Ranked by Zillow's typical home value in August 2026, the highest-priced Nashville suburbs are Brentwood ($1,404,388), College Grove ($1,288,183), Arrington ($1,174,298) and Franklin ($925,870), all in Williamson County. The City of Nashville's typical value is $429,741, so the top of this list costs two to three times as much. The 16 suburbs below are compared by value, one- and five-year change, county and 2026 property tax, not by opinion.
At a glance
| Highest typical value | Brentwood, $1,404,388 (Zillow, Aug 2026) |
|---|---|
| Lowest on this list | Columbia, $371,690 (Zillow, Aug 2026) |
| Williamson County typical value | $929,377 (Zillow, Aug 2026) |
| Davidson County typical value | $428,280 (Zillow, Aug 2026) |
| Largest five-year gain | Arrington, +37.79% |
| Williamson County 2026 conforming loan limit | $1,029,250 (one unit) |
How these suburbs are ranked
Most lists of the best Nashville suburbs rank places by impression. This one ranks them by a number you can check: Zillow's typical home value for each city in August 2026, with the one-year and five-year change beside it. Zillow's figure describes a typical home across a whole city, not a $1 million home, so it shows where each market sits overall rather than what the top of it costs.
The places are grouped by county, because county lines drive more of the price gap than anything else. Williamson County, home to Franklin, Brentwood, College Grove and Arrington, had a typical value of $929,377 in August 2026. Davidson County, which is Nashville itself, was $428,280. Every other county here sits between Maury ($402,875) and Wilson ($502,596).
For places inside Williamson County, each section also gives the 2026 property tax rate, because a city or school district line changes the bill on the same home. Tax rates for Wilson, Sumner, Rutherford and Maury counties were not gathered for this guide: check those with each county trustee before you compare.
Williamson County suburbs above $900,000
Brentwood: $1,404,388, the highest on the list
Brentwood had the highest Zillow typical home value of any Nashville suburb in August 2026: $1,404,388, up 3.18% in a year and 34.18% over five years. That is about 3.3 times the City of Nashville's $429,741 (calculated). Zillow's figure for Brentwood's main ZIP code, 37027, was lower at $1,235,638, because Zillow draws city and ZIP areas differently.
Brentwood's 2026 combined city and county property tax rate is $1.49 per $100 of assessed value. Tennessee assesses homes at 25% of appraised value, so a home appraised at $1.5 million carries a bill of about $5,587.50 a year. Brentwood is a separate market from Franklin and the countryside this site covers, and it appears here for comparison.
College Grove: $1,288,183 and mostly rural land
College Grove is an unincorporated community in Williamson County with the ZIP code 37046. Zillow's typical home value there was $1,288,183 in August 2026, up 2.53% in a year, 30.54% over five years and 138.37% over ten. Zillow's figure for ZIP 37046 is slightly higher, $1,300,186, the highest of the five ZIP codes around Franklin.
With no city government, College Grove has no city property tax: the county sets zoning and collects the tax. The village has its own zoning district, with a 15,000-square-foot minimum residential lot in its core and half an acre in its general subarea. Outside it, rural districts require 5 or 15 acres. Two private golf communities, The Grove and Troubadour, use College Grove addresses; Troubadour's club places it 13 miles from downtown Franklin and 30 miles south of downtown Nashville. The College Grove guide covers homes and land there.
Arrington: $1,174,298 and the largest five-year gain
Arrington's Zillow typical home value was $1,174,298 in August 2026, up 3.14% in a year. Its five-year gain, 37.79%, is the largest of any place on this list. Zillow's figure for ZIP 37014 is higher, $1,273,897, because the ZIP covers a different area from Zillow's Arrington boundary.
Census mapping puts almost all of ZIP 37014's 22 square miles of land outside any incorporated city, so most addresses there carry no city property tax. Confirm the tax district for a specific parcel in the Williamson County Property Assessor's database before you rely on that.
Franklin: $925,870 citywide, higher in parts
Franklin's Zillow typical home value was $925,870 in August 2026, up 2.6% in a year, 32.43% over five years and 109.53% over ten. Over the same five years Nashville's typical value rose 17.12%. The city spreads across three main ZIP codes: 37064 ($911,270), 37067 ($953,759) and 37069 ($1,023,572).
