Rents are 12% below what La Vergne's 10-year trend predicts — a better deal than its own history suggests.
Rent by unit size
These are HUD Fair Market Rents, the payment standard for a Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8). They often differ from the $1,962 market median above, and that is expected: FMR is the 40th percentile of standard-quality units and counts gross rent, so it includes essential utilities such as electricity, water, gas, sewer, and trash. The market median is asking rent, which usually excludes utilities. HUD sets FMR once a year; market rent here updates monthly.
Source: HUD Small Area Fair Market Rents. Read the methodology →
12-month history
Last updated: October 17, 2026
What the numbers show
January. Asking rents in La Vergne usually run 2.3% below trend in January and 1.6% above it in August, about $77 a month apart at today's median. Based on 7 years of data.
Rent in La Vergne is 1.2% below its high of $1,985 in September 2025, at $1,962 as of September 2026.
Rent in La Vergne changed -1.2% over the year to September 2026. Across the 51 Tennessee cities Zillow tracks, the typical change was +2.0%.
From 2019 to 2024, rent in La Vergne rose 40% while median household income rose 26% ($64,531 to $81,313). Rent outpaced income.
Rent in La Vergne is 42.4% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
Rent rose in 4 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($81,313) is $2,033 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 1-bedroom ($1,890); a 2-bedroom is $2,090.
Smyrna, 5 miles away, rents for 13% less ($1,712/mo), about $3,000 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for La Vergne. The seasonal pattern compares Zillow’s seasonally adjusted and unadjusted series. Income is the Census median household income (5-year estimates). Fair Market Rents are HUD’s, which include utilities.
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Who lives here
La Vergne, TN is majority owner-occupied, has a large share of families with children, 23.7% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How La Vergne, TN has changed in 5 years
Five years ago, renters in La Vergne, TN paid around $1,500 a month. That figure now sits near $1,962, up 30.8% from the 2021 baseline. Median household income climbed from $67,102 to $81,313 between 2021 and 2024, a 21.2% shift. Because rent grew faster than wages over the same span, the affordability picture has tightened relative to 2021. Census counts show La Vergne, TN adding about 2,116 residents over the five-year window, up 5.5% on net. Taken together, the five-year picture in La Vergne, TN reflects how housing costs and the people paying them have evolved through a stretch that included a pandemic, a hot rental market, and a recent cooling phase.
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
The median rent in La Vergne is $1,962/mo as of October 2026. A studio apartment averages $1,820/mo while a 2-bedroom runs $2,090/mo. One-bedroom apartments average $1,890/mo and 3-bedroom units go for $2,640/mo.
At 29% of local median household income ($81,313/yr), La Vergne ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have decreased 1.2% over the past year.
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