Tennessee · Census place 4751560
Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Murfreesboro is a city in Rutherford County, Tennessee with an estimated 168,387 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 6th largest of 232 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 168,387
- #6 of 232 in Tennessee
- Change since 2020
- +9.5%
- +14,571 people
- Land area
- 64.5 sq mi
- + 0.14 sq mi water
- Density
- 2,609 / sq mi
- State median 947
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Murfreesboro population, 2020 to 2024
Murfreesboro added 14,571 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +9.5%. In the latest year it moved by +2,364. Among 104 Tennessee places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 23rd; the median place changed by +4.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Tennessee has 12,136 people, so Murfreesboro is 13.9 times that size.
Murfreesboro covers 64.54 square miles of land and 0.14 of water, for 2,609 people per square mile of land. The median Tennessee place of 5,000+ has 947, so Murfreesboro is denser than the typical town.
What county Murfreesboro is in
All of Murfreesboro's residents live in Rutherford County, which had 376,996 residents in 2024. Murfreesboro holds 44.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Murfreesboro
5 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Murfreesboro by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 37127, 37128, 37129, 37130, 37132. 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 Murfreesboro is
The Census internal point of Murfreesboro is at 35.853900, -86.421200. Nashville, the capital, is 29.6 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Nashville-Davidson, TN (704,963 people), 30.0 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 173 m (568 ft) above sea level.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 35.853900, -86.421200
- DMS
- 35°51'14.04"N 86°25'16.32"W
- UTM
- 16N 552262.2E 3967898.6N
- Geohash
- dn6ecrn00
- Plus code
- 867MVH3H+HG
- Time zone
- America/Chicago
Daylight in Murfreesboro
At 35.85° N, Murfreesboro gets about 14 h 36 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. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Murfreesboro daylight page.
Places near Murfreesboro
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Tennessee, measured between internal points. The closest is Smyrna, 10.0 miles away, with 60,302 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Murfreesboro, TN?
168,387 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 14,571 (9.5%) from 153,816 in July 2020.
What county is Murfreesboro in?
Rutherford County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Murfreesboro?
5 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 37127, 37128, 37129, 37130, 37132.
How far is Murfreesboro from Nashville?
29.6 miles (47.6 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Murfreesboro.
What is the nearest larger city to Murfreesboro?
Nashville-Davidson, TN, with 704,963 residents, 30.0 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
- 05Open-Meteo forecast API (time zone and Copernicus GLO-90 elevation) (last verified 2026-09-30)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.