Blount County, TN

2024 Fair Market Rents

Tags: 2024 Knoxville, TN HUD Metro FMR Area

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The top four largest cities in Blount County are Knoxville, Maryville, Seymour, and Lenoir City. Fair Market Rents on this page may apply depending on whether the county uses SAFMRs or county level FMRs. Cities in multiple SAFMR areas will have different SAFMRS based on ZIP code.

What type of FMR does Blount County use?

Small Area Fair Market Rents were created by the HUD for this county/Metro Fmr Area however Blount County is not required to use Small Area FMRs by the HUD. It is at the discretion of the local Housing Authority to determine if SAFMRs or 40th percentile FMRs are used.

To learn more about the criteria the HUD uses to determine if a Metro FMR Area requires Small Area Fair Market Rents click here.

How does Blount County compare?

Blount County ($1,221) has a 17.9% higher FMR for 2-Bedroom housing than the average of Tennessee ($1,036) and therefore a higher gross rent.

Blount County is rank 19th out of 95 counties. This means the FMRs, or in other words, the gross rent is higher than 76 other counties. Blount County is the 19th most expensive county in terms of FMRs.

Rent Tables Blount County, TN

Fair Market Rent (40th Percentile)

$985
studio
$1,000
1-Bedroom
$1,221
2-Bedroom
$1,578
3-Bedroom
$1,833
4-Bedroom

Median Rent (50th Percentile)

$1,062
studio
$1,077
1-Bedroom
$1,316
2-Bedroom
$1,701
3-Bedroom
$1,975
4-Bedroom

Small Market Areas (By Zip Code)

The 90% and 110% SAFMRs represent the minimum and maximum payment standards that can be set by the local Public Housing Authority under regular conditions. The payment standard is the actual value used in Section 8. For more on payment standards click here.

FMRs and SAFMRs are set by the HUD. The local PHA takes these FMR/SAFMR values and may decide to use any value that is within +-10% of the FMR/SAFMR as the payment standard for the areas under their jurisdiction.

For a more in-depth explaination return to the overview page.

ZipCode Studio 1-Bed 2-Bed 3-Bed 4-Bed
37701 $0 $940 $1,150 $1,490 $1,730
37737 $0 $980 $1,200 $1,550 $1,800
37742 $0 $900 $1,100 $1,420 $1,650
37772 $0 $1,070 $1,310 $1,690 $1,970
37777 $0 $860 $1,050 $1,360 $1,600
37801 $0 $900 $1,100 $1,420 $1,650
37802 $0 $920 $1,120 $1,450 $1,680
37803 $0 $970 $1,180 $1,520 $1,770
37804 $0 $1,000 $1,220 $1,580 $1,830
37853 $0 $860 $1,050 $1,360 $1,600
37865 $0 $990 $1,210 $1,560 $1,820
37878 $0 $930 $1,140 $1,470 $1,710
37882 $0 $950 $1,160 $1,500 $1,740
37886 $0 $860 $1,050 $1,360 $1,600
37920 $0 $860 $1,050 $1,360 $1,600
ZipCode Studio 1-Bed 2-Bed 3-Bed 4-Bed
37701 $837 $846 $1,035 $1,341 $1,557
37737 $873 $882 $1,080 $1,395 $1,620
37742 $801 $810 $990 $1,278 $1,485
37772 $954 $963 $1,179 $1,521 $1,773
37777 $720 $774 $945 $1,224 $1,440
37801 $801 $810 $990 $1,278 $1,485
37802 $810 $828 $1,008 $1,305 $1,512
37803 $855 $873 $1,062 $1,368 $1,593
37804 $882 $900 $1,098 $1,422 $1,647
37853 $720 $774 $945 $1,224 $1,440
37865 $882 $891 $1,089 $1,404 $1,638
37878 $828 $837 $1,026 $1,323 $1,539
37882 $846 $855 $1,044 $1,350 $1,566
37886 $765 $774 $945 $1,224 $1,440
37920 $765 $774 $945 $1,224 $1,440
ZipCode Studio 1-Bed 2-Bed 3-Bed 4-Bed
37701 $1,023 $1,034 $1,265 $1,639 $1,903
37737 $1,067 $1,078 $1,320 $1,705 $1,980
37742 $979 $990 $1,210 $1,562 $1,815
37772 $1,166 $1,177 $1,441 $1,859 $2,167
37777 $880 $946 $1,155 $1,496 $1,760
37801 $979 $990 $1,210 $1,562 $1,815
37802 $990 $1,012 $1,232 $1,595 $1,848
37803 $1,045 $1,067 $1,298 $1,672 $1,947
37804 $1,078 $1,100 $1,342 $1,738 $2,013
37853 $880 $946 $1,155 $1,496 $1,760
37865 $1,078 $1,089 $1,331 $1,716 $2,002
37878 $1,012 $1,023 $1,254 $1,617 $1,881
37882 $1,034 $1,045 $1,276 $1,650 $1,914
37886 $935 $946 $1,155 $1,496 $1,760
37920 $935 $946 $1,155 $1,496 $1,760

Fair Market Rents on this page apply to the following cities in Blount County, Tennessee: Knoxville, Maryville, Seymour, Lenoir City, Louisville, Alcoa, Friendsville, Greenback, Walland, Rockford, Townsend, and Tallassee.

These Fair Market Rents also apply to the following ZIP codes in Blount County, Tennessee: 37920, 37803, 37801, 37804, 37865, 37772, 37777, 37701, 37737, 37742, 37886, 37853, 37882, 37802, and 37878.

Blount County, TN is considered part of the following metro FMR area: KNOXVILLE, TN HUD METRO FMR AREA.

Other counties in the same metro FMR area are: Loudon County, TN, Knox County, TN, Anderson County, TN, and Union County, TN.

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Fair Market Rents are published by the Department of Housing And Urban Development.