Home values, rents and more in Jefferson City, TN
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Jefferson City compares
The typical home in Jefferson City, TN is worth about $308,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Jefferson City are 4% above the typical value in the Morristown metro area ($297,000) and 16% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Jefferson City rose 1.2%, compared with +2.7% in the Morristown metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,214 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 22% below the Morristown metro area ($1,560) and 37% below the U.S. ($1,932).
The median household income is $60,638, against $60,553 in the Morristown metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 8,579 people live in Jefferson City (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Jefferson City has the 4th-highest typical home value of the 8 cities in the Morristown metro area and the 125th-highest of 394 in Tennessee with Zillow figures.
Part of: Jefferson County, TN · Morristown 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.