#1Lebanon
Wilson County38,495 in 2020·53,412 in 2025·+14,917 people
Lebanon, #1 on this list · Photo: Eric Polk(Epolk) · Public domainTennessee rankings · Growth
Fastest-growing towns in Tennessee
Lebanon has grown fastest of Tennessee’s 146 towns of 2,500+: up 38.8% from 38,495 residents in April 2020 to an estimated 53,412 in July 2025 (Census Bureau estimates). The typical town here changed +4.2%; 30 of the 146 lost residents.
Census Bureau population estimates, Vintage 2025: July 1, 2025 against the April 2020 base, both on January 2025 town lines (people a town annexed are in its base, not its growth). Estimates, not counts. Unincorporated communities (census-designated places) get no estimate, so they aren’t listed. A described list: no letters. How grades work
#1+38.8%
#2White House
Sumner County13,014 in 2020·17,872 in 2025·+4,858 people
#3Thompson's Station
Williamson County7,444 in 2020·9,469 in 2025·+2,025 people
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What is the fastest-growing town in Tennessee?
Lebanon (Wilson County): it grew 38.8%, from 38,495 residents in April 2020 to an estimated 53,412 in July 2025. White House (+37.3%) and Thompson's Station (+27.2%) follow.
How are these towns ranked?
By the percent change in residents from the Census Bureau’s April 2020 estimates base to its latest July 1 estimate, highest first, on the exact change: two towns shown with the same tenth of a percent keep the order of their unrounded figures, and only an identical change shares a rank (T). The base is the 2020 Census count redrawn on today’s town lines, so a town that annexed land since 2020 changes only by births, deaths and moves, not by the people it took in. How grades work.
Why isn’t my town on this list?
The list covers the towns TownRatings grades that had 2,500+ residents in the 2020 estimates base (146 in Tennessee). Census-designated places (unincorporated communities) have no Census Bureau estimates, so they never appear; a town incorporated since 2020, or one TownRatings merges with its twin township, isn’t listed either. Every town is on the Tennessee page.
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