- Elevation: 550 feet (168 meters) at the lowest point; 1,100 feet (336 meters) at the highest point of the rim around the Nashville basin
- Time: Central Standard (CST), early November to mid-March; Central Daylight (CDT), mid-March to November.
- Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) is comprised of 14 counties: Cannon, Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Hickman, Macon, Maury, Robertson, Rutherford, Smith, Sumner, Trousdale, Williamson, and Wilson.
- Nashville/Davidson County has a metropolitan government based on a 1963 plan that has become a national model. The county is largely urbanized with extensive residential areas, and population growth continues to increase due to transportation advantages, labor supply, and development opportunities.
- 2022 Nashville MSA Population: 2.04 million
- Downtown Nashville Residential Population Growth (based on new units added downtown):
2006 Residents: 2,280
2007 Residents: 3,219
2008 Residents: 4,142
2009 Residents: 4,986
2010 Residents: 5,155
2011 Residents: 5,754
2012 Residents: 6,320
2013 Residents: 7,286
2014 Residents: 7,840
2015 Residents: 8,313
2016 Residents: 9,619
2017 Residents: 10,240
2018 Residents: 12,200
2019 Residents: 13,000
2020 Residents: 14,000
2021 Residents: 15,000
2022 Residents: 16,302
2023 Residents: 17,630
- Downtown Nashville Residential Population Growth (based on new units added downtown):
- 2022 Nashville MSA Median Household Income: $80,034
- Nashville MSA Unemployment Rate (as of December 2023): 2.4%
Major industries in Nashville include Health Care Management, Automobile Production, Finance, Higher Education, Insurance, Music Production, Printing & Publishing, Technology Manufacturing, and Tourism.
Industry breakdown:
| Employment Sector | Jobs |
| Professional and Business Services | 1.79M |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 206K |
| Leisure and Hospitality | 129K |
| Government | 127K |
| Retail Trade | 107K |
| Manufacturing | 91K |
| Wholesale Trade | 51K |
| Other Services | 48K |
| Information | 33K |
Source: Nashville MSA BLS - Current Employment Statistics (CES) December 2023
Corporate Headquarters in Nashville Region:
- Amazon
- Asurion
- Bridgestone Americas Inc.
- Community Health Systems
- Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc.
- Dollar General Corp.
- HCA Healthcare Inc.
- ICEE
- iHeartMedia
- Mitsubishi Motors
- Nissan North America
- Saint Thomas Health
- Tractor Supply
- Vanderbilt University
Source: Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce
The Nashville International Airport serves 19 airlines with 523 average daily arrivals and departures to 98 nonstop destinations. The following is a list of the airlines with gates at the Nashville Airport:
- Air Canada
- Alaska Airlines
- Allegiant Air
- Avelo
- American Airlines
- British Airways
- Contour Airlines
- Delta Air Lines
- Flair Airlines
- Frontier Airlines
- JetBlue Airways
- New Pacific Airlines
- Spirit Airlines
- Southwest Airlines
- Sun Country
- United Airlines
- Vacation Express
- Viva Aerobus
- WestJet
Nashville is one of only six U.S. cities at the convergence of three major interstate highways – I-40, I-65, and I-24. The 440 Parkway downtown loop and Briley Parkway link the urbanized areas; Route 840 connects four counties in an outer loop. Approximately, 12 million people live within a 2.5-hour drive of the city.
The Music City Star Rail opened its East Corridor route in late 2005. With service Monday through Friday, three daily morning and afternoon trains connect Donelson, Hermitage, Mt. Juliet, and Lebanon to downtown Nashville. The East Corridor route covers 32 miles and service between stops peaks at 60 miles per hour.
- 129,300 leisure and hospitality jobs in the Nashville MSA.
- Nashville has 39,972 hotel rooms in Davidson County and 58,138 rooms in the Nashville MSA.
- Gaylord Opryland® Resort & Convention Center is the largest non-gaming hotel property in the United States, with 2,888 rooms and more than 700,000 square feet of meeting space, including 263,772 of contiguous exhibit space.
- The Music City Center, Nashville’s downtown convention facility, opened in May 2013. The 2.1 million-square-foot Music City Center features more than 375,000 square feet of exhibit space, 128,000 square feet of meeting space, two ballrooms, a business center, and a 2,500-seat theater.