The citywide number hides a wide range. Zillow's neighborhood areas inside Franklin ran from $580,552 (Southall) to $1,426,530 (McLemore) in August 2026, with Seward Hall ($1,028,138), Goose Creek ($995,698) and West Harpeth ($993,753) close to or above $1 million. These are Zillow's boundaries, not subdivisions; the Franklin neighborhoods guide covers the subdivisions themselves.
Franklin has two 2026 property tax rates, split by the school district line: $1.566 per $100 of assessed value outside the Franklin Special School District and $2.2433 inside it. On a home appraised at $1.5 million, that is $5,872.50 or $8,412.38 a year.
Leiper's Fork: no Zillow value, mostly large-lot land
Leiper's Fork is an unincorporated village in Williamson County on the Natchez Trace Parkway, about nine miles west of Franklin according to National Geographic. Its 18-acre historic district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. Zillow publishes no separate home value for Leiper's Fork, so any single price you see quoted for it comes from listings, not from Zillow's index.
Land rules shape prices here more than in any town on this list. The village core has its own zoning district with a 15,000-square-foot minimum lot, while the land around it falls under rural districts with 5-acre or 15-acre minimums. As an unincorporated area, it has no city property tax. The Leiper's Fork guide covers homes, land and utilities, and I can pull recent sales near the village if you want a price range for a specific tract.
Williamson County suburbs below $900,000
Nolensville: $843,614 and the largest one-year gain
Nolensville's Zillow typical home value was $843,614 in August 2026. Its one-year gain of 3.31% was the largest of any place on this list, and it rose 30.21% over five years. The town's 2026 combined property tax rate is $1.64 per $100 of assessed value, or $4,100 a year on a home appraised at $1 million.
Because Nolensville is in Williamson County, the county's 2026 conforming loan limit of $1,029,250 for a one-unit home applies there, as it does in Franklin and Brentwood. The jumbo loan guide shows where a purchase crosses that line.
Thompson's Station: $740,365 and a low town rate
Thompson's Station had a typical value of $740,365 in August 2026, up 1.36% in a year and 30.72% over five years. Its 2026 combined rate of $1.403 per $100 is among the lowest in Williamson County: $3,507.50 a year on a home appraised at $1 million.
Census mapping shows part of ZIP 37064, the ZIP most Franklin addresses share, inside the town of Thompson's Station. A Franklin mailing address is therefore not proof of which city a home sits in, or which tax rate it pays.
Fairview: $545,321 and a higher tax rate
Fairview is the lowest-priced Williamson County city on this list, at a typical value of $545,321 in August 2026, up 0.25% in a year and 26.77% over five years. Its 2026 combined rate of $2.1404 per $100 is higher than any Williamson County city rate except Franklin addresses inside the special school district. A home appraised at $1 million there would carry a $5,351 bill, more than the same value in Brentwood ($3,725).
Suburbs in Wilson, Sumner, Rutherford and Maury counties
These towns sit outside Williamson County, with typical values between $371,690 and $563,602, well below the $1 million line this site works in. They are here because they appear on most Nashville suburb lists, and because the gap is the clearest way to see what Williamson County costs.
Mount Juliet (Wilson County): $563,602
Mount Juliet had the highest typical value of any suburb outside Williamson County in August 2026, at $563,602. It rose 0.52% in a year and 27.40% over five years. Wilson County's typical value was $502,596. Franklin's typical value is about 1.6 times Mount Juliet's (calculated).
Spring Hill (Maury County): $520,958
Zillow lists Spring Hill under Maury County, with a typical value of $520,958 in August 2026, up 0.20% in a year and 22.55% over five years. Williamson County's 2026 rate table also lists a Spring Hill rate of $2.009 per $100, and Spring Hill collects its own city taxes rather than through the county trustee. Check which county a Spring Hill parcel sits in before you compare tax bills.
Hendersonville (Sumner County): $518,234
Hendersonville's typical value was $518,234 in August 2026, up 0.66% in a year and 20.34% over five years. Sumner County's typical value was $442,601, and Hendersonville is the highest-priced Sumner County city on this list.
Lebanon (Wilson County): $447,311
Lebanon's typical value was $447,311 in August 2026, up 1.33% in a year and 25.16% over five years. That five-year gain is higher than Mount Juliet's or Hendersonville's, from a lower starting price.
