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

All 95 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 (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. 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-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | DeKalb County | 60.7 |
| 2 | Hancock County | 58 |
| 3 | Sequatchie County | 56 |
| 4 | Hardeman County | 54.6 |
| 5 | Shelby County | 54.2 |
| 6 | Haywood County | 54.2 |
| 7 | Madison County | 54.2 |
| 8 | Davidson County | 53.8 |
| 9 | Union County | 52.7 |
| 10 | Monroe County | 52 |
| 11 | Rutherford County | 52 |
| 12 | Knox County | 50.1 |
| 13 | Lauderdale County | 49.7 |
| 14 | Cheatham County | 49.3 |
| 15 | Unicoi County | 49.3 |
| 16 | Polk County | 49.2 |
| 17 | Putnam County | 49.1 |
| 18 | Williamson County | 48.8 |
| 19 | Sumner County | 48.8 |
| 20 | Washington County | 48.6 |
| 21 | Wilson County | 48.5 |
| 22 | Robertson County | 47.9 |
| 23 | Cocke County | 47.5 |
| 24 | Scott County | 47.5 |
| 25 | Lawrence County | 47.3 |
| 26 | Bedford County | 47.2 |
| 27 | Wayne County | 46.5 |
| 28 | Montgomery County | 46.3 |
| 29 | Maury County | 46.2 |
| 30 | Overton County | 45.6 |
| 31 | Fayette County | 45.5 |
| 32 | Bradley County | 45.4 |
| 33 | Hamilton County | 45.2 |
| 34 | Warren County | 44.9 |
| 35 | Humphreys County | 44.8 |
| 36 | McMinn County | 44.8 |
| 37 | Hamblen County | 44.7 |
| 38 | Anderson County | 44.7 |
| 39 | Morgan County | 44.3 |
| 40 | Grainger County | 44.2 |
| 41 | Fentress County | 44 |
| 42 | Sullivan County | 43.9 |
| 43 | Trousdale County | 43.9 |
| 44 | Hardin County | 43.6 |
| 45 | Gibson County | 43.6 |
| 46 | Carroll County | 43.4 |
| 47 | Loudon County | 43.4 |
| 48 | Lake County | 43.2 |
| 49 | Weakley County | 42.6 |
| 50 | Claiborne County | 42.6 |
| 51 | Greene County | 42.1 |
| 52 | Jackson County | 42 |
| 53 | Crockett County | 41.9 |
| 53 | Dyer County | 41.9 |
| 55 | Macon County | 41.8 |
| 56 | Rhea County | 41.5 |
| 57 | Marion County | 41.4 |
| 58 | Henderson County | 41.3 |
| 59 | Lincoln County | 41.1 |
| 60 | Roane County | 40.8 |
| 61 | Perry County | 40.7 |
| 62 | Campbell County | 40.7 |
| 62 | Jefferson County | 40.7 |
| 64 | Sevier County | 40.5 |
| 65 | Franklin County | 40.4 |
| 66 | Blount County | 40.1 |
| 67 | Cannon County | 40 |
| 68 | Marshall County | 39.8 |
| 69 | Obion County | 39.1 |
| 70 | Benton County | 39.1 |
| 71 | Grundy County | 39 |
| 72 | Coffee County | 39 |
| 73 | Lewis County | 38.9 |
| 74 | Hickman County | 38.4 |
| 75 | Chester County | 38.3 |
| 76 | Bledsoe County | 38.1 |
| 77 | Hawkins County | 37.9 |
| 78 | Tipton County | 37.6 |
| 79 | Giles County | 37 |
| 80 | Johnson County | 36.9 |
| 81 | Smith County | 36.9 |
| 82 | Henry County | 36.9 |
| 83 | Carter County | 36.5 |
| 84 | Meigs County | 36.4 |
| 85 | Cumberland County | 34.7 |
| 86 | White County | 33.8 |
| 87 | Clay County | 33.2 |
| 88 | Dickson County | 32.7 |
| 89 | Van Buren County | 32.4 |
| 90 | Stewart County | 32.2 |
| 91 | McNairy County | 26.6 |
| 92 | Decatur County | 26.4 |
| 93 | Moore County | 24.6 |
| 94 | Pickett County | 23 |
| 95 | Houston County | 23 |