Nashville

Most walkable Nashville suburbs

Ranked on amenities within two miles at 40%, transit stop density at 15%, and the three poll questions about walking to groceries, restaurants and the state of the sidewalks at 45%. Walkability is mostly something residents know and datasets do not.

Updated Sep 2026·20 suburbs considered, 10 listed
1
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance)$414k median · 24.7 min commute
Amenities A−Commute B−Residents inactive
89
Walkability
overall 57 C−
2
Intersection of 4th Avenue and Main Street in Franklin, Tennessee
Franklin$705k median · 23.9 min commute
Amenities B−Commute BResidents inactive
70
Walkability
overall 76 B
3
Downtown Murfreesboro, Tennessee Image copyleft: Image taken by me, released under GFDL, Pollinator 04:42, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
Murfreesboro$402k median · 26.7 min commute
Amenities A−Commute C−Residents inactive
63
Walkability
overall 66 C+
4
The town hall of Smyrna, Rutherford County, Tennessee. Located at 315 S Lowry Street.
Smyrna$358k median · 26.3 min commute
Amenities B−Commute D+Residents inactive
53
Walkability
overall 63 C+
5
Located at Spring Hill, Tennessee.
Spring Hill$494k median · 30.0 min commute
Amenities CCommute DResidents inactive
46
Walkability
overall 61 C
6
Hendersonville Tennessee welcome sign
Hendersonville$431k median · 29.7 min commute
Amenities CCommute DResidents inactive
45
Walkability
overall 64 C+
7
Gallatin, Tennessee, town square
Gallatin$372k median · 26.4 min commute
Amenities C−Commute D+Residents inactive
40
Walkability
overall 62 C
8
Dickson Tennessee
Dickson$293k median · 26.8 min commute
Amenities D+Commute D+Residents inactive
35
Walkability
overall 55 C−
9
The Robertson County Courthouse in Springfield, TN
Springfield$254k median · 28.7 min commute
Amenities DCommute FResidents inactive
33
Walkability
overall 43 D
10
Aerial Photo of Downtown Columbia, TN
Columbia$309k median · 28.0 min commute
Amenities DCommute DResidents inactive
33
Walkability
overall 47 D
This list's weighting
Amenities 40%Transit stop density 15%Resident poll (Q3, Q4, Q8) 45%

Poll components only count for places with eight or more resident responses; for the others the remaining weights re-normalise to 100%.

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Photos from Wikimedia Commons: Franklin (Ichabod · CC BY-SA 3.0); Murfreesboro (The original uploader was Pollinator at English Wikipedia. · CC BY-SA 3.0); Smyrna (Skye Marthaler · CC BY-SA 3.0); Spring Hill (Skye Marthaler · CC BY-SA 3.0); Hendersonville (GatewayPolitics · CC BY-SA 4.0); Gallatin (Ichabod · CC BY-SA 3.0); Dickson (Ralf Peter Reimann · CC BY-SA 2.0); Springfield (TNHistory1796 · CC BY-SA 4.0); Columbia (Hmil6 · CC BY-SA 4.0).