county benchmark · Tennessee
Rent as share of income, 2019-2023
Across 95 counties in Tennessee. Every rank carries its margin of error.
Distribution
| Percentile | Value |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile | 23.9 % |
| 25th | 25.2 % |
| Median | 26.9 % |
| 75th | 28.6 % |
| 90th percentile | 30.4 % |
Highest counties
Sequatchie County leads reliably only from rank 9 downwards. Its estimate range overlaps those of the ranks above 9, which therefore cannot be separated from it at 90 % confidence.
| Rank | County | Estimate | Range (90 %) | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sequatchie County | 39.1 % | 31.8 % – 46.4 % | evidence → |
| 2 | Wayne County | 36.5 % | 25.8 % – 47.2 % | evidence → |
| 3 | Jackson County | 35.4 % | 23.4 % – 47.4 % | evidence → |
| 4 | Madison County | 33.2 % | 31.3 % – 35.1 % | evidence → |
| 5 | Hardeman County | 31.9 % | 28.0 % – 35.8 % | evidence → |
| 6 | Shelby County | 31.9 % | 31.2 % – 32.6 % | evidence → |
| 7 | DeKalb County | 31.6 % | 28.0 % – 35.2 % | evidence → |
| 8 | Hancock County | 31.2 % | 22.1 % – 40.3 % | evidence → |
| 9 | Davidson County | 30.8 % | 30.1 % – 31.5 % | evidence → |
| 10 | Unicoi County | 30.5 % | 22.0 % – 39.0 % | evidence → |
| 11 | Polk County | 30.2 % | 23.1 % – 37.3 % | evidence → |
| 12 | Rutherford County | 30.0 % | 28.9 % – 31.1 % | evidence → |
| 13 | Knox County | 29.9 % | 29.1 % – 30.7 % | evidence → |
| 14 | Grainger County | 29.8 % | 26.0 % – 33.6 % | evidence → |
| 15 | Haywood County | 29.8 % | 26.3 % – 33.3 % | evidence → |
| 16 | Putnam County | 29.5 % | 27.7 % – 31.3 % | evidence → |
| 17 | Washington County | 29.4 % | 28.0 % – 30.8 % | evidence → |
| 18 | Fentress County | 29.2 % | 26.2 % – 32.2 % | evidence → |
| 19 | Hamblen County | 29.2 % | 25.7 % – 32.7 % | evidence → |
| 20 | Sumner County | 29.0 % | 27.9 % – 30.1 % | evidence → |
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