Home values, rents and more in Bristol, TN
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Bristol compares
The typical home in Bristol, TN is worth about $235,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Bristol are 3% below the typical value in the Kingsport metro area ($243,000) and 36% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Bristol fell 1.0%, compared with +1.1% in the Kingsport metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,424 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 7% above the Kingsport metro area ($1,330) and 26% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 5.3% over the past year.
The median household income is $58,162, against $57,792 in the Kingsport metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 27,636 people live in Bristol (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Bristol has the 8th-highest typical home value of the 20 cities in the Kingsport metro area and the 159th-lowest of 394 in Tennessee with Zillow figures.
Part of: Sullivan County, TN · Kingsport metro area · Tennessee
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Sources
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.
"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.