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Housing costs in Knox 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 | $1,261 | ± $26 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $1,180 | ± $16 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $1,097 | ± $15 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $989 | ± $13 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $320,900 | ± $5,524 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $279,700 | ± $3,259 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $248,200 | ± $3,175 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $208,900 | ± $3,356 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 30.1 % | ± 0.8 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 29.9 % | ± 0.8 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 29.2 % | ± 0.6 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 28.8 % | ± 0.7 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Knox County is $1,261, above 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.