Pay and cost of living in Rhea County, TN
Rhea County, TN is part of the East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area labor market, and this page summarizes 3 occupations with published wages there. The median of their median salaries is $27,870 a year. The best-paid occupation listed is Retail Salespersons at $30,810, and the lowest is Fast Food and Counter Workers at $26,500.
A one-bedroom apartment in Rhea County, TN has a HUD Fair Market Rent of $810 a month and a two-bedroom $1,059. Rent, food, home energy and gasoline for one adult add up to $16,315 a year. After federal, FICA and state income taxes, the average occupation here takes home $24,935 a year, and every one of the 3 occupations listed here earns enough take-home pay to cover the four basics.
Each occupation links to a detailed page with gross pay, take-home pay, rent, food and energy costs, and the monthly budget margin. All pages share one method, which makes it easy to compare jobs inside Rhea County, TN or against other counties.
Housing, taxes and commute in Rhea County, TN
The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for Rhea County, TN, set beside the Tennessee and national medians.
Median household income in Rhea County, TN is $55,033, 21% below the Tennessee median of $69,595 and $80,734 nationally. A year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent ($9,720) equals 17.7% of that income. The median of the occupation medians listed here, $27,870, is 49% below household income, which is expected because a household can hold more than one earner.
Homeowners in Rhea County, TN pay a median of $894 a year in real estate taxes, 38% below the Tennessee median of $1,442. With a median home value of $206,000, 28% below the Tennessee median of $286,700, the ratio of the two medians is 0.43% a year.
Renters in Rhea County, TN pay a median gross rent of $839 a month in the Census survey, 29% below the Tennessee median of $1,189. HUD's one-bedroom Fair Market Rent used for the budgets on this site is $810; the Census figure covers rental units of every size.
Workers in Rhea County, TN who travel to a workplace spend an average of 29.5 minutes each way, 15% above the Tennessee average of 25.7. 6.5% of workers work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally.