Towns with the most affordable housing in Tennessee

Ranked by our Housing affordability score out of 100, which is based on home prices compared with income, rent as a share of income, and the typical home price. Of the 303 towns in Tennessee with 1,000 or more people, these are the top 25.

Waynesboro ranks first with a score of 89. Gleason and Banner Hill follow, with 86 and 79. Scores compare each town with all 27,850 towns we track across the US.

Rank	Town	Score	Home price compared with yearly income	Share of income spent on rent	Population
1	Waynesboro	89	1.9×	8.6%	2,296
2	Gleason	86	1.6×	14.0%	1,159
3	Banner Hill	79	1.9×	—	1,211
4	Newbern	77	1.7×	16.9%	3,289
5	New Johnsonville	77	2.0×	13.3%	2,060
6	Strawberry Plains	77	2.2×	10.7%	2,669
7	Rutherford	77	1.9×	16.4%	1,119
8	Humboldt	75	1.9×	16.8%	7,787
9	Park City	73	2.3×	10.0%	2,813
10	Whitwell	73	2.1×	15.4%	2,052
11	Troy	72	2.2×	16.1%	1,827
12	Dyer	71	2.1×	16.9%	2,217
13	Mount Carmel	71	2.6×	11.2%	5,472
14	Olivet	71	2.4×	14.0%	1,377
15	Trenton	70	2.1×	16.9%	4,151
16	Allardt	69	2.2×	—	1,076
17	Linden	69	2.2×	17.6%	1,122
18	Tennessee Ridge	68	2.3×	15.1%	1,726
19	Coalfield	67	2.1×	—	2,754
20	Dover	67	2.7×	11.9%	1,956
21	Greenfield	67	2.0×	19.8%	2,264
22	Jellico	66	3.1×	12.7%	1,855
23	South Fulton	66	1.9×	21.6%	2,379
24	Dodson Branch	65	2.3×	—	1,425
25	Dresden	64	2.5×	17.1%	2,943

Only towns with 1,000 or more people are ranked. Scores compare each town with all towns we track. See how we score towns and where the figures come from. These are estimates, so check official sources before you decide.

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