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Most affordable housing, Tennessee cities

Name: Most affordable housing, Tennessee cities, 2024
Creator: CensusEasy
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Tennessee cities with the lowest CensusEasy Afford Score, where homes cost the fewest years of local income (2024 ACS). This list covers the 117 cities in Tennessee that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 117 is 4.1. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Kingston, TN, up 83 places to #9.

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SAME RANKING BYCounties States Metros ZIP codes

YEAR1990 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPAFFORD SCOREVS 1990

01▲17Humboldt, TNTN7,8411.9−1%

02▲22Mount Carmel, TNTN5,5402.6+40%

03▲20Medina, TNTN5,8132.7+28%

04▲18Rockwood, TNTN5,6072.7+37%

05▲21Munford, TNTN6,9962.7+6%

06Eagleton, TNTN5,5982.8+38%

07▲77Union City, TNTN10,8142.9+19%

08▼1Bartlett, TNTN56,4163.0+58%

09▲83Kingston, TNTN6,2993.1+68%

10▲17Germantown, TNTN40,0013.1+49%

11▲2Arlington, TNTN15,7033.1+69%

12▼1Bloomingdale, TNTN9,2923.2+64%

13▼12Henderson, TNTN6,5903.2+40%

14▼5Church Hill, TNTN7,2973.2+52%

15▲48Dyersburg, TNTN15,9063.2+52%

16▼8Oakland, TNTN10,8353.3+71%

17▲60Clinton, TNTN10,4663.3+42%

18▼4Memphis, TNTN609,6473.3+35%

19▼16Milan, TNTN8,3673.3+55%

20▲52Bristol, TNTN28,1073.3+51%

21▼4Lakeland, TNTN14,4223.3−12%

22▼12Middle Valley, TNTN12,1873.4+96%

23▲10East Ridge, TNTN21,9213.4+65%

24▲44Soddy-Daisy, TNTN13,4743.4+62%

25▲19Harriman, TNTN6,1923.4+59%

26▼11Harrison, TNTN8,0113.4+69%

27▲35Winchester, TNTN10,4383.5+48%

28▲6South Cleveland, TNTN7,4523.5+99%

29▲10Collierville, TNTN51,9093.5+60%

30▲28Jefferson City, TNTN9,1033.5+18%

31▼2Halls, TNTN10,2723.5+57%

32▼27Atoka, TNTN10,6453.6+70%

33▼3Pleasant View, TNTN5,7973.6–

34▲64Lexington, TNTN8,1303.6+60%

35▼15Powell, TNTN13,7393.6+51%

36▼20Brownsville, TNTN9,3013.6+55%

37▲33Elizabethton, TNTN14,3503.7+48%

38▼34La Follette, TNTN7,1763.7+36%

39▼11Ashland City, TNTN5,6503.7+40%

40▲9Seymour, TNTN16,2163.7+76%

41▼3Oak Ridge, TNTN35,3953.7+94%

42▲24Lenoir City, TNTN12,5303.8+72%

43▲17Greenbrier, TNTN7,1703.8+98%

44▲45Morristown, TNTN33,5173.8+75%

45▲2Clarksville, TNTN188,8293.8+63%

46▲42Erwin, TNTN6,0193.8+49%

47▼15La Vergne, TNTN42,1463.8+82%

48▼11White House, TNTN17,8723.8+98%

49▲2Bolivar, TNTN5,0433.8+81%

50▲4Signal Mountain, TNTN8,8243.9+58%

51▼6McMinnville, TNTN13,9433.9+60%

52▼21Portland, TNTN13,6583.9+77%

53▲12Sweetwater, TNTN6,7063.9+93%

54▼12Green Hill, TNTN6,8664.0+94%

55▼7Paris, TNTN10,4684.0+58%

56▼31Pulaski, TNTN8,3944.0+55%

57▼4Savannah, TNTN7,6894.0+62%

58▼12Jonesborough, TNTN6,9904.0+63%

59▲23Farragut, TNTN25,1214.1+88%

60▲14Jackson, TNTN69,3394.1+75%

61▼26Manchester, TNTN13,7764.1+85%

62▲14Tullahoma, TNTN21,2794.1+97%

63▲23Lafayette, TNTN6,0204.1+60%

64▼45Ripley, TNTN7,4994.1+58%

65▼63Millington, TNTN12,9534.1+54%

66▼45McKenzie, TNTN5,6324.1+147%

67▲41Athens, TNTN15,2634.2+82%

68▲5Dickson, TNTN17,0514.2+49%

69▲21Red Bank, TNTN12,4054.2+95%

70▼11Dunlap, TNTN6,0894.2+99%

71▼21Alcoa, TNTN13,6894.2+108%

72▲6Springfield, TNTN20,0904.3+73%

73▼33Newport, TNTN7,0494.3+65%

74▲23Fairview, TNTN10,8774.3+102%

75▼11Lynchburg, TNTN6,9204.3–

76▼19Mount Juliet, TNTN45,1724.3+68%

77▼25Millersville, TNTN6,4384.3+73%

78▼42Dayton, TNTN7,8194.3+58%

79▲27Sparta, TNTN5,0384.3+83%

80▲5Lawrenceburg, TNTN12,2364.4+77%

81▼10Maryville, TNTN32,4424.4+71%

82▼13Smyrna, TNTN63,3214.4+92%

83▲10Chattanooga, TNTN194,1444.4+81%

84▼9Nolensville, TNTN15,7894.4+96%

85▼5Covington, TNTN8,5854.4+36%

86▼7Spring Hill, TNTN61,3364.4+111%

87▼20Shelbyville, TNTN26,1464.4+90%

88▲7Hendersonville, TNTN64,2664.4+97%

89▼6Knoxville, TNTN202,0214.4+77%

90▼3Kingsport, TNTN57,5304.5+87%

91▼79Loudon, TNTN6,9634.6+108%

92▼1Greeneville, TNTN16,1414.6+95%

93▲8Martin, TNTN11,0604.6+87%

94▼51Hartsville/Trousdale County, TNTN12,6234.6–

95▲4Cleveland, TNTN51,1724.6+76%

96▼55Lewisburg, TNTN13,5174.7+113%

97▲6Johnson City, TNTN74,9434.7+81%

98▼42Fayetteville, TNTN7,0684.7+98%

99▲3Gallatin, TNTN54,5904.8+106%

100▲17Tellico, TNTN7,4144.8–

101▼20Columbia, TNTN50,0724.8+100%

102▼41Mount Pleasant, TNTN5,1034.9+99%

103▼9Fairfield Glade, TNTN9,4875.0+51%

104▲3Murfreesboro, TNTN171,1785.0+71%

105▲10Crossville, TNTN13,1135.0+96%

106▲7Lebanon, TNTN53,4125.2+97%

107▼7Collegedale, TNTN11,4995.2+100%

108▲6Thompson's Station, TNTN9,4695.3–

109▲1Nashville, TNTN721,0745.3+100%

110▲1Goodlettsville, TNTN17,5065.4+131%

111▼15Pigeon Forge, TNTN6,5985.5+80%

112▲4Sevierville, TNTN19,0105.5+85%

113▼4Brentwood, TNTN45,3135.7+124%

114▼10Smithville, TNTN5,6205.9+138%

115▼60Madisonville, TNTN5,4285.9+166%

116▼4Franklin, TNTN90,2265.9+101%

117▼12Cookeville, TNTN38,2125.9+98%

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES