Renters in Knoxville saw apartment listing prices slightly decrease from August 2025's median of $1,720, an analysis of new data from rental marketplace Zumper shows.
The typical apartment listed for rent at $1,690 in August. Median listing prices in Knoxville are trending slightly upwards from the previous month's $1,650 price.
The data covers all bedroom sizes, ranging from studios to four-bedroom units, within the specified metropolitan area. It reflects the median rent for all listings that were active at any given point during the month, according to Russell Middleton, co-founder of Zumper. New construction is included in the data and listings that are currently occupied or no longer available are excluded.
Out of 1,467 rental
listings in Knoxville, 56 are subsidized. When those are excluded, the overall median rent for listed apartments goes to $1,701.
One-bedroom apartments listed to rent at a median of $1,200, slightly higher than July, when they were $1,170. Since August 2025, one-bedroom rental prices rose 2% from $1,180.
Two-bedroom apartments listed for rent were slightly higher than July at a central price of $1,530, compared to $1,500. Since August 2025, two-bedroom rental prices slightly dropped from $1,540.
Statewide, Tennessee rental listing prices are very close to July's median of $1,574. One-bedroom rentals were listed for a typical price of $1,214, essentially the same as July's average of $1,218. Two-bedroom rental listing prices are steady to July's central price of $1,350.
In Knoxville, the typical apartment listed for rent is 8% above the state median. One-bedroom rentals were slightly lower than the state median, while two-bedrooms listed 13% above.
Nationwide, apartment rental listing prices are in line with the previous month's $1,900. One-bedroom rentals across the nation listed for a typical price of $1,550, the same as the previous month, while two-bedroom rental listing prices held steady to the previous month's median of $1,800.
In Knoxville, the typical apartment listed for rent is 11% below the national median. One-bedroom apartment rentals listed 23% below the national median, with two-bedroom rentals listed 15% below.
The median apartment rental prices used in this report are gathered from Zumper, which aggregates over one million active listings posted by brokers and landlords to Zumper's Landlord Platform and third-party listings from MLS providers to calculate median asking rents. Read more about their rent estimate methodology here.
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This article originally appeared on Knoxville News Sentinel: Knoxville apartments for rent saw slight price decreases since last August
