Tennessee · Census place 4778560

Waverly, Tennessee

Waverly is a city in Humphreys County, Tennessee with an estimated 4,381 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 116th largest of 232 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 4,381; #116 of 232 in Tennessee
Change since 2020: +1.9%; +81 people
Land area: 8.8 sq mi
Density: 501 / sq mi; State median 947

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

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Waverly population, 2020 to 2024

Waverly added 81 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.9%. In the latest year it moved by +81.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,301. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Waverly covers 8.75 square miles of land, for 501 people per square mile of land. The median Tennessee place of 5,000+ has 947, so Waverly is less dense than the typical town.

What county Waverly is in

All of Waverly's residents live in Humphreys County, which had 19,554 residents in 2024. Waverly holds 22.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Waverly

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Waverly by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 37185. 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 Waverly is

The Census internal point of Waverly is at 36.093900, -87.784700. Nashville, the capital, is 56.1 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Dickson, TN (16,878 people), 23.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Clarksville, TN, 40.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 36.093900, -87.784700
DMS: 36°05'38.04"N 87°47'4.92"W
UTM: 16N 429360.1E 3994648.4N
Geohash: dn3t66tnh
Plus code: 868J36V8+H4

Daylight in Waverly

At 36.09° N, Waverly gets about 14 h 37 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 42 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 55 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Waverly

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Tennessee, measured between internal points. The closest is McEwen, 8.4 miles away, with 1,762 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Waverly, TN?

4,381 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 81 (1.9%) from 4,300 in July 2020.

What county is Waverly in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Waverly?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 37185.

How far is Waverly from Nashville?

56.1 miles (90.2 km) in a straight line, heading E from Waverly.

What is the nearest larger city to Waverly?

Dickson, TN, with 16,878 residents, 23.3 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.