All Counties in Tennessee, Eviction Risk 2026
95 counties covering 501 incorporated cities and 4,533,556 residents. Statewide average landlord risk score is 3.6/10 (Low), but county-level scores vary sharply, urban counties with strong tenant protections or high rent burdens routinely score several points above rural counties.
| County↕ | Population↕ | Risk↕ | Lean↕ | Renters↕ | % income on rent↕ | Avg rent↕ | Poverty↕ | Cities↕ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Hancock County | 1,364 | 4.8 | Rep | 63.1% | 36.8% | $622 | 45.7% | 1 |
| 02 | Clay County | 1,941 | 4.4 | Rep | 64.7% | 21.1% | $536 | 24.4% | 1 |
| 03 | Scott County | 7,367 | 4.4 | Rep | 40.7% | 33.2% | $717 | 34.8% | 6 |
| 04 | Meigs County | 1,898 | 4.2 | Rep | 42.3% | 24.5% | $847 | 30.4% | 1 |
| 05 | Macon County | 6,989 | 4.2 | Rep | 52.3% | 27.3% | $840 | 29.9% | 2 |
| 06 | DeKalb County | 7,264 | 4.1 | Rep | 36.3% | 39.3% | $689 | 30.9% | 4 |
| 07 | Lauderdale County | 19,526 | 4.1 | Rep | 40.1% | 31.2% | $818 | 22.6% | 4 |
| 08 | Haywood County | 10,379 | 4.0 | Dem | 52.6% | 30.1% | $711 | 23.9% | 3 |
| 09 | Putnam County | 44,253 | 4.0 | Rep | 44.5% | 32.1% | $840 | 24.0% | 4 |
| 10 | Bledsoe County | 2,319 | 4.0 | Rep | 48.8% | 27.9% | $630 | 34.8% | 1 |
| 11 | Davidson County | 721,715 | 4.0 | Dem | 30.2% | 29.4% | $2,332 | 7.4% | 6 |
| 12 | Perry County | 2,129 | 4.0 | Rep | 35.5% | 29.7% | $735 | 15.4% | 2 |
| 13 | Hardeman County | 12,344 | 4.0 | Rep | 37.9% | 32.7% | $785 | 25.1% | 10 |
| 14 | Benton County | 4,424 | 3.9 | Rep | 37.9% | 30.6% | $748 | 22.0% | 4 |
| 15 | Pickett County | 1,141 | 3.9 | Rep | 48.6% | 27.1% | $307 | 27.0% | 1 |
| 16 | Roane County | 19,249 | 3.9 | Rep | 35.2% | 32.7% | $759 | 14.1% | 4 |
| 17 | Campbell County | 15,225 | 3.9 | Rep | 37.8% | 32.5% | $735 | 20.9% | 5 |
| 18 | Claiborne County | 10,378 | 3.9 | Rep | 42.1% | 28.1% | $952 | 21.0% | 4 |
| 19 | Fayette County | 19,075 | 3.9 | Rep | 29.0% | 30.4% | $1,008 | 17.6% | 8 |
| 20 | Lake County | 5,384 | 3.8 | Rep | 58.9% | 30.8% | $533 | 37.4% | 3 |
| 21 | Decatur County | 4,703 | 3.8 | Rep | 35.4% | 26.9% | $716 | 34.8% | 3 |
| 22 | Maury County | 106,043 | 3.8 | Rep | 33.9% | 28.1% | $1,293 | 13.5% | 3 |
| 23 | McMinn County | 22,051 | 3.8 | Rep | 33.5% | 33.0% | $833 | 14.8% | 6 |
| 24 | Rhea County | 11,287 | 3.8 | Rep | 42.1% | 26.8% | $796 | 18.9% | 3 |
| 25 | Anderson County | 49,833 | 3.8 | Rep | 31.8% | 30.0% | $885 | 20.7% | 7 |
| 26 | Hickman County | 6,556 | 3.8 | Rep | 43.5% | 31.8% | $936 | 16.4% | 4 |
| 27 | Cocke County | 8,034 | 3.7 | Rep | 38.8% | 27.2% | $793 | 27.9% | 3 |
| 28 | Marshall County | 16,420 | 3.7 | Rep | 26.4% | 29.5% | $968 | 20.6% | 3 |
| 29 | Greene County | 22,045 | 3.7 | Rep | 30.8% | 26.4% | $799 | 16.9% | 4 |
| 30 | Gibson County | 31,096 | 3.7 | Rep | 36.3% | 24.1% | $835 | 14.6% | 9 |
| 31 | Crockett County | 6,518 | 3.7 | Rep | 38.1% | 24.3% | $836 | 21.6% | 5 |
| 32 | Dyer County | 21,013 | 3.7 | Rep | 45.7% | 27.6% | $852 | 13.0% | 7 |
| 33 | Humphreys County | 8,168 | 3.7 | Rep | 25.0% | 24.2% | $845 | 12.2% | 3 |
| 34 | Wayne County | 5,952 | 3.7 | Rep | 33.1% | 26.7% | $498 | 28.7% | 3 |
| 35 | Hamblen County | 32,211 | 3.7 | Rep | 32.7% | 20.3% | $782 | 19.9% | 2 |
| 36 | Henry County | 11,791 | 3.7 | Rep | 37.9% | 28.4% | $741 | 21.3% | 6 |