Gallatin (Sumner County): $434,846
Gallatin's typical value was $434,846 in August 2026, up 0.59% in a year and 19.46% over five years, close to the City of Nashville's $429,741.
Murfreesboro (Rutherford County): $426,156
Murfreesboro's typical value was $426,156 in August 2026, down 0.44% in a year and up 21.63% over five years. Rutherford County's typical value was $415,223.
Smyrna (Rutherford County): $401,595
Smyrna's typical value was $401,595 in August 2026, down 0.77% in a year and up 19.41% over five years. Census mapping shows a sliver of Arrington's ZIP, 37014, overlapping Smyrna's town limits, which is why some listings near the county line need a parcel check.
Goodlettsville (Sumner County): $387,975
Zillow lists Goodlettsville under Sumner County, with a typical value of $387,975 in August 2026. It fell 1.41% in a year, the largest one-year drop on this list, and rose 19.35% over five years.
Columbia (Maury County): $371,690
Columbia had the lowest typical value of the places compared here, $371,690 in August 2026, up 1.12% in a year and 25.66% over five years. Maury County's typical value was $402,875. Brentwood's typical value is about 3.8 times Columbia's (calculated).
Nashville suburbs compared by Zillow typical value
All figures are Zillow's typical home value for August 2026, ordered from highest to lowest, with the City of Nashville added as the reference point.
| Place | County | Typical value | 1 year | 5 years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brentwood | Williamson | $1,404,388 | +3.18% | +34.18% |
| College Grove | Williamson | $1,288,183 | +2.53% | +30.54% |
| Arrington | Williamson | $1,174,298 | +3.14% | +37.79% |
| Franklin | Williamson | $925,870 | +2.60% | +32.43% |
| Leiper's Fork | Williamson | Not published | n/a | n/a |
| Nolensville | Williamson | $843,614 | +3.31% | +30.21% |
| Thompson's Station | Williamson | $740,365 | +1.36% | +30.72% |
| Mount Juliet | Wilson | $563,602 | +0.52% | +27.40% |
| Fairview | Williamson | $545,321 | +0.25% | +26.77% |
| Spring Hill | Maury | $520,958 | +0.20% | +22.55% |
| Hendersonville | Sumner | $518,234 | +0.66% | +20.34% |
| Lebanon | Wilson | $447,311 | +1.33% | +25.16% |
| Gallatin | Sumner | $434,846 | +0.59% | +19.46% |
| Nashville (reference) | Davidson | $429,741 | -2.71% | +17.12% |
| Murfreesboro | Rutherford | $426,156 | -0.44% | +21.63% |
| Smyrna | Rutherford | $401,595 | -0.77% | +19.41% |
| Goodlettsville | Sumner | $387,975 | -1.41% | +19.35% |
| Columbia | Maury | $371,690 | +1.12% | +25.66% |
Two patterns stand out. Every Williamson County place with a published value rose over the year, while four places elsewhere, including Nashville itself, fell. And the five Williamson County places at the top all gained 30% or more over five years, against 17.12% for Nashville. For month-by-month Franklin figures, see the Franklin housing market page.
Property tax on a $1 million home in Williamson County
Tennessee taxes homes on 25% of their appraised value, multiplied by the rate per $100 set by each county and city. Williamson County's 2026 rates put the same appraised value on very different bills, as the table shows.
| Tax district (2026) | Rate per $100 | $1M appraisal | $1.5M appraisal |
|---|---|---|---|
| County only (unincorporated) | $1.30 | $3,250 | $4,875 |
| Thompson's Station | $1.403 | $3,507.50 | $5,261.25 |
| Brentwood | $1.49 | $3,725 | $5,587.50 |
| Franklin, outside the special school district | $1.566 | $3,915 | $5,872.50 |
| Nolensville | $1.64 | $4,100 | $6,150 |
| Spring Hill (Williamson part) | $2.009 | $5,022.50 | $7,533.75 |
| Fairview | $2.1404 | $5,351 | $8,026.50 |
| Franklin, inside the special school district | $2.2433 | $5,608.25 | $8,412.38 |
The examples assume the Assessor's appraised value equals the price. In practice the bill uses the appraised value from the county's last reappraisal (2025), so look up any parcel before you budget. The Williamson County property tax guide walks through reappraisal, appeals and due dates.
