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Counties With the Lowest Monthly Housing Payment in Tennessee (2026)

Lake has the lowest monthly housing payment of any county in Tennessee, at $808, followed by Lauderdale and Obion. Source: Zillow P+I + ACS effective tax rate + NAIC insurance (synthesized), Zillow 2026-06. The full ranking of the top 25 counties is below.

Data updated June 2026 - Source: Zillow P+I + ACS effective tax rate + NAIC insurance (synthesized)

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Lowest counties for monthly housing payment in Tennessee

Top 25 of 95 counties with data.

Ranked by monthly payment (piti) (Zillow P+I + ACS effective tax rate + NAIC insurance (synthesized), Zillow 2026-06), lowest first.

Lowest counties for monthly housing payment in Tennessee
RankCountyValue
1Lake$808
2Lauderdale$961
3Obion$1,102
4Hardeman$1,105
5Chester$1,116
6McNairy$1,128
7Hancock$1,146
8Haywood$1,149
9Perry$1,158
10Dyer$1,174
11Carroll$1,190
12Wayne$1,202
13Scott$1,205
14Decatur$1,214
15Gibson$1,227
16Benton$1,229
17Weakley$1,248
18Hickman$1,257
19Crockett$1,292
20Grundy$1,328
21Hardin$1,359
22Henderson$1,367
23Clay$1,370
24Morgan$1,377
25Henry$1,389

How this ranking works

This page ranks Tennessee counties by monthly payment (piti), sorted so the lowest places appear first. Click any county to see its housing, schools, crime, and demographics in detail.

For monthly housing payment, a lower value is generally more favorable, so the top of the list is the lowest. Want to weigh monthly housing payment against schools, taxes, commute, and more at once? Use the live map to build a custom match.

Data comes from public sources. Source attribution and the exact data vintage are shown above and on the full map of monthly payment (piti).

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