Eastwood Home for Rent

Eastwood is located just outside city limits, where the suburbia of eastern Knoxville becomes the rural edge of Knox County. "You are an hour away from the Smoky Mountains and 15 minutes from everything in downtown Knoxville," says Matthew Bradley, a Realtor with Crye-Leike Premier Real Estate and lifelong East Tennessee resident. "It's kind of a middle ground." The area is quiet, with the Holston River passing by functional farms and rural wedding venues. But as Kent County grows, more modern subdivisions are being built, and the rustic way of life is changing. "In the future, I think we will see more and more people push out to the east because the west side of Knoxville is already so developed," Bradley says. Eastwood is a mix of rustic living and modern subdivisions. Some wooded country roads have midcentury ranch-style homes on private acres of land. In other areas, modern subdivisions are lined with uniform rows of Colonial Revival and New Traditional properties. A new condo community was built in early 2025, offering compact living options. "The neighborhoods have a lot of variety, and the housing market can be more affordable than in East Knoxville," Bradley says. "There