What is the median rent in Rocky Top, TN?

Name: Median rent in Rocky Top, TN, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median gross rent in Rocky Top, TN is $690 (±$64) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 432 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: $690 (±$64)
Rented homes: 432 (±100)
$2,000 or more: 0.0%

How much rent costs in Rocky Top

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Rocky Top	Anderson County	Tennessee	United States
Less than $500	32.9% (±12.6 points)	9.8%	7.8%	6.3%
$500 to $999	50.2% (±17.7 points)	37.3%	28.5%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	14.6% (±10.0 points)	38.3%	33.0%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	2.3% (±3.1 points)	10.3%	19.0%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	0.0% (±9.9 points)	1.6%	7.5%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	0.0% (±9.9 points)	1.8%	2.3%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	0.0% (±9.9 points)	1.0%	1.8%	6.8%

The most common range is $500 to $999, paid by 50.2% of renting households.

0.0% of rented homes in Rocky Top cost $2,000 or more a month.

Rocky Top against Anderson County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Rocky Top	Anderson County	Tennessee	United States
Median gross rent	$690 (±$64)	$1,031 (±$40)	$1,189 (±$7)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	432 (±100)	8,356 (±582)	867,741 (±7,411)	42,849,984

In Rocky Top, median gross rent is lower than in Anderson County ($1,031).

It is also lower than in Tennessee ($1,189).

It is lower than the national figure ($1,413).

In Anderson County, Rocky Top ranks 4 of 5 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 315 of 376.

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

Median gross rent in places near Rocky Top

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Rocky Top
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Rocky Top	—	$690 (±$64)	—
Norris	5.2 mi	$1,053 (±$130)	Higher
Caryville	6.5 mi	$890 (±$93)	Higher
Jacksboro	7.9 mi	$714 (±$39)	Not measurably different
Clinton	8.9 mi	$962 (±$120)	Higher
La Follette	10 mi	$696 (±$122)	Not measurably different
Powell	15 mi	$1,276 (±$268)	Higher
Halls (community)	16 mi	$1,178 (±$229)	Higher
Oliver Springs	16 mi	$523 (±$306)	Not measurably different

Nearby places with a measurably higher figure: Norris, TN ($1,053), Caryville, TN ($890), Clinton, TN ($962).

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

Median gross rent across Anderson County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median gross rent
1	Oak Ridge	$1,131 (±$50)
2	Norris	$1,053 (±$130)
3	Clinton	$962 (±$120)
4	Rocky Top	$690 (±$64)
5	Oliver Springs	$523 (±$306)

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 Rocky Top

What is the average rent in Rocky Top, TN?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Rocky Top is $690 (±$64) a month (2020–2024 American Community Survey), so half of renting households pay less and half pay more.

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

0.0% of rented homes in Rocky Top have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 32.9% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Rocky Top higher than in Anderson County?

In Rocky Top, median gross rent is lower than in Anderson County ($1,031).

It is also lower than in Tennessee ($1,189).

It is lower than 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 Rocky Top city, Tennessee (place:64668, 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.