Haywood County, Tennessee Eviction Risk: Low

Haywood County scores 2.8/10 (Low risk) on the Eviction Risk Map index, placing it 3rd out of 95 Tennessee eviction laws counties -- firmly in the higher-risk third of the state, with only two counties carrying a heavier tenant-protection burden statewide. For landlords operating in west Tennessee eviction laws's cotton-belt communities, that ranking reflects a legal environment that retains meaningful tenant leverage even without big-city ordinances or local rent control.

The county's 10,379 residents spread across three incorporated places, and scores within the county run from 2.2/10 to 2.8/10 -- a narrow band that signals consistent conditions rather than sharp neighborhood-to-neighborhood swings. Brownsville, the county seat and commercial hub with 9,622 residents, leads at 2.8/10; smaller Stanton (704 residents) comes in at 2.5/10; and Dancyville, the county's smallest incorporated community, sits at the low end at 2.2/10. Owners with units in Brownsville should budget and plan as though they are operating in the county's most challenging regulatory and economic environment.

Three structural factors drive the elevated composite. First, 52.6% of households rent -- more than half the county -- creating a deep renter-majority market where tenant organizing and legal-aid access tend to cluster. Second, the poverty rate stands at 26.8% and average rents are $756 per month, yet rent burden still hits 31.4% of gross income for the typical renter household; that combination means a larger share of tenants are one missed shift from falling behind, compressing landlords' practical margin for late payments before court becomes necessary. Third, Haywood County is classified as a non-URLTA county under TCA Title 29 Chapter 18 (population under 75,000), so the standard eviction notice for lease violations is 30 days rather than the 7- or 14-day windows available in larger Tennessee eviction laws metros -- a timeline that materially extends the landlord's exposure window compared with Shelby or Davidson. The combination of high renter density, deep poverty, and an extended statutory notice period explains why Haywood consistently appears near the top of Tennessee eviction laws's county risk rankings despite carrying a Low absolute score against a national baseline.

Haywood County's 2.8/10 (Low) composite sits higher-risk among Tennessee eviction laws's 95 counties; it ranks 3rd statewide, meaning only 2 counties carry higher eviction risk. Scores range from 2.2 to 2.8 across the county's three cities, all within a Low-risk band -- but that narrow spread masks real economic stress: a 26.8% poverty rate and 31.4% rent burden keep delinquency risk above what the composite score alone might suggest.