Nashville by the numbers.
Monique sees herself as an educator and consultant of the city. For relocating executives, retirees and investors, the case for Middle Tennessee is financial as much as it is lifestyle.
The Financial Case
What high-net-worth buyers ask first.
No income tax on wages
Tennessee does not tax personal earned income. California’s top marginal rate is 13.3%, and New York City residents can pay up to 14.776% in combined state and city tax.
No tax on investment income
Tennessee fully repealed the Hall income tax on interest and dividends as of January 1, 2021.
Retirement income
With no state income tax, Social Security, pensions and retirement withdrawals are not taxed by the state.
Tuition-free college
Tennessee Promise and Tennessee Reconnect cover community and technical college tuition for eligible residents, and lottery proceeds fund the HOPE Scholarship.
Oracle’s world headquarters
An 82-acre East Bank campus on the Cumberland River, groundbreaking in November 2026, with 8,500 jobs committed by 2031.
BNA to Lower Broadway
The Boring Company’s Music City Loop is tunneling now, targeting an early 2027 opening.
Sources: Tennessee Department of Revenue; Tennessee Higher Education Commission; Tennessee Education Lottery; The Tennessean and Nashville Business Journal (Oracle, Oct/Nov 2026); The Boring Company Music City Loop updates (Oct 2026). General information, not tax advice.
The Growth Story
Corporations are betting on Nashville.
Oracle chose the Cumberland River’s East Bank for its global headquarters, a campus now budgeted at $4.5 billion, among the largest business investments in state history. Construction partners are named and vertical construction begins this winter.
Across the river, the Music City Loop is being bored beneath downtown to connect Nashville International Airport with Music City Center and Lower Broadway in about ten minutes.
Monique tracks the projects reshaping where people will want to live next, so her clients buy ahead of the curve, not behind it.
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