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Housing costs in DeKalb County
What it costs to live here: rent, home values and the share of income rent takes.
Median gross rent
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $839 | ± $151 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $773 | ± $73 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $745 | ± $102 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $683 | ± $50 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $235,500 | ± $16,790 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $206,600 | ± $15,581 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $183,100 | ± $13,453 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $158,500 | ± $7,204 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 34.0 % | ± 6.6 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 31.6 % | ± 3.6 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 31.5 % | ± 4.0 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 27.4 % | ± 2.8 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in DeKalb County is $839, at the Tennessee median of $839 across 95 counties (2020–2024).
American Community Survey, five-year estimates. Each release covers five years, so consecutive releases overlap by four of them — a change from one release to the next is damped, and reading them as annual values understates swings. Margins of error are at 90 % confidence and are wide in sparsely populated counties.