This Nashville apartment FAQ answers the practical, recurring questions renters ask most: how many buildings the directory covers, how old and how tall Nashville’s apartment buildings are, how Tennessee security deposit rules work, what “no-fee” actually means, and how to sanity-check a building before booking a tour. Several answers below are pulled directly from NashvilleApartmentBuildings.com’s own directory of Nashville apartment buildings. Updated October 2026.
Nashville Apartment FAQ: The Short Answers
These are the figures renters ask for most often in this Nashville apartment FAQ, calculated from the NashvilleApartmentBuildings.com directory and current as of October 2026, counted across all 232 buildings:
- Buildings tracked: 232, with 49,204 apartments, across twelve neighborhood areas of Nashville.
- Median building size: 223.5 apartments; the largest has 850.
- Median year built: 2018; 153 buildings date from 2015 or later.
- Median height: 4 floors; the tallest building listed has 45.
- Website recorded: 220 of 232 buildings.
- Rent and availability: not published anywhere in the directory.
Every figure is recalculated from the live directory, so the answers in this Nashville apartment FAQ are dated and change as buildings are updated. The full Nashville apartment building data page shows the directory broken out by neighborhood.
Nashville Apartment FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions
The questions in this Nashville apartment FAQ are grouped below as simple question-and-answer pairs for quick reference.
How many Nashville apartment buildings are listed on NashvilleApartmentBuildings.com?
NashvilleApartmentBuildings.com’s directory currently includes 232 Nashville apartment buildings with 49,204 apartments between them, grouped into twelve neighborhood areas, with one permanent page per building. Buildings range from 6 apartments to 850, and the median building has 223.5. Every building’s mailing city is Nashville. The total is recalculated as buildings are added, updated, or removed from the directory. The count for each neighborhood, with building age and height, is in Nashville Apartment Building Data.
How old are the apartment buildings in the Nashville directory?
Mostly new. Year built is recorded for all 232 buildings in the NashvilleApartmentBuildings.com directory, and the median building was completed in 2018. 153 buildings date from 2015 or later, 26 from 2000 to 2014, 16 from 1980 to 1999, and 37 from before 1980. The oldest is The Stahlman Building in Downtown / SoBro, built in 1906; the newest carry 2026. Green Hills / Belle Meade (median 1977) and West End / Vanderbilt (median 1996.5) have the oldest stock of the twelve neighborhood areas; Wedgewood-Houston (median 2024) has the newest.
How tall are Nashville apartment buildings?
Most are low- or mid-rise. Floor count is recorded for all 232 buildings, and the median is 4 floors: 118 buildings have four floors or fewer, 36 reach ten or more, and 18 reach twenty or more. The tallest building listed is 505 in Downtown / SoBro, at 45 floors. The Gulch (median 14 floors) and Downtown / SoBro (median 8.5) are the high-rise areas of the directory.
How many apartments does a typical Nashville apartment building have?
The median building in the NashvilleApartmentBuildings.com directory has 223.5 apartments, and the 232 buildings hold 49,204 apartments in total. Sizes vary widely: 68 buildings have 300 apartments or more, while 27 have fewer than 50. The largest is Albion Music Row, with 850 apartments; the smallest, Poston West, has 6.
What building facts does NashvilleApartmentBuildings.com track for each listing?
Every listing on NashvilleApartmentBuildings.com records the building’s address, neighborhood, number of apartments, year built and floor count; a website is recorded for 220 of the 232 buildings. The directory does not yet record building amenities, so confirm pets, parking, laundry, air conditioning and fitness facilities with the building’s leasing office. Facts are sourced per building and published only once confirmed; an unconfirmed detail is left out of a listing rather than estimated.
How do security deposits work in Tennessee?
Tennessee’s Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act applies only in counties with a population of more than 75,000 according to the 2010 federal census (T.C.A. § 66-28-102); Davidson County, which contains Nashville, had 626,681 residents in the 2010 census, according to U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts. Under T.C.A. § 66-28-301, a landlord who requires a security deposit must keep it in an account used only for that purpose at a regulated bank or lending institution, and must tell the tenant where that account is when the lease is signed. A landlord who does not keep the deposit in such an account and provide the listing of damages the statute requires is not entitled to retain any part of it, and a tenant who disputes the final damage listing may bring an action in circuit or general sessions court. Read the statute itself for the inspection and notice procedures.
