// CITY_ASSESSMENT
How smart is Nashville?
Nashville scores 44.5% against the UN ISO-aligned smart city framework in 2026 — ranked #146 of 297 cities assessed, with every finding traceable to a public source.
Smart score
44.5%
Rank
#146 / 297
Criteria present
30 / 86
Evidence coverage
54.7%
Nashville's smart city score by area
5 present · 3 partial · 1 absent · 6 not assessed
4 present · 3 partial · 2 absent · 3 not assessed
3 present · 2 partial · 4 absent · 4 not assessed
4 present · 3 partial · 0 absent · 4 not assessed
6 present · 3 partial · 1 absent · 3 not assessed
4 present · 1 partial · 0 absent · 3 not assessed
4 present · 2 partial · 7 absent · 1 not assessed
Where Nashville is strong
- ▸Water & Sanitation
- ▸Health & Digital Health
- ▸Digital Government Services
- ▸Active & Shared Mobility
- ▸Culture, Tourism & Recreation
Where the gaps are
- ▸Climate Action & Emissions
- ▸Smart Traffic & Electric Vehicles
- ▸Open Data & Transparency
- ▸Connectivity & ICT Infrastructure
- ▸Green Space & Biodiversity
Evidence highlights
Digital Government Services · Unified online services portal
Nashville.gov serves as a central portal listing 'All Metro Services' and 'Most Popular Services' such as paying property taxes, filing appeals, adopting animals, and obtaining business licenses, indicating a unified access point for various municipal trans…
https://www.nashville.gov/Digital Government Services · Online payments for taxes & fees
The Nashville.gov website explicitly lists 'Pay Property Taxes' as a popular service, and the Metro Water Services page offers options to 'Pay Water Bill' and 'Find The Water Bill Payment Methods' online.
https://www.nashville.gov/Digital Government Services · Citizen reporting / 311 channel
The Nashville.gov website features a prominent option to 'Submit a hubNashville Service Request', indicating a channel for citizens to report issues.
https://www.nashville.gov/Urban Data Platform & Digital Twin · Live city data dashboard
Nashville offers public dashboards and maps through "Nashville Insights" for exploring city data, and provides specific outage maps for water and power services that show current status and estimated restoration times.
https://insights.nashville.gov/About this assessment
Nashville was assessed against the 86 criteria of the UN ISO-aligned smart city framework on 2026-07-10 by AI agents gathering evidence from official public sources. Each criterion is marked present, partial or absent, and every finding links to where it was found. Scores refresh continuously as cities publish new evidence.