Tennessee · Census place 4763140

Ridgetop, Tennessee

Ridgetop is a city in 2 counties of Tennessee with an estimated 2,143 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 164th largest of 232 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,143
#164 of 232 in Tennessee
Change since 2020
+1.8%
+38 people
Land area
3.0 sq mi
Density
707 / sq mi
State median 947
Orange pin: Ridgetop. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Nashville.

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Ridgetop population, 2020 to 2024

Ridgetop added 38 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.8%. In the latest year it moved by +10.

2,10520202,09620212,09520222,13320232,1432024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,106. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Ridgetop covers 3.03 square miles of land, for 707 people per square mile of land. The median Tennessee place of 5,000+ has 947, so Ridgetop is less dense than the typical town.

The 2 counties Ridgetop spans

Ridgetop crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 2,143 residents as follows; Robertson County holds 97.1% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Robertson County2,081
  2. 02Davidson County62
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Ridgetop

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Ridgetop by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 37072, 37073. 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 Ridgetop is

The Census internal point of Ridgetop is at 36.403700, -86.767700. Nashville, the capital, is 16.4 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Greenbrier, TN (7,039 people), 1.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Nashville-Davidson, TN, 16.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
36.403700, -86.767700
DMS
36°24'13.32"N 86°46'3.72"W
UTM
16N 520829.4E 4028751.3N
Geohash
dn6r1e1dy
Plus code
868MC63J+FW

Daylight in Ridgetop

At 36.40° N, Ridgetop gets about 14 h 39 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 41 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 Ridgetop

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Tennessee, measured between internal points. The closest is Greenbrier, 1.8 miles away, with 7,039 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Ridgetop, TN?

2,143 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 38 (1.8%) from 2,105 in July 2020.

What county is Ridgetop in?

It spans 2 counties: Robertson County (2,081 residents), Davidson County (62 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Ridgetop?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 37072, 37073.

How far is Ridgetop from Nashville?

16.4 miles (26.5 km) in a straight line, heading S from Ridgetop.

What is the nearest larger city to Ridgetop?

Greenbrier, TN, with 7,039 residents, 1.7 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.