county benchmark · Tennessee
Rent as share of income, 2018-2022
Across 95 counties in Tennessee. Every rank carries its margin of error.
Distribution
| Percentile | Value |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | 24.2 % |
| 25th | 25.4 % |
| Median | 26.9 % |
| 75th | 28.4 % |
| 90th percentile | 31.1 % |
Highest counties
Sequatchie County leads reliably only from rank 19 downwards. Its estimate range overlaps those of the ranks above 19, which therefore cannot be separated from it at 90 % confidence.
| Rank | County | Estimate | Range (90 %) | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sequatchie County | 37.8 % | 30.2 % – 45.4 % | evidence → |
| 2 | Wayne County | 36.3 % | 27.8 % – 44.8 % | evidence → |
| 3 | Unicoi County | 35.2 % | 26.2 % – 44.2 % | evidence → |
| 4 | Madison County | 33.0 % | 30.9 % – 35.1 % | evidence → |
| 5 | Hancock County | 32.8 % | 17.0 % – 48.6 % | evidence → |
| 6 | Shelby County | 32.4 % | 31.7 % – 33.1 % | evidence → |
| 7 | DeKalb County | 31.5 % | 27.5 % – 35.5 % | evidence → |
| 8 | Hardeman County | 31.4 % | 28.3 % – 34.5 % | evidence → |
| 9 | Grainger County | 31.2 % | 27.7 % – 34.7 % | evidence → |
| 10 | Lewis County | 31.2 % | 27.7 % – 34.7 % | evidence → |
| 11 | Davidson County | 30.9 % | 30.3 % – 31.5 % | evidence → |
| 12 | Lincoln County | 30.7 % | 22.4 % – 39.0 % | evidence → |
| 13 | Haywood County | 30.6 % | 25.7 % – 35.5 % | evidence → |
| 14 | Fayette County | 30.3 % | 26.1 % – 34.5 % | evidence → |
| 15 | Hamblen County | 29.6 % | 26.2 % – 33.0 % | evidence → |
| 16 | Rutherford County | 29.6 % | 28.5 % – 30.7 % | evidence → |
| 17 | Wilson County | 29.4 % | 27.5 % – 31.3 % | evidence → |
| 18 | Bledsoe County | 29.3 % | 14.7 % – 43.9 % | evidence → |
| 19 | Knox County | 29.2 % | 28.6 % – 29.8 % | evidence → |
| 20 | Morgan County | 29.2 % | 23.5 % – 34.9 % | evidence → |
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