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State data • Updated March 2026

Tennessee rent: top & bottom cities

Median ZORI rent across Tennessee cities, statewide macro overlay, plus the most-expensive and most-affordable cities side by side. Live from the NGP-Rental-Data warehouse.

Tennessee at a glance

$1,630Median city rent (ZORI)
3.6%Unemployment
3,028Permits / month
20Cities w/ rent data

Unemployment from FRED state series. Permits from Census BPS. Median = median across all Tennessee cities with current ZORI data. See methodology.

Most expensive & most affordable

Top 10 by rent

CityRent (ZORI)YoY
Nolensville $2,783
Loudon $2,713
Germantown $2,415 +4.1%
Arlington $2,404 +3.9%
Fairview $2,261
Mount Juliet $2,079 +3.5%
Brentwood $2,063 +1.6%
Oakland $2,048 +1.6%
Franklin $2,032 +0.4%
Collierville $2,021 -3.3%

Top 10 most affordable (pop ≥ 50k)

CityRent (ZORI)YoY
Memphis $1,247 +0.9%
Clarksville $1,368 +1.1%
Jackson $1,372 +2.5%
Kingsport $1,375 +4.3%
Johnson City $1,407 +2.4%
Chattanooga $1,520 +0.4%
Smyrna $1,630 -1.5%
Hendersonville $1,653 +0.9%
Murfreesboro $1,686 +1.6%
Knoxville $1,729 +0.5%

Top 5 cities — overlaid rent trajectory

ZORI rent index — top 5 Tennessee cities

Monthly Zillow ZORI rent index. Data updates monthly. Source: methodology.

Compare cities in Tennessee

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