Tennessee · Census place 4730960

Greenbrier, Tennessee

Greenbrier is a town in Robertson County, Tennessee with an estimated 7,039 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 81st largest of 232 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
7,039
#81 of 232 in Tennessee
Change since 2020
+1.2%
+82 people
Land area
7.3 sq mi
+ 0.04 sq mi water
Density
970 / sq mi
State median 947
Orange pin: Greenbrier. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Nashville.

Greenbrier population, 2020 to 2024

Greenbrier added 82 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.2%. In the latest year it moved by +84. Among 104 Tennessee places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 81st; the median place changed by +4.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Tennessee has 12,136 people, so Greenbrier is 58% of it.

6,95720206,98420216,96020226,95520237,0392024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 6,945. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Greenbrier covers 7.26 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 970 people per square mile of land. The median Tennessee place of 5,000+ has 947, so Greenbrier is close to the typical town.

What county Greenbrier is in

All of Greenbrier's residents live in Robertson County, which had 78,459 residents in 2024. Greenbrier holds 9.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Greenbrier

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Greenbrier by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 37073. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Greenbrier is

The Census internal point of Greenbrier is at 36.421600, -86.790200. Nashville, the capital, is 17.7 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Springfield, TN (19,842 people), 6.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Nashville-Davidson, TN, 17.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
36.421600, -86.790200
DMS
36°25'17.76"N 86°47'24.72"W
UTM
16N 518807.6E 4030732.1N
Geohash
dn6r1n371
Plus code
868MC6C5+JW

Daylight in Greenbrier

At 36.42° N, Greenbrier gets about 14 h 39 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 40 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 58 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Greenbrier

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Tennessee, measured between internal points. The closest is Ridgetop, 1.8 miles away, with 2,143 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Greenbrier, TN?

7,039 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 82 (1.2%) from 6,957 in July 2020.

What county is Greenbrier in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Greenbrier?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 37073.

How far is Greenbrier from Nashville?

17.7 miles (28.4 km) in a straight line, heading S from Greenbrier.

What is the nearest larger city to Greenbrier?

Springfield, TN, with 19,842 residents, 6.8 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.