Tennessee · Census place 4708280

Brentwood, Tennessee

Brentwood is a city in Williamson County, Tennessee with an estimated 45,525 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 20th largest of 232 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
45,525
#20 of 232 in Tennessee
Change since 2020
+0.2%
+78 people
Land area
42.2 sq mi
+ 0.04 sq mi water
Density
1,080 / sq mi
State median 947
Orange pin: Brentwood. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Nashville.

Brentwood population, 2020 to 2024

Brentwood added 78 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.2%. In the latest year it moved by +100. Among 104 Tennessee places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 87th; the median place changed by +4.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Tennessee has 12,136 people, so Brentwood is 3.8 times that size.

45.4k202045.7k202145.6k202245.4k202345.5k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 45,384. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Brentwood covers 42.16 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 1,080 people per square mile of land. The median Tennessee place of 5,000+ has 947, so Brentwood is denser than the typical town.

What county Brentwood is in

All of Brentwood's residents live in Williamson County, which had 269,136 residents in 2024. Brentwood holds 16.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Brentwood

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Brentwood by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 37027. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Brentwood is

The Census internal point of Brentwood is at 35.993900, -86.770800. Nashville, the capital, is 11.9 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Franklin, TN (89,142 people), 7.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Nashville-Davidson, TN, 12.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
35.993900, -86.770800
DMS
35°59'38.04"N 86°46'14.88"W
UTM
16N 520658.9E 3983296.2N
Geohash
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Plus code
867MX6VH+HM

Daylight in Brentwood

At 35.99° N, Brentwood gets about 14 h 36 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 43 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 54 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Brentwood

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Tennessee, measured between internal points. The closest is Oak Hill, 5.3 miles away, with 4,485 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Brentwood, TN?

45,525 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 78 (0.2%) from 45,447 in July 2020.

What county is Brentwood in?

Williamson County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Brentwood?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 37027.

How far is Brentwood from Nashville?

11.9 miles (19.2 km) in a straight line, heading N from Brentwood.

What is the nearest larger city to Brentwood?

Franklin, TN, with 89,142 residents, 7.1 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.