Ranked from ACS 2023 5-Year
Lowest Rents in Tennessee
Median gross rent by county, lowest first, including the utilities a tenant pays. Set these against the monthly cost to own the same county's median home: where the two are close, buying is not the stretch it looks like.
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Every county in America is somewhere on this scale, including the one you live in.
Tennessee ranked
| # | County | Median rent | Monthly to own | Median home |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lake County | $472 | $995 | $107,000 |
| 2 | Clay County | $546 | $1,199 | $136,900 |
| 3 | Hancock County | $592 | $1,049 | $118,000 |
| 4 | Fentress County | $614 | $1,270 | $151,800 |
| 5 | Wayne County | $619 | $1,118 | $126,600 |
| 6 | Johnson County | $639 | $1,439 | $175,500 |
| 7 | Unicoi County | $665 | $1,415 | $168,200 |
| 8 | Polk County | $668 | $1,190 | $136,400 |
| 9 | Houston County | $685 | $1,288 | $150,100 |
| 10 | Scott County | $691 | $1,048 | $116,800 |
| 11 | Monroe County | $699 | $1,617 | $199,700 |
| 12 | Van Buren County | $705 | $1,259 | $149,200 |
| 13 | McNairy County | $706 | $1,271 | $151,100 |
| 14 | Greene County | $713 | $1,522 | $186,400 |
| 15 | Chester County | $714 | $1,319 | $155,200 |
| 16 | Campbell County | $715 | $1,398 | $169,500 |
| 17 | Decatur County | $716 | $1,163 | $133,900 |
| 18 | Grundy County | $723 | $1,153 | $133,400 |
| 19 | Haywood County | $725 | $1,086 | $119,600 |
| 20 | Grainger County | $726 | $1,433 | $172,000 |
| 21 | Lauderdale County | $729 | $1,099 | $122,100 |
| 22 | Lewis County | $735 | $1,333 | $157,800 |
| 23 | Claiborne County | $736 | $1,263 | $148,000 |
| 24 | Lawrence County | $736 | $1,469 | $176,700 |
| 25 | Carter County | $738 | $1,332 | $157,200 |
| 26 | Henry County | $741 | $1,242 | $145,200 |
| 27 | Morgan County | $742 | $1,245 | $144,000 |
| 28 | Hawkins County | $744 | $1,405 | $166,900 |
| 29 | Moore County | $746 | $2,040 | $259,300 |
| 30 | Perry County | $747 | $1,031 | $113,800 |
| 31 | Pickett County | $755 | $1,346 | $162,200 |
| 32 | Carroll County | $757 | $1,099 | $122,100 |
| 33 | Dyer County | $760 | $1,358 | $159,500 |
| 34 | Weakley County | $760 | $1,186 | $136,300 |
| 35 | Roane County | $767 | $1,724 | $212,300 |
| 36 | Hardin County | $770 | $1,297 | $154,000 |
| 37 | Obion County | $770 | $1,093 | $122,700 |
| 38 | DeKalb County | $773 | $1,651 | $206,600 |
| 39 | Warren County | $775 | $1,437 | $173,900 |
| 40 | Bledsoe County | $779 | $1,373 | $165,400 |
| 41 | Cannon County | $781 | $1,818 | $227,600 |
| 42 | Lincoln County | $782 | $1,687 | $209,100 |
| 43 | Cocke County | $787 | $1,237 | $141,800 |
| 44 | Benton County | $788 | $1,100 | $123,400 |
| 45 | McMinn County | $792 | $1,540 | $190,400 |
| 46 | Rhea County | $796 | $1,472 | $178,500 |
| 47 | Gibson County | $797 | $1,298 | $149,700 |
| 48 | Jackson County | $804 | $1,173 | $135,200 |
| 49 | Macon County | $805 | $1,690 | $211,200 |
| 50 | Trousdale County | $805 | $2,199 | $284,100 |
| 51 | Henderson County | $812 | $1,316 | $156,000 |
| 52 | Hardeman County | $818 | $1,060 | $116,800 |
| 53 | Cumberland County | $829 | $1,788 | $228,000 |
| 54 | Humphreys County | $830 | $1,533 | $186,900 |
| 55 | Overton County | $833 | $1,415 | $171,700 |
| 56 | Giles County | $836 | $1,651 | $204,100 |
| 57 | Stewart County | $837 | $1,510 | $182,700 |
| 58 | Hamblen County | $838 | $1,543 | $188,800 |
| 59 | White County | $838 | $1,548 | $190,200 |
| 60 | Marion County | $840 | $1,435 | $173,600 |
| 61 | Sequatchie County | $842 | $1,744 | $217,800 |
| 62 | Meigs County | $845 | $1,510 | $185,500 |
| 63 | Union County | $849 | $1,514 | $186,300 |
| 64 | Sullivan County | $850 | $1,585 | $190,800 |
| 65 | Crockett County | $854 | $1,182 | $134,100 |
| 66 | Franklin County | $863 | $1,750 | $215,700 |
| 67 | Hickman County | $877 | $1,583 | $192,000 |
| 68 | Smith County | $877 | $1,793 | $224,500 |
| 69 | Jefferson County | $880 | $1,693 | $210,000 |
| 70 | Putnam County | $881 | $1,961 | $246,800 |
| 71 | Fayette County | $883 | $2,401 | $316,000 |
| 72 | Coffee County | $885 | $1,840 | $227,300 |
| 73 | Bedford County | $917 | $2,015 | $255,300 |
| 74 | Marshall County | $924 | $1,960 | $246,100 |
| 75 | Washington County | $951 | $1,860 | $231,700 |
| 76 | Bradley County | $959 | $1,846 | $230,800 |
| 77 | Anderson County | $960 | $1,760 | $215,800 |
| 78 | Dickson County | $972 | $2,138 | $272,700 |
| 79 | Loudon County | $995 | $2,252 | $292,600 |
| 80 | Tipton County | $1,007 | $1,774 | $220,100 |
| 81 | Sevier County | $1,013 | $2,005 | $259,500 |
| 82 | Blount County | $1,042 | $2,159 | $275,700 |
| 83 | Madison County | $1,076 | $1,574 | $189,700 |
| 84 | Hamilton County | $1,163 | $2,243 | $282,100 |
| 85 | Shelby County | $1,170 | $1,938 | $229,700 |
| 86 | Robertson County | $1,176 | $2,311 | $296,700 |
| 87 | Knox County | $1,180 | $2,181 | $279,700 |
| 88 | Maury County | $1,206 | $2,376 | $307,500 |
| 89 | Montgomery County | $1,219 | $2,002 | $248,300 |
| 90 | Cheatham County | $1,274 | $2,271 | $291,400 |
| 91 | Sumner County | $1,339 | $2,788 | $364,000 |
| 92 | Wilson County | $1,370 | $2,989 | $397,000 |
| 93 | Rutherford County | $1,405 | $2,656 | $346,400 |
| 94 | Davidson County | $1,485 | $2,974 | $386,600 |
| 95 | Williamson County | $1,895 | $4,909 | $673,700 |
Every figure is modelled on the county's own median home with 20% down at 7.03%. Property tax and electricity are county and state specific; homeowners insurance uses the NAIC average premium for that state, which ranges from 0.16% of home value in Hawaii to 1.16% in Oklahoma. Maintenance and water are national estimates. Full methodology.
Nationwide
Lowest Rents across all 3,133 US counties · Every county in Tennessee