Tennessee · Census place 4716300

Collegedale, Tennessee

Collegedale is a city in Hamilton County, Tennessee with an estimated 11,510 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 56th largest of 232 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
11,510
#56 of 232 in Tennessee
Change since 2020
+3.5%
+388 people
Land area
12.5 sq mi
Density
922 / sq mi
State median 947
Orange pin: Collegedale. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Nashville.

Collegedale population, 2020 to 2024

Collegedale added 388 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.5%. In the latest year it moved by +21. Among 104 Tennessee places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 58th; the median place changed by +4.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Tennessee has 12,136 people, so Collegedale is 95% of it.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 11,102. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Collegedale covers 12.48 square miles of land, for 922 people per square mile of land. The median Tennessee place of 5,000+ has 947, so Collegedale is close to the typical town.

What county Collegedale is in

All of Collegedale's residents live in Hamilton County, which had 386,256 residents in 2024. Collegedale holds 3.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Collegedale

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Collegedale by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 37302, 37315, 37363. 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 Collegedale is

The Census internal point of Collegedale is at 35.053500, -85.048000. Nashville, the capital, is 124.2 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is East Ridge, TN (21,970 people), 10.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Chattanooga, TN, 11.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
35.053500, -85.048000
DMS
35°03'12.60"N 85°02'52.80"W
UTM
16N 678019.0E 3880718.1N
Geohash
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Plus code
867P3X32+CR

Daylight in Collegedale

At 35.05° N, Collegedale gets about 14 h 31 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 48 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 43 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Collegedale

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Tennessee, measured between internal points. The closest is East Ridge, 10.9 miles away, with 21,970 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Collegedale, TN?

11,510 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 388 (3.5%) from 11,122 in July 2020.

What county is Collegedale in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Collegedale?

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 37302, 37315, 37363.

How far is Collegedale from Nashville?

124.2 miles (199.8 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Collegedale.

What is the nearest larger city to Collegedale?

East Ridge, TN, with 21,970 residents, 10.9 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.