Tennessee · Census place 4769420

Smyrna, Tennessee

Smyrna is a town in Rutherford County, Tennessee with an estimated 60,302 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 11th largest of 232 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 60,302; #11 of 232 in Tennessee
Change since 2020: +12.7%; +6,787 people
Land area: 34.2 sq mi; + 0.10 sq mi water
Density: 1,766 / sq mi; State median 947

Orange pin: Smyrna. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Nashville.

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Smyrna population, 2020 to 2024

Smyrna added 6,787 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +12.7%. In the latest year it moved by +2,663. Among 104 Tennessee places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 13th; the median place changed by +4.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Tennessee has 12,136 people, so Smyrna is 5.0 times that size.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 53,106. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Smyrna covers 34.15 square miles of land and 0.10 of water, for 1,766 people per square mile of land. The median Tennessee place of 5,000+ has 947, so Smyrna is denser than the typical town.

What county Smyrna is in

All of Smyrna's residents live in Rutherford County, which had 376,996 residents in 2024. Smyrna holds 16.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Smyrna

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Smyrna by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 37167. 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 Smyrna is

The Census internal point of Smyrna is at 35.969000, -86.528600. Nashville, the capital, is 19.7 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Murfreesboro, TN (168,387 people), 9.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 35.969000, -86.528600
DMS: 35°58'8.40"N 86°31'42.96"W
UTM: 16N 542502.9E 3980612.8N
Geohash: dn6kwgzy9
Plus code: 867MXF9C+JH

Daylight in Smyrna

At 35.97° N, Smyrna gets about 14 h 36 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 43 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 53 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Smyrna

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Tennessee, measured between internal points. The closest is La Vergne, 4.1 miles away, with 41,430 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Smyrna, TN?

60,302 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 6,787 (12.7%) from 53,515 in July 2020.

What county is Smyrna in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Smyrna?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 37167.

How far is Smyrna from Nashville?

19.7 miles (31.7 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Smyrna.

What is the nearest larger city to Smyrna?

Murfreesboro, TN, with 168,387 residents, 9.9 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.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.