Blount County, TN

2025 Fair Market Rents

Tags: 2025 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 ($1,548) has a 38.2% higher FMR for 2-Bedroom housing than the average of Tennessee ($1,120) and therefore a higher gross rent.

Blount County is rank 11th out of 95 counties. This means the FMRs, or in other words, the gross rent is higher than 84 other counties. Blount County is the 11th most expensive county in terms of FMRs.

Rent Tables Blount County, TN

Fair Market Rent (40th Percentile)

$1,256
studio
$1,264
1-Bedroom
$1,548
2-Bedroom
$1,989
3-Bedroom
$2,335
4-Bedroom

Median Rent (50th Percentile)

$1,364
studio
$1,372
1-Bedroom
$1,681
2-Bedroom
$2,160
3-Bedroom
$2,536
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 $1,230 $1,230 $1,510 $1,940 $2,280
37737 $1,240 $1,250 $1,530 $1,970 $2,310
37742 $1,090 $1,090 $1,340 $1,720 $2,020
37772 $1,440 $1,450 $1,770 $2,270 $2,670
37777 $970 $970 $1,190 $1,530 $1,800
37801 $1,130 $1,140 $1,400 $1,800 $2,100
37802 $1,140 $1,150 $1,410 $1,810 $2,130
37803 $1,200 $1,210 $1,480 $1,900 $2,230
37804 $1,260 $1,270 $1,550 $1,990 $2,340
37853 $960 $960 $1,180 $1,520 $1,780
37865 $1,020 $1,110 $1,340 $1,750 $1,840
37878 $1,120 $1,140 $1,400 $1,810 $2,100
37882 $1,160 $1,170 $1,430 $1,840 $2,160
37886 $1,110 $1,120 $1,370 $1,760 $2,070
37920 $1,090 $1,090 $1,340 $1,720 $2,020
37801 $1,130 $1,140 $1,400 $1,800 $2,100
37865 $1,020 $1,110 $1,340 $1,750 $1,840
37920 $1,090 $1,090 $1,340 $1,720 $2,020
ZipCode Studio 1-Bed 2-Bed 3-Bed 4-Bed
37701 $1,107 $1,107 $1,359 $1,746 $2,052
37737 $1,116 $1,125 $1,377 $1,773 $2,079
37742 $981 $981 $1,206 $1,548 $1,818
37772 $1,296 $1,305 $1,593 $2,043 $2,403
37777 $873 $873 $1,071 $1,377 $1,620
37801 $1,017 $1,026 $1,260 $1,620 $1,890
37802 $1,026 $1,035 $1,269 $1,629 $1,917
37803 $1,080 $1,089 $1,332 $1,710 $2,007
37804 $1,134 $1,143 $1,395 $1,791 $2,106
37853 $864 $864 $1,062 $1,368 $1,602
37865 $918 $999 $1,206 $1,575 $1,656
37878 $1,008 $1,026 $1,260 $1,629 $1,890
37882 $1,044 $1,053 $1,287 $1,656 $1,944
37886 $999 $1,008 $1,233 $1,584 $1,863
37920 $981 $981 $1,206 $1,548 $1,818
37801 $1,017 $1,026 $1,260 $1,620 $1,890
37865 $918 $999 $1,206 $1,575 $1,656
37920 $981 $981 $1,206 $1,548 $1,818
ZipCode Studio 1-Bed 2-Bed 3-Bed 4-Bed
37701 $1,353 $1,353 $1,661 $2,134 $2,508
37737 $1,364 $1,375 $1,683 $2,167 $2,541
37742 $1,199 $1,199 $1,474 $1,892 $2,222
37772 $1,584 $1,595 $1,947 $2,497 $2,937
37777 $1,067 $1,067 $1,309 $1,683 $1,980
37801 $1,243 $1,254 $1,540 $1,980 $2,310
37802 $1,254 $1,265 $1,551 $1,991 $2,343
37803 $1,320 $1,331 $1,628 $2,090 $2,453
37804 $1,386 $1,397 $1,705 $2,189 $2,574
37853 $1,056 $1,056 $1,298 $1,672 $1,958
37865 $1,122 $1,221 $1,474 $1,925 $2,024
37878 $1,232 $1,254 $1,540 $1,991 $2,310
37882 $1,276 $1,287 $1,573 $2,024 $2,376
37886 $1,221 $1,232 $1,507 $1,936 $2,277
37920 $1,199 $1,199 $1,474 $1,892 $2,222
37801 $1,243 $1,254 $1,540 $1,980 $2,310
37865 $1,122 $1,221 $1,474 $1,925 $2,024
37920 $1,199 $1,199 $1,474 $1,892 $2,222

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: Anderson County, TN, Knox County, TN, Loudon County, TN, and Union County, TN.

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