Grundy County, Tennessee Eviction Risk: Low

Grundy County sits on the Cumberland Plateau in southern Middle Tennessee eviction laws, a rural county of 9,492 residents where rental housing is a small slice of the overall market - only about 19.1% of households rent. The county's eviction risk averages 3.3/10 (Low), placing it 88th of 95 Tennessee counties, meaning it lands squarely in the lower-risk of the state. That middle-of-the-pack ranking reflects a county that is neither the most permissive nor the most restrictive environment for landlords in Tennessee, with 49 counties carrying higher risk scores and 45 carrying lower ones.

Individual city scores within the county range from 3.1 to 3.7/10, a spread that rewards location-specific research rather than treating the county as uniform. At the higher end, Altamont scores 3.5/10 and Monteagle scores 3.7/10 - both above the county average and worth closer scrutiny for landlords active in those communities. Beersheba Springs comes in at 3.2/10, also above the county center. Tracy City (3.2/10) and Gruetli-Laager (3.2/10) both sit just below the average, while Palmer (3.2/10), Coalmont (3.2/10), and Pelham (3.1/10) represent the lower-risk end of the local range. Average rent across Grundy County is $689/month - well below the Tennessee average - and rent burden sits at 24.4%, meaning the typical renter here is not severely cost-stressed by state standards.

Grundy County falls under TCA Title 29 Chapter 18 rather than the Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act (URLTA), because its population is under 75,000. That distinction carries real procedural weight: non-URLTA counties require a 30-day written notice to vacate for most lease terminations, compared to the 7-day nonpayment notice available in URLTA counties. Landlords should verify which framework applies to their specific lease and county court, particularly if they operate in multiple Tennessee jurisdictions. Court filing fees run $200 to $300, and an uncontested eviction typically resolves in 21 to 45 days from filing. Contested cases stretch 45 to 120 days. Tennessee imposes no rent control and the state statute (T.C.A. § 66-28) explicitly preempts any local government from enacting it, so rent pricing decisions in Grundy County carry no cap-related risk now or prospectively.

With a poverty rate of 17.7% - above the Tennessee eviction laws statewide average - and an economy historically tied to coal mining and agriculture, Grundy County's rental market is small and locally driven. The low renter share (19.1%) means the landlord pool is thin, and most disputes are handled in General Sessions Court in Altamont, the county seat. Attorney fees for contested eviction matters typically run $500 to $2,500, and sheriff lockout fees range $40 to $150 - costs that are modest relative to more densely populated Tennessee eviction laws counties where court backlogs extend timelines significantly.