† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupGoodlettsvilleTennesseeUnited States
English11.4%13.3%9.5%
American9.2%11.3%5.3%
German8.5%9.1%12.5%
Irish7.7%9.3%9.4%
Italian2.4%2.2%4.8%
Scottish2.0%2.2%1.3%
Scotch-Irish1.6%1.7%—
French1.6%1.3%1.6%
African American†22.3%14.3%9.9%
African1.3%0.6%0.5%
Jamaican0.4%—0.4%
Nigerian0.3%—0.2%
Ethiopian0.3%——
Somali0.3%——
Sudanese0.3%——
Mexican4.4%3.8%11.3%
Honduran0.9%0.5%0.3%
Guatemalan0.7%0.6%0.5%
Puerto Rican0.6%0.6%1.8%
Salvadoran0.4%0.2%0.7%
Cuban0.4%0.2%0.7%
Colombian0.2%—0.4%
Venezuelan0.2%0.2%—
Asian Indian0.4%0.5%1.4%
Chinese0.2%0.2%1.3%
Filipino0.2%0.2%0.9%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Goodlettsville
Tennessee
United States
Median age
38.5
39.3
39.1
Age 18–24
7.7%
8.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
17.7%
17.1%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Goodlettsville
Tennessee
United States
Median household income
$70,758
$69,595
$84,427
Poverty rate
9.7%
13.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
33.1%
31.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Goodlettsville
Tennessee
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
8.0%
8.7%
22.3%
Spanish
6.5%
5.3%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Goodlettsville
Tennessee
United States
Catholic
—
4.0%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
36.6%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
44.5%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Goodlettsville, Tennessee
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−23.4%
2008
−19.3%
2012
−17.3%
2016
−15.6%
2020
−5.5%
2024
−2.0%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
48.1%Harris3,552
50.1%Trump3,697
1.8%
R+2.0
D+3.5
R+0.5
7,380
R
46.0%Biden3,942
51.5%Trump4,413
2.5%
R+5.5
D+10.1
R+9.9
8,569
R
40.1%Clinton2,853
55.7%Trump3,962
4.1%
R+15.6
D+1.7
R+17.7
7,107
R
40.5%Obama2,868
57.8%Romney4,089
1.7%
R+17.3
D+2.0
R+21.1
7,075
R
39.7%Obama2,859
59.0%McCain4,246
1.3%
R+19.3
D+4.1
R+26.5
7,202
R
37.9%Kerry2,546
61.3%Bush4,115
0.7%
R+23.4
—
R+20.9
6,709
Goodlettsville sits on Davidson and Sumner counties' shared border, giving it a split administrative identity that reflects the broader tension between urban Nashville's orbit and the faster-growing, more rural-leaning Sumner side.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 23.4 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 3.5 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 2.0 points.
A population of 17,597, a 54% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $70,758 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Hueytown and Meridianville.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Goodlettsville, Tennessee voted Republican by 2.0 points (R+2.0), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 7,380 votes cast, 3,552 went Democratic and 3,697 went Republican.
How many people live in Goodlettsville, Tennessee?
Goodlettsville, Tennessee has a population of 17,597 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Goodlettsville, Tennessee?
Median household income in Goodlettsville, Tennessee is $70,758 — below the national median of $80,734. The Tennessee state median is $69,595.
What is the political history of Goodlettsville, Tennessee?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Goodlettsville, Tennessee from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