The most expensive, most affordable and highest-value areas
Most expensive suburb. By Zillow's August 2026 typical value, Brentwood ($1,404,388) leads, followed by College Grove ($1,288,183) and Arrington ($1,174,298). By ZIP code, College Grove's 37046 ($1,300,186) is the highest of the five ZIPs around Franklin.
Most affordable suburb. Of the places compared here, Columbia ($371,690), Goodlettsville ($387,975) and Smyrna ($401,595) have the lowest typical values. Inside Williamson County, the lowest is Fairview ($545,321).
Highest-value areas inside Nashville
The City of Nashville's typical value is $429,741, but some of its ZIP codes sit far above that. Zillow's August 2026 values were $1,203,936 for 37215, $1,081,746 for 37205 and $919,202 for 37220. So the most expensive parts of Nashville itself rank alongside the Williamson County suburbs: 37215 sits between Arrington and College Grove, and 37220 is just below Franklin's citywide figure. Zillow publishes no separate value for named Nashville neighborhoods in the file used here, so these figures are by ZIP only.
How Williamson County prices held through the 2022 dip
One-year changes can mislead in either direction, so it helps to see one full cycle. Franklin's Zillow typical value rose from $556,732 in August 2020 to $903,385 in July 2022. It then eased 6.7% to $842,921 by April 2023 before climbing again, reaching a peak of $927,310 in March 2026. August 2026, at $925,870, sits about 0.2% below that peak.
Over ten years the gains are larger still. Franklin's typical value rose 109.53% from August 2016 to August 2026, and College Grove's rose 138.37%. ZIP 37014 around Arrington rose 138.96% over the same ten years, the most of the five ZIP codes around Franklin. Williamson County as a whole rose 110.16%, against 80.11% for Davidson County.
None of this is a forecast. It shows how the higher-priced suburbs behaved in the last correction: a dip of several percent over roughly nine months, then a slow recovery to new highs. For the current pace of sales, see the Franklin housing market page, which separates Franklin figures from Nashville metro-wide data.
Growth and commute in Williamson County
Williamson County had an estimated 272,061 residents on July 1, 2025, up 9.8% since April 2020, and issued 1,621 residential building permits in 2025. Franklin itself grew from 62,487 people in the 2010 Census to 83,454 in 2020 and an estimated 90,226 in 2025. That growth is the backdrop to the price gains above.
The Census Bureau's mean travel time to work was 23.9 minutes for Franklin workers and 27.9 minutes for Williamson County workers (ACS 2020-2024). Those are averages across all jobs, not a drive time to downtown Nashville, which depends on the road, the hour and where in the county you start. Drive the route at the hours you would use it before you commit to a suburb on commute grounds.
Comparable Census figures for the other suburbs on this list were not gathered for this guide, so they are not compared here.
How to choose among the higher-priced suburbs
Start with the tax district, not the town name. A Franklin mailing address can be inside the city, outside it, or in another town, and the 2026 bill on a $1.5 million appraisal ranges from $4,875 to $8,412.38 depending on which. Look the parcel up before you compare homes.
Check the loan limit. Williamson County's 2026 conforming limit is $1,029,250 for a one-unit home, well above the national baseline of $832,750. With 20% down, a price up to about $1,286,562 keeps the loan conforming; above that it is a jumbo loan.
Read the zoning on rural land. In unincorporated Williamson County, minimum lot sizes run from 15,000 square feet in village districts to 5 or 15 acres in rural ones. What a neighbor can build matters as much as the home you buy. The Franklin ZIP code guide shows how much of each ZIP sits outside city limits.
Check schools by address. Franklin addresses are served by two public districts, Franklin Special School District and Williamson County Schools, and neither city name nor ZIP settles which one. The Franklin schools guide links both districts' lookup tools.
Use ZIP and neighborhood figures, not just the city. A citywide typical value blends every home type. In Franklin, Zillow's neighborhood areas ran from $580,552 to $1,426,530 in August 2026, so a $1.5 million budget behaves very differently in McLemore than in Central Franklin ($710,247). At that price you are shopping in the upper part of every suburb on this list, and the comparison that matters is between specific subdivisions and tracts. I can pull recent $1 million-plus sales for any area here if that would help you compare.
