Tennessee · Census place 4747000

Medina, Tennessee

Medina is a city in Gibson County, Tennessee with an estimated 5,681 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 98th largest of 232 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
5,681
#98 of 232 in Tennessee
Change since 2020
+10.2%
+524 people
Land area
4.1 sq mi
+ 0.02 sq mi water
Density
1,386 / sq mi
State median 947
Orange pin: Medina. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Nashville.

Medina population, 2020 to 2024

Medina added 524 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +10.2%. In the latest year it moved by +147. Among 104 Tennessee places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 19th; the median place changed by +4.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Tennessee has 12,136 people, so Medina is 47% of it.

5,15720205,25120215,40020225,53420235,6812024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 5,128. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Medina covers 4.10 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 1,386 people per square mile of land. The median Tennessee place of 5,000+ has 947, so Medina is denser than the typical town.

What county Medina is in

All of Medina's residents live in Gibson County, which had 51,422 residents in 2024. Medina holds 11.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Medina

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Medina by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 38355. 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 Medina is

The Census internal point of Medina is at 35.817000, -88.790500. Nashville, the capital, is 114.7 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Humboldt, TN (7,852 people), 6.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Memphis, TN, 82.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
35.817000, -88.790500
DMS
35°49'1.20"N 88°47'25.80"W
UTM
16N 338246.1E 3965130.7N
Geohash
dn2gg829p
Plus code
867HR685+RQ

Daylight in Medina

At 35.82° N, Medina gets about 14 h 35 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 44 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 52 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Medina

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Tennessee, measured between internal points. The closest is Three Way, 4.9 miles away, with 1,922 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Medina, TN?

5,681 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 524 (10.2%) from 5,157 in July 2020.

What county is Medina in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Medina?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 38355.

How far is Medina from Nashville?

114.7 miles (184.6 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Medina.

What is the nearest larger city to Medina?

Humboldt, TN, with 7,852 residents, 6.4 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.