What is a “no-fee” apartment?
A “no-fee” apartment is one where the renter doesn’t pay a broker or locator commission to secure the lease, either because the landlord covers the fee directly or because no broker or locator is involved in the transaction. Fee structures vary by building, landlord, and whether a broker or locator is involved, so renters should confirm a specific building’s fee policy directly with the leasing office before applying.
How is the data on NashvilleApartmentBuildings.com sourced and kept current?
NashvilleApartmentBuildings.com sources each building’s facts individually rather than estimating them, and omits a data point entirely when it can’t be confirmed. Aggregate statistics, such as building counts, median age and median height, are recalculated from the live directory as buildings are added or updated, and are dated so renters and researchers know how current the figures are.
What’s a practical way to compare Nashville apartment buildings before touring one?
Reviewing a building’s own listing page, covering its address, number of apartments, year built, floor count and neighborhood, is a practical way to screen a Nashville apartment building before scheduling a tour. NashvilleApartmentBuildings.com publishes this structured data on every listing page so renters can check the facts that matter to them ahead of time, rather than relying on a phone call or a generic listing description.
Does NashvilleApartmentBuildings.com list rents or availability?
No. The directory publishes building facts only: it carries no rent figures, no unit availability, no specials, fees or lease terms, no paid placement, and no reviews or rankings of buildings. That is a deliberate choice rather than a gap. Rent and availability for a specific unit change faster than a directory can honestly keep up with, so the site records what stays true about a building and leaves pricing to the leasing office. Confirm current rent and what is actually vacant with the building directly.
What does a blank field on a building listing mean?
A blank field means the detail is unknown to the directory, not that the building lacks it. A missing website, for example, means none has been recorded yet, not that the building has none. Corrections can be sent through the contact page.
Which Nashville neighborhoods does the directory cover?
The directory groups its buildings into twelve neighborhood areas: East Nashville, The Nations / Sylvan Park, Downtown / SoBro, Midtown / Music Row, The Gulch, West End / Vanderbilt, Germantown / Salemtown, 12South / Edgehill / Berry Hill, Green Hills / Belle Meade, Wedgewood-Houston, MetroCenter, and North Nashville / Marathon Village. The groupings are approximate; a building’s street address is the precise reference. East Nashville holds the most buildings (42); North Nashville / Marathon Village holds the fewest (7). Building counts for each neighborhood are on the Nashville apartment building data page.
Is there a guide for people moving to Nashville?
Yes. Go Big City’s Nashville guide covers rent, cost of living, WeGo transit, neighborhoods, weather, jobs and a moving checklist, with every number linked to its source.
Can someone help me search for a Nashville apartment?
Not through this site. NashvilleApartmentBuildings.com is a free directory maintained by ChicagoRealEstate.ai; it has no broker and offers no apartment-locator service, so no one here will search on your behalf or take a fee. What an apartment locator does explains how that arrangement usually works if you choose to hire one elsewhere. Under Tennessee law, a “broker” includes anyone who, for a fee or other valuable consideration, negotiates or attempts to negotiate the lease or rental of real estate (T.C.A. § 62-13-102), and performing such an act for another person for compensation without a license violates the law (§ 62-13-103); § 62-13-104 lists exemptions, including some on-site apartment managers and employees. The Tennessee Real Estate Commission advises consumers to check a real estate professional’s license status at verify.tn.gov.
What This Nashville Apartment FAQ Does Not Cover
So the answers above are not read for more than they say: this Nashville apartment FAQ publishes no rent figures and no unit availability, does not review, rate or rank buildings, and does not give legal advice. The building figures describe what the directory records for each building and carry the date they were calculated, so a figure can move as buildings are updated. For tenant rights questions, the Tennessee Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, linked below, is the authoritative source.
This Nashville apartment FAQ reflects NashvilleApartmentBuildings.com’s own directory data as of October 2026 and general apartment-hunting practices; it is not legal advice. Figures drawn from the directory are recalculated as buildings are added, updated, or removed; see the Nashville Apartment Building Data page for the breakdown by neighborhood, and check back as this Nashville apartment FAQ is updated. For official Tennessee renter and landlord rules, see the Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, including T.C.A. § 66-28-102 (where it applies) and T.C.A. § 66-28-301 (security deposits).