Pleasant View, Tennessee

Population

Growing. Up 19.0% since 2020.

5,797

people, the 97th-largest of Tennessee's cities and towns.

Census Population Estimates, 2025. Rank among Tennessee's cities and towns computed by the Almanac. Sources: Census Population Estimates

The workday

9 in 10 jobs here go to people who live somewhere else.

87.6%

of 1,493 jobs located in Pleasant View are filled by in-commuters.

Census LEHD LODES, 2023. Sources: Census LEHD LODES

Rent

Median rent is up 101% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.

$1,802

a month. Tennessee's median is $1,189.

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024 (latest), with earlier 5-year windows. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

The seam

Cross one tract line and median rent jumps $846.

A $846 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Cheatham County.

• $1,208 Tract 703
• $2,054 Tract 701.02

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

Room to build

The median rent is above what local wages can carry.

$821–$1,232

is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.

• $1,802 median

Supportable rent computed by the Almanac from 2023 source wage data. Median rent: Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Computed by the Almanac, Census ACS 5-year

Building

50% of the housing here was built before 2000.

• 939 homes permitted in ten years, 2016–2025
• 1% of those were in multifamily buildings
• 50% of all homes were built before 2000

Census Building Permits Survey, 2016–2025; Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census Building Permits Survey, Census ACS 5-year

Units needed

Closing the gap would add 0.1–0.7% to the 2,002 homes here.

2–15

is the estimated number of missing housing units, from the lowest to the highest of three estimates.

Range computed by the Almanac from 2023 jobs and household data, using three demand models: 1% of jobs located here, 1% of renter households, and a rate by town size applied to renters. The low end is the lowest of the three and the high end the highest. It is an estimate, not a count. Sources: Computed by the Almanac

Home value

A median home costs 36% more than Tennessee's.

$390,900

median home value in Pleasant View.

• $390,900 Pleasant View
• $286,700 Tennessee
• $332,700 U.S.

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census ACS 5-year