South · Tennessee · pop 198K
Knoxville, TN
Good match
at the reference profile: one person earning $6,700/mo gross, default weights.
Personalize this score →After estimated taxes in TN, your $6,700/mo income nets about $5,412 — covering estimated essentials here (about $1,037 rent plus everyday costs incl. local sales tax) with roughly $1,995 left over.
Expect summer highs near 87°F, winter lows around 30°F, and about 205 sunny days a year.
The job market looks healthy: 3.3% unemployment and 2.4% job growth over the past year.
Tradeoff: reported crime rates are higher than most cities here, so research specific neighborhoods before deciding.
The Knoxville fit print
Est. monthly cost
$3,417/mo
Typical rent
$1,220/mo
Home value ÷ income
5.6×
Score breakdown
The data behind the score
Money (Census ACS · HUD)
- Median gross rent
- $1,150/mo
- HUD fair market rent (2BR)
- $1,220/mo
- Median home value
- $275,000
- Median household income
- $49,000
- Population
- 198,000
Work (BLS)
- Unemployment rate
- 3.3%
- Job growth (1yr)
- 2.4%
Safety (FBI CDE, per 100k)
- Violent crime rate
- 900
- Property crime rate
- 3,900
Climate (NOAA normals)
- Avg. summer high
- 87°F
- Avg. winter low
- 30°F
- Sunny days / year
- 205
- Days ≥100°F by 2050 (air temp)
- ≈9/yr
- Dangerous humid days by 2050 (feels-like)
- ≈66/yr
- Unhealthy air days
- ≈9/yr
- Annual rain
- 48"
- Annual snow
- 5"
Community & access (approx.)
- 2024 county margin
- R+18
- Int'l airport
- ≈180 mi
- Walkability
- 28/100
- Disaster risk
- 46/100
Data vintage: sample-approx-2024. Sources & methodology — this deployment is running the bundled sample dataset; figures are approximate.
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