Updated September 2026. Rent figures reflect Apartment List's August 2026 estimates.
Apartment List's August 2026 Nashville neighborhood data ranks 12 of the city's most popular neighborhoods by median asking rent, and Antioch comes in lowest at $1,177 for a one-bedroom and $1,532 for a two-bedroom. The ranking covers the 12 neighborhoods in the report; Nashville has many more, and several are listed near the end of this page. For what utilities, transit, and groceries add on top of rent, see our Nashville cost of living guide.
The two tables rank the 12 neighborhoods in the report by median one-bedroom asking rent, six per table, with ranks running 1 to 12. Select a name to see current listings.
| Rank | Neighborhood | Median 1BR | Median 2BR | Annual income if 1BR rent is 30% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antioch | $1,177 | $1,532 | $47,080 |
| 2 | Midtown | $1,601 | $2,451 | $64,040 |
| 3 | East Nashville | $1,715 | $2,417 | $68,600 |
| 4 | Metrocenter-North Rhodes Park | $1,750 | $2,250 | $70,000 |
| 5 | Edgehill | $1,913 | $3,250 | $76,520 |
| 6 | South Nashville | $1,943 | $3,099 | $77,720 |
Source: Apartment List, August 2026 Nashville neighborhood data. Income column: yearly income before taxes at which the one-bedroom rent would be 30% of it, rent only.
| Rank | Neighborhood | Median 1BR | Median 2BR | Annual income if 1BR rent is 30% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Germantown | $2,029 | $2,913 | $81,160 |
| 8 | SoBro | $2,046 | $2,809 | $81,840 |
| 9 | The Gulch | $2,060 | $2,744 | $82,400 |
| 10 | Downtown Nashville | $2,096 | $2,869 | $83,840 |
| 11 | Music Row | $2,116 | $3,056 | $84,640 |
| 12 | East Germantown | $2,160 | $3,000 | $86,400 |
Source: Apartment List, August 2026 Nashville neighborhood data. Income column: yearly income before taxes at which the one-bedroom rent would be 30% of it, rent only.
Each median is the midpoint of a neighborhood's August 2026 listings, so individual units sit above and below it. The biggest step in the one-bedroom column is at the top, where Midtown's median is $424 above Antioch's (Apartment List, August 2026). It is a useful first filter for where to look; the gap between two specific units can be larger or smaller.
Over the year to August 2026, median rents fell in eight of the 12 neighborhoods; The Gulch had the largest drop, 7.2%, and Music Row the largest rise, 1.7% (Apartment List).
Antioch is the lowest of the 12 for a two-bedroom as well as a one-bedroom, at a median of $1,532 in Apartment List's August 2026 data. Below Antioch the order changes. This table re-sorts the six lowest two-bedroom medians and shows each neighborhood's one-bedroom rank for comparison.
| 2BR rank | Neighborhood | Median 2BR | 1BR rank | Per renter, split equally |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antioch | $1,532 | 1 | $766 |
| 2 | Metrocenter-North Rhodes Park | $2,250 | 4 | $1,125 |
| 3 | East Nashville | $2,417 | 3 | $1,209 |
| 4 | Midtown | $2,451 | 2 | $1,226 |
| 5 | The Gulch | $2,744 | 9 | $1,372 |
| 6 | SoBro | $2,809 | 8 | $1,405 |
Source: Apartment List, August 2026 Nashville neighborhood data. Per renter: half the median, rounded to the dollar, if two renters split the rent equally, before utilities and fees.
The 1BR rank column shows how the order changes; The Gulch makes the largest move up, from ninth to fifth. Edgehill goes the other way: fifth-lowest for a one-bedroom, it has the highest two-bedroom median of the 12, $3,250, and does not appear here. Split equally between two renters, each of these six comes to less per renter than Midtown's $1,601 one-bedroom median paid alone (Apartment List, August 2026). If you need two bedrooms, or plan to share one, use this table for the comparison; the numbered rank above orders one-bedrooms.
Take Midtown's $1,601 median one-bedroom (Apartment List, August 2026). With one month free on a 12-month lease, you pay for 11 months: $17,611 for the year, or about $1,468 a month averaged out. That leaves three numbers to keep separate:
The total is the same either way. Timing and eligibility vary by unit and lease length, so confirm both with the leasing office before comparing listings on advertised rent alone.
In Apartment List's August 2026 data, 87% of South Nashville's apartment buildings were advertising at least one month of free rent on new leases, the highest share of the 12 neighborhoods, and Germantown's 36% was the lowest. These two tables sort all 12 by that share, six per table, with each neighborhood's one-bedroom median and rank alongside.
| Neighborhood | Buildings offering 1+ month free | Median 1BR | 1BR rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Nashville | 87% | $1,943 | 6 |
| SoBro | 77% | $2,046 | 8 |
| Music Row | 69% | $2,116 | 11 |
| The Gulch | 68% | $2,060 | 9 |
| Downtown Nashville | 64% | $2,096 | 10 |
| Metrocenter-North Rhodes Park | 62% | $1,750 | 4 |
Source: Apartment List, August 2026 Nashville neighborhood data. Citywide share: 49%, up from 42% in August 2025.
| Neighborhood | Buildings offering 1+ month free | Median 1BR | 1BR rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midtown | 58% | $1,601 | 2 |
| Edgehill | 58% | $1,913 | 5 |
| East Nashville | 42% | $1,715 | 3 |
| Antioch | 40% | $1,177 | 1 |
| East Germantown | 39% | $2,160 | 12 |
| Germantown | 36% | $2,029 | 7 |
Source: Apartment List, August 2026 Nashville neighborhood data. Citywide share: 49%, up from 42% in August 2025.
