Moving guide · Illinois → Tennessee
Moving from Chicago to Nashville
Music City, with fast-growing neighbourhoods. Here's how life in Nashville compares with Chicago.
Nashville is roughly 7°C warmer than Chicago in January (about -4°C → 3°C), with about 80 cm less snow a year. A typical home costs roughly 32% more in Nashville (about US$340,000 vs US$450,000), and everyday costs run about 7 points lower on our cost of living index. Tennessee has no state income tax, compared with a medium state income tax in Illinois. For lifestyle, you give up lake life. (Approximate figures.)
Weather
- January average
- -4°C → 3°C (+7°)
- July average
- 24°C → 26°C (+2°)
- Sunny days a year
- 189 → 205
- Snow a year
- 95 → 15 cm
Money (approximate)
- Cost of living index
- 107 → 100
- Typical home
- US$340,000 → US$450,000
- Property tax rate
- 2.1% → 0.7%
- Provincial or state income tax
- Medium → None
- Health care in Nashville
- Private, ~US$520/mo (approx.)
Getting around in Nashville
- Airport
- 20 min
- Ski hill
- 3h+
- Beach or lake
- 30 min
- Main industries
- Health care, music, tech
Lifestyle and risks
Climate, cost and risk figures are approximate and for comparison only. Prices are in each place's local currency.