What is the median rent in Powell, TN?

Name: Median rent in Powell, TN, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median gross rent in Powell, TN is $1,276 (±$268) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 966 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median gross rent: $1,276 (±$268)
Rented homes: 966 (±232)
$2,000 or more: 8.4%

How much rent costs in Powell

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Powell	Knox County	Tennessee	United States
Less than $500	18.7% (±7.8 points)	6.9%	7.8%	6.3%
$500 to $999	21.0% (±12.2 points)	22.6%	28.5%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	22.6% (±13.6 points)	37.0%	33.0%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	29.3% (±12.7 points)	22.2%	19.0%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	6.6% (±6.1 points)	7.3%	7.5%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	0.0% (±4.5 points)	2.1%	2.3%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	1.8% (±3.4 points)	1.8%	1.8%	6.8%

The most common range is $1,500 to $1,999, paid by 29.3% of renting households.

8.4% of rented homes in Powell cost $2,000 or more a month.

Powell against Knox County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Powell	Knox County	Tennessee	United States
Median gross rent	$1,276 (±$268)	$1,261 (±$26)	$1,189 (±$7)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	966 (±232)	66,872 (±1,415)	867,741 (±7,411)	42,849,984

In Powell, median gross rent is not measurably different from Knox County ($1,261).

It is not measurably different from Tennessee ($1,189).

It is not measurably different from the national figure ($1,413).

In Knox County, Powell ranks 3 of 7 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 55 of 376.

Rankings use the estimates alone; where margins of error overlap, neighboring ranks may not truly differ.

Median gross rent in places near Powell

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Powell
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Powell	—	$1,276 (±$268)	—
Karns	6.0 mi	$1,765 (±$225)	Higher
Halls (community)	6.2 mi	$1,178 (±$229)	Not measurably different
Knoxville	6.4 mi	$1,191 (±$22)	Not measurably different
Clinton	7.0 mi	$962 (±$120)	Lower
John Sevier	11 mi	$1,122 (±$391)	Not measurably different
Norris	12 mi	$1,053 (±$130)	Not measurably different
Farragut	14 mi	$1,966 (±$197)	Higher
Louisville	15 mi	$950 (±$475)	Not measurably different

Nearby places with a measurably lower figure: Clinton, TN ($962).

Nearby places with a measurably higher figure: Karns, TN ($1,765), Farragut, TN ($1,966).

Distance is measured in a straight line between the Census Bureau’s internal points for each place.

Median gross rent across Knox County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median gross rent
1	Farragut	$1,966 (±$197)
2	Karns	$1,765 (±$225)
3	Powell	$1,276 (±$268)
4	Knoxville	$1,191 (±$22)
5	Halls (community)	$1,178 (±$229)
6	John Sevier	$1,122 (±$391)
7	Mascot	$725 (±$239)

Powell is a census-designated place: an unincorporated community the Census Bureau draws for statistics, with no municipal government of its own.

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates), compared with 2015–2019.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about Powell

What is the average rent in Powell, TN?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Powell is $1,276 (±$268) a month (2020–2024 American Community Survey), so half of renting households pay less and half pay more.

How many rentals in Powell cost more than $2,000 a month?

8.4% of rented homes in Powell have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 18.7% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Powell higher than in Knox County?

In Powell, median gross rent is not measurably different from Knox County ($1,261).

It is not measurably different from Tennessee ($1,189).

It is not measurably different from the national figure ($1,413).

Is this the rent for an apartment listed today?

No: these are rents households reported paying across 2020–2024, not asking rents for vacant homes, which usually run higher.

Sources

To check these figures in the Census Bureau’s own API, request the variables below from the 2024 ACS 5-year data profile (acs/acs5/profile) for Powell CDP, Tennessee (place:60480, in state:47).

Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).

The 2015–2019 figures are B25064_001E, B25064_001M, DP04_0047PE, DP04_0047PM, DP04_0005E, DP04_0005M from the 2019 release.

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DP04_0134E, DP04_0134M, DP04_0126E, DP04_0126M, DP04_0127PE, DP04_0127PM, DP04_0128PE, DP04_0128PM, DP04_0129PE, DP04_0129PM, DP04_0130PE, DP04_0130PM, DP04_0131PE, DP04_0131PM, DP04_0132PE, DP04_0132PM, DP04_0133PE, DP04_0133PM

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Figures are published by the US Census Bureau, HUD, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the FBI; Seayora reproduces them and does not adjust them, except where a sentence says it compares dollar figures after inflation. They describe the whole place, not any one building or street, and are not an appraisal, a rent determination, a tax bill, a safety rating or legal advice.