county benchmark · Tennessee
Rent as share of income, 2020-2024
Across 95 counties in Tennessee. Every rank carries its margin of error.
Distribution
| Percentile | Value |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | 23.2 % |
| 25th | 24.9 % |
| Median | 26.7 % |
| 75th | 28.6 % |
| 90th percentile | 30.9 % |
Highest counties
The order is not reliable. Every county in this list has an estimate range that overlaps the leader's. The spread is real; the ranking within it is not.
| Rank | County | Estimate | Range (90 %) | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sequatchie County | 37.5 % | 27.6 % – 47.4 % | evidence → |
| 2 | DeKalb County | 34.0 % | 27.4 % – 40.6 % | evidence → |
| 3 | Hancock County | 33.5 % | 23.0 % – 44.0 % | evidence → |
| 4 | Shelby County | 32.5 % | 31.8 % – 33.2 % | evidence → |
| 5 | Madison County | 32.3 % | 30.2 % – 34.4 % | evidence → |
| 6 | Hardeman County | 32.0 % | 28.3 % – 35.7 % | evidence → |
| 7 | Haywood County | 31.9 % | 27.7 % – 36.1 % | evidence → |
| 8 | Davidson County | 31.8 % | 31.2 % – 32.4 % | evidence → |
| 9 | Union County | 31.4 % | 25.4 % – 37.4 % | evidence → |
| 10 | Monroe County | 30.9 % | 26.7 % – 35.1 % | evidence → |
| 11 | Rutherford County | 30.8 % | 29.8 % – 31.8 % | evidence → |
| 12 | Knox County | 30.1 % | 29.3 % – 30.9 % | evidence → |
| 13 | Lauderdale County | 29.9 % | 27.3 % – 32.5 % | evidence → |
| 14 | Unicoi County | 29.8 % | 24.0 % – 35.6 % | evidence → |
| 15 | Polk County | 29.7 % | 24.1 % – 35.3 % | evidence → |
| 16 | Cheatham County | 29.6 % | 25.2 % – 34.0 % | evidence → |
| 17 | Putnam County | 29.6 % | 27.6 % – 31.6 % | evidence → |
| 18 | Sumner County | 29.5 % | 28.1 % – 30.9 % | evidence → |
| 19 | Williamson County | 29.4 % | 27.3 % – 31.5 % | evidence → |
| 20 | Wilson County | 29.4 % | 27.6 % – 31.2 % | evidence → |
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