| 37 | Polk County | 3,752 | 3.7 | Rep | 28.2% | 26.0% | $744 | 21.6% | 6 |
| 38 | Giles County | 11,160 | 3.6 | Rep | 27.8% | 26.7% | $829 | 15.9% | 7 |
| 39 | Grainger County | 7,905 | 3.6 | Rep | 27.7% | 30.0% | $744 | 15.6% | 3 |
| 40 | White County | 5,676 | 3.6 | Rep | 31.1% | 33.7% | $875 | 21.7% | 3 |
| 41 | Tipton County | 31,332 | 3.6 | Rep | 29.4% | 24.3% | $1,094 | 14.0% | 10 |
| 42 | Weakley County | 18,523 | 3.6 | Rep | 37.0% | 23.6% | $742 | 26.3% | 7 |
| 43 | Sumner County | 155,746 | 3.6 | Rep | 30.4% | 30.7% | $1,280 | 14.6% | 15 |
| 44 | Chester County | 6,982 | 3.6 | Rep | 36.5% | 34.5% | $682 | 35.4% | 5 |
| 45 | Coffee County | 37,902 | 3.6 | Rep | 30.6% | 32.0% | $1,015 | 17.7% | 5 |
| 46 | Houston County | 2,784 | 3.6 | Rep | 29.8% | 25.1% | $723 | 21.9% | 2 |
| 47 | Jackson County | 2,489 | 3.6 | Rep | 18.3% | 28.8% | $819 | 26.9% | 2 |
| 48 | Unicoi County | 11,005 | 3.6 | Rep | 27.3% | 32.5% | $755 | 17.1% | 3 |
| 49 | Obion County | 19,899 | 3.6 | Rep | 31.5% | 26.0% | $772 | 18.6% | 10 |
| 50 | Franklin County | 21,997 | 3.6 | Rep | 27.7% | 29.9% | $959 | 17.7% | 8 |
| 51 | Shelby County | 808,730 | 3.6 | Dem | 25.9% | 29.0% | $1,622 | 8.1% | 7 |
| 52 | Warren County | 15,101 | 3.6 | Rep | 30.9% | 29.8% | $776 | 27.4% | 4 |
| 53 | Monroe County | 16,157 | 3.6 | Rep | 29.0% | 35.6% | $734 | 25.5% | 6 |
| 54 | Sevier County | 45,496 | 3.6 | Rep | 32.9% | 22.7% | $1,084 | 11.7% | 6 |
| 55 | Morgan County | 5,264 | 3.5 | Rep | 25.4% | 24.4% | $763 | 24.8% | 5 |
| 56 | Sequatchie County | 7,686 | 3.5 | Rep | 28.9% | 32.8% | $807 | 25.0% | 3 |
| 57 | Carroll County | 15,752 | 3.5 | Rep | 29.9% | 24.2% | $745 | 18.5% | 10 |
| 58 | Rutherford County | 265,880 | 3.5 | Rep | 26.6% | 34.5% | $1,498 | 9.7% | 7 |
| 59 | Bedford County | 27,201 | 3.5 | Rep | 25.6% | 31.4% | $1,054 | 16.0% | 5 |
| 60 | Cannon County | 3,092 | 3.5 | Rep | 33.7% | 22.8% | $939 | 10.6% | 2 |
| 61 | Fentress County | 5,031 | 3.5 | Rep | 22.3% | 21.0% | $701 | 24.1% | 4 |
| 62 | Hawkins County | 20,872 | 3.5 | Rep | 22.8% | 27.9% | $759 | 17.7% | 6 |
| 63 | Smith County | 6,266 | 3.5 | Rep | 33.8% | 26.9% | $916 | 15.8% | 4 |
| 64 | Union County | 6,144 | 3.5 | Rep | 26.1% | 23.0% | $754 | 15.5% | 3 |
| 65 | Williamson County | 166,066 | 3.5 | Rep | 18.8% | 29.6% | $2,118 | 4.8% | 5 |
| 66 | Bradley County | 70,411 | 3.5 | Rep | 33.1% | 24.7% | $972 | 15.3% | 9 |
| 67 | Dickson County | 25,407 | 3.5 | Rep | 25.5% | 25.6% | $860 | 11.0% | 6 |
| 68 | Carter County | 27,692 | 3.4 | Rep | 21.0% | 24.6% | $749 | 15.0% | 10 |
| 69 | Henderson County | 10,275 | 3.4 | Rep | 23.2% | 27.8% | $812 | 13.9% | 8 |
| 70 | Robertson County | 37,280 | 3.4 | Rep | 18.9% | 31.6% | $1,303 | 8.2% | 8 |
| 71 | Blount County | 58,445 | 3.4 | Rep | 22.8% | 29.8% | $1,225 | 9.6% | 9 |
| 72 | Hamilton County | 291,168 | 3.4 | Rep | 22.4% | 24.6% | $1,296 | 7.7% | 18 |
| 73 | Jefferson County | 19,670 | 3.4 | Rep | 28.5% | 20.0% | $807 | 9.1% | 6 |
| 74 | Lincoln County | 11,396 | 3.4 | Rep | 30.3% | 27.7% | $759 | 20.1% | 7 |
| 75 | Marion County | 13,144 | 3.4 | Rep | 20.7% | 27.9% | $826 | 22.5% | 9 |
| 76 | McNairy County | 10,553 | 3.4 | Rep | 26.5% | 23.1% | $748 | 14.1% | 10 |
| 77 | Lawrence County | 16,305 | 3.4 | Rep | 26.3% | 25.5% | $819 | 12.7% | 8 |
| 78 | Lewis County | 3,884 | 3.4 | Rep | 18.4% | 19.3% | $968 | 20.4% | 1 |
