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Cost of living in Jefferson City, Tennessee

Jefferson City, Tennessee has about 8,579 people. Typical rent is $851 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $60,638 a year. Both figures are Census 2020–2024 medians, not a listing or your pay. This site does not approve or deny benefits. A missing figure stays blank. We do not guess it.

Ranked #7 in Tennessee on the 2026 Most Affordable Towns Index.

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Typical rent is $851 a month.

Jefferson City is a city in Tennessee. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $60,638 a year.

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People
8,579
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$851
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$60,638
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$213,200
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,153
Morristown, TN HUD Metro FMR Area

Jefferson City, Tennessee has about 8,579 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $213,200.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Jefferson County is $1,153 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Jefferson City. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.

In the Morristown, TN metro area, prices sit at 86.4 when the U.S. average is 100. That is a 2024 BEA index.

Tennessee does not tax wages. A typical combined sales tax is 9.6% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Jefferson City's exact store tax.

In July 2026, a typical Tennessee home paid 13.71¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Jefferson City's bill.

EIA did not publish a 2025 all-grades gas price for Tennessee in the table we use.

Among 278 places we list in Tennessee with a rent figure, 149 have higher typical rent than Jefferson City.

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Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.