
89 |
37774 |
Loudon County, Monroe County, Roane County |
$98,744.00 |
90 |
37209 |
Davidson County |
$98,701.00 |
91 |
37379 |
Bledsoe County, Hamilton County, Sequatchie County |
$97,991.00 |
92 |
37360 |
Bedford County, Coffee County, Moore County |
$97,715.00 |
93 |
37049 |
Robertson County |
$97,277.00 |
94 |
38366 |
Chester County, Madison County |
$96,885.00 |
95 |
37032 |
Cheatham County, Robertson County |
$96,723.00 |
96 |
38076 |
Fayette County |
$96,712.00 |
97 |
37341 |
Hamilton County |
$96,384.00 |
98 |
37301 |
Grundy County |
$96,329.00 |
99 |
37828 |
Anderson County |
$96,184.00 |
100 |
37080 |
Cheatham County, Davidson County |
$95,655.00 |
Demographic Statistics for the 10 Richest Zip Codes in Tennessee
Now that we've seen the top 100 zip codes in Tennessee, let's take a look at some of the demographic statistics for each zip code.
We'll focus on the top 10 richest zip codes in Tennessee to see if there any similarities or differences between them.
Household Income by Age
In the table below, we can compare the household income by age for each of the zip codes.
Zip Code |
Under 25 |
25 to 44 |
45 to 64 |
65 and Over |
37350 |
$0.00 |
$203,750.00 |
$242,083.00 |
$91,188.00 |
38139 |
$0.00 |
$198,750.00 |
$217,931.00 |
$135,266.00 |
37220 |
$0.00 |
$168,333.00 |
$167,279.00 |
$105,156.00 |
37205 |
$0.00 |
$136,851.00 |
$207,411.00 |
$106,591.00 |
37027 |
$81,625.00 |
$149,861.00 |
$183,447.00 |
$110,568.00 |
37215 |
$0.00 |
$137,407.00 |
$207,061.00 |
$124,491.00 |
37069 |
$0.00 |
$148,975.00 |
$160,000.00 |
$107,969.00 |
38120 |
$44,286.00 |
$96,306.00 |
$158,397.00 |
$96,857.00 |
37046 |
$0.00 |
$157,321.00 |
$165,603.00 |
$79,313.00 |
38028 |
$0.00 |
$225,041.00 |
$164,375.00 |
$89,479.00 |
Note than any fields showing as $0 are because the data was not available from the latest ACS.
We can see from the data above that the most common age bracket for the richest zip codes in Tennessee is 45 to 64, with 80.00% of the top earners falling into this age bracket.
The list below shows all of the top age brackets for the richest zip codes in Tennessee.
- 80.00% of the richest zip codes in Tennessee were aged 45 to 64
- 20.00% of the richest zip codes in Tennessee were aged 25 to 44
Race and Ethnicity
We can also look at the race and ethnicity for the richest zip codes in Tennessee. To do that, we created averages for each race reported for the zip code by the ACS survey.
The chart below shows the most common races living in the richest zip codes in Tennessee:
This shows that the most common race across the richest zip codes in Tennessee is "Black/African American".
Education Levels
Another interesting demographic to look at would be the education levels of the people living in the richest zip codes in Tennessee.
Just like we did with the race and ethnicity numbers, we can create averages for each of the education levels the Census Bureau tracks for each zip code, by summing them and dividing by the number of zip codes we're comparing.
The chart below shows the most common education level of people living in the richest zip codes in Tennessee:
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Bachelor's degree
56.51%
-
Master's degree or higher
27.69%
-
High school diploma or equivalent
10.37%
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Some college or associate's degree
4.63%
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Less than high school diploma
0.80%
The data shows that 84.20% of people living in the richest zip codes in Tennessee have a bachelor's degree or higher.
Conclusion
Hopefully, this article has given you some interesting insights into why the richest zip codes in Tennessee are so wealthy based on the common demographics between them.
In the future, we will try to add more data to this article and pull out more interesting insights from the information.
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