Moving to Murfreesboro, Tennessee

About Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Murfreesboro

Murfreesboro is a city in, and county seat of, Rutherford County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 165,430 according to the 2023 census, up from 108,755 residents certified in 2010. Murfreesboro is located in the Nashville metropolitan area of Middle Tennessee, 34 miles (55 km) southeast of downtown Nashville.

It served as the state capital from 1818 to 1826. Today, it is the largest suburb of Nashville and the sixth-most populous city in Tennessee. The city is both the center of population and the geographic center of Tennessee.

Since the 1990s, Murfreesboro has been Tennessee's fastest-growing major city and one of the fastest-growing cities in the country. Murfreesboro is home to Middle Tennessee State University, one of the largest undergraduate universities in the state of Tennessee, with 20,540 total students as of fall 2024.

Gender
Gender Murfreesboro Tennessee Country
Female 51.4% 51.2% 50.8%
Male 48.6% 48.8% 49.2%
Gender

Household Income


Income Murfreesboro Tennessee Country
Less than $10,000 4% 6.7% 5.8%
$10,000 to $14,999 3.4% 4.9% 4.1%
$15,000 to $24,999 7.5% 10% 8.5%
$25,000 to $34,999 9.1% 10.2% 8.6%
$35,000 to $49,999 15% 13.9% 12.0%
$50,000 to $74,999 21% 18.4% 17.2%
$75,000 to $99,999 12.5% 12.5% 12.8%
$100,000 to $149,999 15.9% 13.3% 15.6%
$150,000 to $199,999 6.9% 4.9% 7.1%
$200,000 or more 4.7% 5.1% 8.3%
Education


Education Murfreesboro Tennessee Country
< 9th Grade 4% 3% 5.0%
9-12th Grade 4% 8% 7.0%
High School or GED 22% 32% 27.0%
Other College 24% 21% 20.0%
Associate's Degree 8% 8% 9%
Bachelor's Degree 26% 18% 20.0%
Master's Degree 9% 7% 9.0%
Professional Degree 1% 2% 2.0%
Doctorate Degree 2% 1% 1.0%
Household Income
Education
Race / Ethnicity


Ethnicity Murfreesboro Tennessee Country
White 65.8% 73.4% 60.1%
African American 18.8% 16.5% 12.2%
American Indian 0.1% 0.2% 0.6%
Asian 3.3% 1.8% 5.6%
Hawaiian 0% 0.1% 0.2%
Other 0.2% 0.2% 0.3%
Multiracial 4.1% 2.3% 2.8%
Hispanic 7.7% 5.6% 18.2%
Race / Ethnicity