Home values, rents and more in Watauga, TN
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Watauga compares
The typical home in Watauga, TN is worth about $258,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Watauga are 8% below the typical value in the Johnson City metro area ($280,000) and 29% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Watauga rose 3.6%, compared with +1.4% in the Johnson City metro area and +1.2% nationally.
The median household income is $62,917, against $57,762 in the Johnson City metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 644 people live in Watauga (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Watauga has the 5th-lowest typical home value of the 11 cities in the Johnson City metro area and the 194th-lowest of 394 in Tennessee with Zillow figures.
Part of: Carter County, TN · Johnson City 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.