Cost of living in Carter County
Simple answer
A 2-bedroom fair-market rent is $1,211 a month.
That HUD number covers Carter County, Tennessee, from October 2026 through September 2027. Towns in the county can still have different rents on the ground.
- Studio
- $942
- 1 bed
- $948
- 2 bed
- $1,211
- 3 bed
- $1,461
- 4 bed
- $1,609
This county is in the Johnson City, TN area. BEA's 2024 price index there is 87.9 (U.S. = 100).
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Towns in this county
- Elizabethton · 14,374 people
- Valley Forge · 2,136 people
- Pine Crest · 2,029 people
- Central · 1,938 people
- Hunter · 1,918 people
- Hampton · 1,883 people
- Biltmore · 1,846 people