Tennessee · Census place 4719920

Decherd, Tennessee

Decherd is a city in Franklin County, Tennessee with an estimated 2,479 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 151st largest of 232 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,479
#151 of 232 in Tennessee
Change since 2020
+4.3%
+103 people
Land area
4.8 sq mi
Density
514 / sq mi
State median 947
Orange pin: Decherd. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Nashville.

Decherd population, 2020 to 2024

Decherd added 103 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.3%. In the latest year it moved by +27.

2,37620202,38020212,42520222,45220232,4792024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,378. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Decherd covers 4.82 square miles of land, for 514 people per square mile of land. The median Tennessee place of 5,000+ has 947, so Decherd is less dense than the typical town.

What county Decherd is in

All of Decherd's residents live in Franklin County, which had 45,137 residents in 2024. Decherd holds 5.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Decherd

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Decherd by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 37324, 37398. 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 Decherd is

The Census internal point of Decherd is at 35.215900, -86.074700. Nashville, the capital, is 76.8 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Winchester, TN (10,251 people), 2.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Chattanooga, TN, 47.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
35.215900, -86.074700
DMS
35°12'57.24"N 86°04'28.92"W
UTM
16N 584214.0E 3897378.1N
Geohash
dn6b36f76
Plus code
867M6W8G+94

Daylight in Decherd

At 35.22° N, Decherd gets about 14 h 32 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 47 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 45 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Decherd

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Tennessee, measured between internal points. The closest is Winchester, 2.6 miles away, with 10,251 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Decherd, TN?

2,479 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 103 (4.3%) from 2,376 in July 2020.

What county is Decherd in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Decherd?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 37324, 37398.

How far is Decherd from Nashville?

76.8 miles (123.5 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Decherd.

What is the nearest larger city to Decherd?

Winchester, TN, with 10,251 residents, 2.5 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.