Financial Stress · Tennessee

Tennessee — financial stress by county

The Financial Stress Index (FSI) combines renter cost burden, eviction rate, and debt in collections into a 0–100 score. 55 of 95 Tennessee counties have all three inputs and receive a score. Because 40 counties are missing eviction data, no state-wide average is shown here — averaging across the reporting subset would be misleading. Shelby, TN has the highest score at 92.

Top 10 — Most Stressed Counties

Counties in Tennessee ranked by FSI score

CountyFSI
1 Shelby, TN 92
2 Bedford, TN 83
3 Davidson, TN 83
4 Montgomery, TN 75
5 Haywood, TN 74
6 Rutherford, TN 70
7 Putnam, TN 69
8 Anderson, TN 65
9 DeKalb, TN 64
10 Macon, TN 64
Source  ·  US Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2024 (2020–2024) · Princeton Eviction Lab (through 2018) · Urban Institute Debt in America (2024)  ·  Full FSI methodology →

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