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Home values, rents and more in Jackson County, TN

September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07

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Typical home value
$226,000
Metro: $291,000 · U.S.: $366,000
Home values, past year
+3.2%
Metro: +1.7% · U.S.: +1.2%
Population
12,466
Census estimate, July 2025
Median household income
$47,951
Metro: $55,380 · U.S.: $80,734
Counties around Jackson County, TN, shaded by typical home valueJacksonOvertonPutnamSmithMaconMonroeClay
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Counties around Jackson County, TN, shaded by typical home value (Zillow, counties). Jackson County, TN is outlined.

How Jackson County, TN compares

The typical home in Jackson County, TN is worth about $226,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Jackson County, TN are 22% below the typical value in the Cookeville metro area ($291,000) and 38% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).

Over the past year, home values in Jackson County, TN rose 3.2%, compared with +1.7% in the Cookeville metro area and +1.2% nationally.

The median household income is $47,951, against $55,380 in the Cookeville metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).

About 12,466 people live in Jackson County, TN (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).

Jackson County, TN has the lowest typical home value of the 4 counties in the Cookeville metro area and the 29th-lowest of 95 in Tennessee with Zillow figures.

Part of: Cookeville 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.

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