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Knoxville, TN

195,185Residents
$54,039Median household income
$1,191/moMedian gross rent
$239,700Median home value
33.5Median age
35%Adults with a bachelor’s degree or higher
47%Homes lived in by their owners
4.4×Home value to household income

Median rent takes about 26% of the median household income in Knoxville.

What pay do you need to rent here?

To keep rent at or below 30% of gross pay, you would need about $48,000 a year. In Tennessee that leaves roughly $3,396 a month after tax. See the full paycheck breakdown for $50,000.

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Source: Census ACS 2024 ACS 5-year, places. Small places carry larger margins of error.