# Cities in Tennessee by rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income), 2024

All 65 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `rent_burden_30_plus_share`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Renter households whose gross rent (contract rent plus utilities and fuels the renter pays) was 30 percent or more of household income in the past 12 months, as a percentage of renter households for which that ratio can be computed. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25070: renter-occupied units with gross rent of 30 percent or more of household income, as a percentage of units where it is computed, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25070.dat)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25070: renter-occupied units with gross rent of 30 percent or more of household income, as a percentage of units where it is computed, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25070.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/rent-burdened-households/tennessee-cities

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Greeneville, TN | 57.5 |
| 2 | Portland, TN | 56 |
| 3 | Jackson, TN | 56 |
| 4 | Memphis, TN | 55.7 |
| 5 | La Vergne, TN | 55.2 |
| 6 | Goodlettsville, TN | 54.3 |
| 7 | Lenoir City, TN | 54.2 |
| 8 | Sevierville, TN | 54.2 |
| 9 | Knoxville, TN | 53.8 |
| 10 | Nashville, TN | 53.8 |
| 11 | Murfreesboro, TN | 53.2 |
| 12 | Germantown, TN | 53.2 |
| 13 | Gallatin, TN | 53 |
| 14 | Lakeland, TN | 52.9 |
| 15 | Mount Juliet, TN | 52.1 |
| 16 | Brentwood, TN | 52.1 |
| 17 | Dyersburg, TN | 51.5 |
| 18 | Lawrenceburg, TN | 51.5 |
| 19 | White House, TN | 51.3 |
| 20 | Cookeville, TN | 51.3 |
| 21 | Red Bank, TN | 50.9 |
| 22 | Clinton, TN | 50.6 |
| 23 | Fairview, TN | 50.2 |
| 24 | Columbia, TN | 50 |
| 25 | Oakland, TN | 49.9 |
| 26 | Johnson City, TN | 49.6 |
| 27 | Cleveland, TN | 49.5 |
| 27 | Smyrna, TN | 49.5 |
| 29 | McMinnville, TN | 49.4 |
| 30 | Kingsport, TN | 48.8 |
| 31 | Martin, TN | 48.5 |
| 32 | Shelbyville, TN | 48.3 |
| 33 | Alcoa, TN | 48.1 |
| 34 | Athens, TN | 48 |
| 35 | Clarksville, TN | 47.7 |
| 36 | Tullahoma, TN | 47.4 |
| 37 | Franklin, TN | 47.1 |
| 38 | Springfield, TN | 46.7 |
| 39 | Chattanooga, TN | 46.4 |
| 40 | Maryville, TN | 46.3 |
| 41 | Hendersonville, TN | 46 |
| 42 | Lebanon, TN | 45.2 |
| 43 | Morristown, TN | 44.9 |
| 44 | Bristol, TN | 44.6 |
| 45 | Soddy-Daisy, TN | 44.1 |
| 46 | Bartlett, TN | 44 |
| 47 | Hartsville, TN | 43.9 |
| 48 | Spring Hill, TN | 41.6 |
| 49 | Oak Ridge, TN | 41.4 |
| 50 | Paris, TN | 40.4 |
| 51 | Union City, TN | 40.4 |
| 52 | Nolensville, TN | 39.9 |
| 53 | Crossville, TN | 39.4 |
| 54 | East Ridge, TN | 39.4 |
| 55 | Farragut, TN | 39.4 |
| 56 | Collegedale, TN | 38.8 |
| 57 | Millington, TN | 38.1 |
| 58 | Lewisburg, TN | 37.8 |
| 59 | Dickson, TN | 35.5 |
| 60 | Collierville, TN | 34.6 |
| 61 | Winchester, TN | 32.7 |
| 62 | Elizabethton, TN | 31.7 |
| 63 | Manchester, TN | 31.3 |
| 64 | Arlington, TN | 30.1 |
| 65 | Atoka, TN | 25.3 |