ZIP 37918
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
What the numbers show
January. Asking rents in ZIP 37918 usually run 0.8% below trend in January and 1% above it in October, about $29 a month apart at today's median. Based on 7 years of data.
Rent in ZIP 37918 is 1.2% below its high of $1,615 in February 2026, at $1,596 as of September 2026.
Rent in ZIP 37918 changed -1.1% over the year to September 2026. Across the 127 Tennessee ZIP codes Zillow tracks, the typical change was +1.8%.
From 2019 to 2024, rent in ZIP 37918 rose 68.7% while median household income rose 22.2% ($57,068 to $69,752). Rent outpaced income.
Rent in ZIP 37918 is 64.2% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
Rent rose in 5 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($69,752) is $1,744 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 2-bedroom ($1,440); a 3-bedroom is $1,820.
5th cheapest of 14 ZIP codes in Knoxville.
ZIP 37912, 5 miles away, rents for 21% less ($1,257/mo), about $4,100 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for ZIP 37918. 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.
Who lives here
ZIP 37918 (Knoxville, TN) is majority owner-occupied, 33.2% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How ZIP 37918 in Knoxville, TN has changed in 5 years
Compared with 2021, rent in ZIP 37918 in Knoxville, TN has increased by $505 per month, settling near $1,596 after starting the period at $1,091. Median household income grew from $59,801 to $69,752 between 2021 and 2024, a 16.6% shift. Rent outpaced income growth by roughly 29.7 percentage points, which means renters are spending a larger slice of each paycheck on housing than they did in 2021. About 31% of households rent today, against 33.1% in 2021. Educational attainment has shifted as well, with the share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher climbed from 27.8% to 33.2%. Taken together, the five-year picture in ZIP 37918 in Knoxville, 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
ZIP code 37918 covers Knoxville, TN. The median rent here is $1,596/mo as of October 2026. A 1-bedroom rents for a median of $1,160/mo. A 2-bedroom rents for a median of $1,440/mo.
At 27% of local median household income ($69,752/yr), ZIP 37918 ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have decreased 1.1% over the past year.
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