Tennessee · Census place 4729920

Goodlettsville, Tennessee

Goodlettsville is a city in 2 counties of Tennessee with an estimated 17,433 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 35th largest of 232 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
17,433
#35 of 232 in Tennessee
Change since 2020
-2.1%
-379 people
Land area
14.4 sq mi
+ 0.16 sq mi water
Density
1,211 / sq mi
State median 947
Orange pin: Goodlettsville. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Nashville.

Goodlettsville population, 2020 to 2024

Goodlettsville lost 379 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.1%. In the latest year it moved by -132. Among 104 Tennessee places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 98th; the median place changed by +4.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Tennessee has 12,136 people, so Goodlettsville is 1.4 times that size.

17.8k202017.4k202117.8k202217.6k202317.4k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 17,797. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Goodlettsville covers 14.40 square miles of land and 0.16 of water, for 1,211 people per square mile of land. The median Tennessee place of 5,000+ has 947, so Goodlettsville is denser than the typical town.

The 2 counties Goodlettsville spans

Goodlettsville crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 17,433 residents as follows; Davidson County holds 63.7% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Davidson County11,112
  2. 02Sumner County6,321
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Goodlettsville

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Goodlettsville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 37072. 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 Goodlettsville is

The Census internal point of Goodlettsville is at 36.333000, -86.704200. Nashville, the capital, is 12.4 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Hendersonville, TN (63,947 people), 6.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Nashville-Davidson, TN, 12.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
36.333000, -86.704200
DMS
36°19'58.80"N 86°42'15.12"W
UTM
16N 526547.3E 4020924.7N
Geohash
dn6qdypzj
Plus code
868M87MW+68

Daylight in Goodlettsville

At 36.33° N, Goodlettsville gets about 14 h 38 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 41 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 57 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Goodlettsville

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Tennessee, measured between internal points. The closest is Millersville, 4.4 miles away, with 6,427 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Goodlettsville, TN?

17,433 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 379 (2.1%) from 17,812 in July 2020.

What county is Goodlettsville in?

It spans 2 counties: Davidson County (11,112 residents), Sumner County (6,321 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Goodlettsville?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 37072.

How far is Goodlettsville from Nashville?

12.4 miles (19.9 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Goodlettsville.

What is the nearest larger city to Goodlettsville?

Hendersonville, TN, with 63,947 residents, 6.2 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.