| 79 | Loudon County | 27,775 | 3.4 | Rep | 23.3% | 25.8% | $1,239 | 10.0% | 6 |
| 80 | Montgomery County | 176,456 | 3.4 | Rep | 44.5% | 29.1% | $1,307 | 12.8% | 1 |
| 81 | Overton County | 4,266 | 3.4 | Rep | 22.8% | 24.3% | $633 | 13.4% | 2 |
| 82 | Knox County | 242,127 | 3.4 | Rep | 27.3% | 25.8% | $1,340 | 10.1% | 6 |
| 83 | Wilson County | 100,389 | 3.4 | Rep | 25.3% | 30.5% | $1,591 | 10.0% | 10 |
| 84 | Cumberland County | 28,633 | 3.4 | Rep | 17.4% | 28.3% | $1,006 | 13.4% | 7 |
| 85 | Washington County | 89,198 | 3.3 | Rep | 28.2% | 28.1% | $925 | 11.4% | 9 |
| 86 | Sullivan County | 105,213 | 3.3 | Rep | 26.7% | 24.1% | $963 | 12.4% | 8 |
| 87 | Grundy County | 9,492 | 3.3 | Rep | 16.1% | 23.4% | $696 | 17.7% | 8 |
| 88 | Hardin County | 11,709 | 3.3 | Rep | 33.7% | 28.1% | $804 | 24.1% | 9 |
| 89 | Cheatham County | 15,580 | 3.3 | Rep | 17.2% | 34.0% | $1,493 | 6.8% | 4 |
| 90 | Stewart County | 2,693 | 3.2 | Rep | 26.3% | 21.6% | $870 | 8.3% | 3 |
| 91 | Madison County | 71,774 | 3.2 | Rep | 25.5% | 21.0% | $1,117 | 8.3% | 6 |
| 92 | Johnson County | 2,542 | 3.2 | Rep | 43.2% | 28.6% | $516 | 20.0% | 1 |
| 93 | Moore County | 6,483 | 3.2 | Rep | 35.6% | 28.6% | $886 | 18.5% | 1 |
| 94 | Van Buren County | 1,511 | 3.2 | Rep | 26.1% | 22.5% | $575 | 9.8% | 1 |
| 95 | Trousdale County | 12,110 | 3.2 | Rep | 26.6% | 26.9% | $870 | 10.6% | 2 |
Understanding county eviction risk in Tennessee
Tennessee's 95 counties span eviction-risk scores from 3.2 in Trousdale County to 4.8 in Hancock County , a 1.7-point gap that captures how unevenly rent burdens, renter populations, and local tenant politics are distributed across the state. The statewide average sits at 3.6/10 (Low), but that single figure hides far more than it reveals, the table above scores every county on the same 1–10 scale so you can see exactly where landlord exposure concentrates.
The counties carrying the most eviction risk, Hancock County, Clay County, Scott County, are Tennessee's denser, higher-cost markets. In DeKalb County, renters spend an average of 39% of household income on rent, and 36% of its homes are renter-occupied, the cost pressure that pushes filings up and pulls tenant-protection ordinances into local politics. Larger metros also concentrate the legal-aid networks and renter-organizing capacity that lift a county's score above the rural baseline.
At the other end of the table, Trousdale County, Van Buren County, Moore County score lowest. These tend to be smaller, more rural counties where homeownership is the norm, rent-to-income ratios run lower, and local rent-control or just-cause ordinances are rare or state-preempted. Evictions still happen there, but the structural pressure that drives a high score (heavy rent burden, a large renter majority, organized tenant advocacy) is simply weaker.
Each county score is a population-weighted aggregate of every city scored inside it, so a county with one expensive urban core and a dozen quiet suburbs lands somewhere in between. Click any county row to drill into its cities ranked one by one, a zoomed heat map, and a full breakdown of rent burden, renter share, poverty rate, and political margin. For the statutes that apply statewide regardless of county, notice periods, security-deposit caps, just-cause and rent-control rules, see the Tennessee state overview.