Compare five years, not one. One-year changes on this list run from -1.41% to +3.31%, while five-year changes run from 17.12% to 37.79%. The longer figure says more about how a market has held up through the 2022 to 2023 dip.
Common questions
What is the nicest suburb of Nashville?
There is no measured answer to nicest, so this guide uses price. By Zillow's August 2026 typical home value, the highest-priced Nashville suburbs are Brentwood ($1,404,388), College Grove ($1,288,183), Arrington ($1,174,298) and Franklin ($925,870), all in Williamson County. Leiper's Fork has no published Zillow value. Compare property tax, lot sizes and school district by address before choosing between them.
What towns are on the outskirts of Nashville?
Towns commonly counted as Nashville suburbs include Brentwood, Franklin, Nolensville, Thompson's Station, Fairview, Arrington and College Grove in Williamson County; Mount Juliet and Lebanon in Wilson County; Hendersonville, Gallatin and Goodlettsville in Sumner County; Murfreesboro and Smyrna in Rutherford County; and Spring Hill and Columbia in Maury County. Their Zillow typical values ranged from $371,690 to $1,404,388 in August 2026.
What is the most affordable suburb of Nashville?
Of the suburbs compared here, Columbia in Maury County had the lowest Zillow typical home value in August 2026, at $371,690, followed by Goodlettsville ($387,975) and Smyrna ($401,595). Inside Williamson County, the lowest typical value was Fairview's $545,321, though Fairview's 2026 property tax rate of $2.1404 per $100 is one of the county's highest.
What are some of the suburbs of Nashville?
The 16 suburbs compared on this page are Brentwood, College Grove, Arrington, Franklin, Nolensville, Thompson's Station, Mount Juliet, Fairview, Spring Hill, Hendersonville, Lebanon, Gallatin, Murfreesboro, Smyrna, Goodlettsville and Columbia, plus the village of Leiper's Fork, which has no Zillow value. Seven of them, plus Leiper's Fork, are in Williamson County, where the typical value was $929,377 in August 2026.
What is the most expensive suburb of Nashville?
Brentwood had the highest Zillow typical home value of any Nashville suburb in August 2026, at $1,404,388, up 3.18% from a year earlier. College Grove was second at $1,288,183 and Arrington third at $1,174,298. By ZIP code, College Grove's 37046 had the highest value of the five ZIP codes around Franklin, at $1,300,186.
What are the richest neighborhoods in Nashville?
Measured by home values, the highest-priced parts of Nashville itself are ZIP codes 37215 ($1,203,936), 37205 ($1,081,746) and 37220 ($919,202), based on Zillow's August 2026 typical values. That compares with $429,741 for the City of Nashville as a whole. Outside the city, Brentwood ($1,404,388) and College Grove ($1,288,183) have higher typical values than any of those ZIP codes.
Is Franklin, TN cheaper than Brentwood?
By Zillow's August 2026 typical home value, yes: Franklin was $925,870 and Brentwood $1,404,388. Property tax runs the other way on equal values. In 2026 a home appraised at $1.5 million pays about $5,587.50 a year in Brentwood, $5,872.50 in Franklin outside the special school district and $8,412.38 inside it. Franklin's ZIP 37069 was $1,023,572.
Sources
- Zillow Research: Home Value Index (ZHVI), August 2026
- Williamson County Trustee: 2026 Property Tax Rates & Calculator
- Tennessee Comptroller: How to figure your tax bill
- Williamson County: Property Tax Rates
- U.S. Census Bureau: 2020 ZCTA to Place Relationship File
- FHFA: Full county loan limit list 2026
- FHFA: Conforming loan limit values for 2026
- Wikipedia: Leiper's Fork, Tennessee
- Wikipedia: College Grove, Tennessee
- National Geographic: Franklin and Leiper's Fork, Tennessee
- Williamson County: zoning district translation table
- The Troubadour Club: About
- Franklin Special District: FAQ
- U.S. Census Bureau: QuickFacts, Franklin city, Tennessee; Williamson County, Tennessee
Brianna Morant
I have worked in real estate for more than 20 years. In 2013 I founded Oak Street Real Estate Group with Benchmark Realty, and I lead every listing the team takes on. Here I focus on homes from $1 million in Franklin, Leiper's Fork and College Grove. If you are thinking of selling, I would be glad to tell you what your home could sell for.
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