Cost of living in Shelby County
Simple answer
A 2-bedroom fair-market rent is $1,301 a month.
That HUD number covers Shelby County, Tennessee, from October 2026 through September 2027. Towns in the county can still have different rents on the ground.
- Studio
- $1,095
- 1 bed
- $1,191
- 2 bed
- $1,301
- 3 bed
- $1,717
- 4 bed
- $1,981
This county is in the Memphis, TN-MS-AR area. BEA's 2024 price index there is 92.2 (U.S. = 100).
SNAP income limit in Tennessee · Medicaid eligibility
Towns in this county
- Memphis · 618,980 people
- Bartlett · 56,876 people
- Collierville · 51,515 people
- Germantown · 40,673 people
- Arlington · 15,205 people
- Lakeland · 14,192 people
- Millington · 11,289 people