The citywide 49% falls inside the second table, between Edgehill and East Nashville, so eight of the 12 were above it. Antioch, the cheapest of the 12 by one-bedroom median, and East Germantown, the most expensive, sit a point apart near the bottom, at 40% and 39%. The share counts buildings advertising an offer that month, so it tells you where specials were common; the leasing office tells you whether a particular unit and lease length qualify.
The income column is a budgeting guideline: the yearly income before taxes at which a neighborhood's median one-bedroom rent would take 30% of pay, rent only. That is the rent-only 30% benchmark, drawn from the share of gross income the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) considers affordable; HUD's own measure counts utilities as well. It is not a landlord's qualification requirement. Each building sets its own.
Between the cheapest and most expensive of the 12, the difference is $39,320 a year: Antioch's $1,177 median one-bedroom is 30% of a $47,080 income, and East Germantown's $2,160 is 30% of $86,400 (Apartment List, August 2026 medians).
Most of that range sits at the low end. The step from Antioch to Midtown, $16,960, is the largest between any two neighbors on the list; the four neighborhoods from Midtown through South Nashville span another $13,680; and the six with one-bedroom medians over $2,000 fall within $5,240 of one another, from $81,160 to $86,400, in the same data. So a renter at the low end faces one large step out of Antioch, and a renter whose budget clears Germantown is choosing among five neighborhoods priced within $131 a month of one another in the one-bedroom column.
Antioch's lead over the rest of the list is wider for two bedrooms than for one. Its median two-bedroom, $1,532 in Apartment List's August 2026 data, is $718 below the next-lowest in the report; its median one-bedroom, $1,177, is $424 below Midtown's. Antioch is in the southeast corner of Nashville.
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Midtown's median rent fell 6.6% over the year to August 2026, the second-largest drop of the 12, and its $1,601 one-bedroom median is the second-lowest in the report (Apartment List). Midtown sits beside Vanderbilt University.
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East Nashville is third for a one-bedroom and moves ahead of Midtown for a two-bedroom: its August 2026 two-bedroom median, $2,417, is $34 below Midtown's $2,451 (Apartment List). East Nashville is across the Cumberland River from downtown.
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Only Antioch has a lower two-bedroom median than Metrocenter-North Rhodes Park's $2,250 (Apartment List, August 2026); for a one-bedroom it ranks fourth at $1,750. It sits north of Germantown, across I-65.
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Edgehill changes position more than any other neighborhood between the two columns: fifth-lowest for a one-bedroom at $1,913, highest of the 12 for a two-bedroom at $3,250, in Apartment List's August 2026 data. The $1,337 between those two medians is the widest gap in the report.
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Advertised specials were most common in South Nashville, where 87% of apartment buildings were offering at least one month free in August 2026, the highest share of the 12 (Apartment List). Its $1,943 one-bedroom median ranks sixth in the same data. Ask the leasing office which units and lease lengths an offer covers.
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Apartment List's August 2026 report covers 12 neighborhoods, and Nashville has many more. The seven areas linked below, plus Bordeaux, Brick Church-Bellshire, Cloverhill, Glengarry, and McMurray, were outside the report and cannot be placed in this ranking on the same data. If your priority is the lowest rent available right now, compare their current listings with the 12 above.
Every neighborhood name on this page links to its current Apartment List listings, where you will find units above and below the medians shown here. Start with the neighborhoods whose medians fit your budget, then compare specific listings on total rent over the lease term.
The rents and free-month figures come from the Apartment List Economics Team's Nashville neighborhood report, published September 15, 2026, using August 2026 marketplace data. The report covers 12 popular neighborhoods, and Nashville has many more. We ranked those 12 by median one-bedroom asking rent, the midpoint of active listings that month.
The income column is a calculation from those rents: the annual income at which one-bedroom rent alone would be 30% of income before taxes. It is not measured income or a building's approval requirement. Utilities and other housing costs are additional.
The report's methodology section explains how it measures advertised free months and its other figures. Apartment List's monthly Nashville rent report uses a different rent measure, so its citywide figures are not compared with this neighborhood ranking.
Antioch has the lowest median rent of the 12 Nashville neighborhoods in Apartment List's August 2026 neighborhood data, at $1,177 for a one-bedroom. Midtown ($1,601) and East Nashville ($1,715) have the next-lowest one-bedroom medians in the same data.
Antioch, at a median of $1,532 for a two-bedroom in Apartment List's August 2026 neighborhood data. Metrocenter-North Rhodes Park ($2,250) and East Nashville ($2,417) have the next-lowest two-bedroom medians in the same data.
About $47,080 a year before taxes, if Antioch's $1,177 median one-bedroom in Apartment List's August 2026 data were 30% of your income. That is rent only, with utilities on top, and each building sets its own application requirements.
One month free means the lease includes a month with no base rent, subject to the offer's terms. In Apartment List's August 2026 data, 49% of Nashville apartment buildings were advertising at least one month free; that share counts buildings advertising the offer, and the leasing office can tell you whether a particular unit and lease length qualify.
South Nashville, where 87% of apartment buildings were advertising at least one month free in Apartment List's August 2026 data, followed by SoBro (77%) and Music Row (69%). Germantown had the lowest share of the 12 neighborhoods, 36%, and the citywide share was 49%.
All 12 neighborhoods in Apartment List's August 2026 data are inside the city of Nashville. Suburbs such as La Vergne, Smyrna, and Franklin are separate cities and are outside this data.
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