county benchmark · Tennessee
Rent as share of income, 2017-2021
Across 95 counties in Tennessee. Every rank carries its margin of error.
Distribution
| Percentile | Value |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | 24.4 % |
| 25th | 25.8 % |
| Median | 27.0 % |
| 75th | 28.7 % |
| 90th percentile | 30.1 % |
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 | Johnson County | 32.6 % | 25.7 % – 39.5 % | evidence → |
| 2 | Meigs County | 32.6 % | 25.1 % – 40.1 % | evidence → |
| 3 | Madison County | 31.9 % | 30.4 % – 33.4 % | evidence → |
| 4 | Shelby County | 31.9 % | 31.3 % – 32.5 % | evidence → |
| 5 | Hancock County | 31.7 % | 24.9 % – 38.5 % | evidence → |
| 6 | Henderson County | 31.7 % | 25.5 % – 37.9 % | evidence → |
| 7 | White County | 30.5 % | 26.0 % – 35.0 % | evidence → |
| 8 | Crockett County | 30.1 % | 24.6 % – 35.6 % | evidence → |
| 9 | Davidson County | 30.1 % | 29.5 % – 30.7 % | evidence → |
| 10 | Fayette County | 30.1 % | 25.3 % – 34.9 % | evidence → |
| 11 | Lewis County | 30.0 % | 22.3 % – 37.7 % | evidence → |
| 12 | Haywood County | 29.9 % | 25.5 % – 34.3 % | evidence → |
| 13 | Hardeman County | 29.7 % | 24.1 % – 35.3 % | evidence → |
| 14 | Unicoi County | 29.7 % | 25.0 % – 34.4 % | evidence → |
| 15 | Grainger County | 29.5 % | 25.3 % – 33.7 % | evidence → |
| 16 | Gibson County | 29.1 % | 26.6 % – 31.6 % | evidence → |
| 17 | Lincoln County | 29.1 % | 21.4 % – 36.8 % | evidence → |
| 18 | Maury County | 29.1 % | 27.6 % – 30.6 % | evidence → |
| 19 | Hamblen County | 29.0 % | 26.0 % – 32.0 % | evidence → |
| 20 | Morgan County | 29.0 % | 24.0 % – 34.0 % | evidence → |
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