Home values, rents and more in the Knoxville metro area
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How the Knoxville metro compares
The typical home in the Knoxville metro area is worth about $363,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in the Knoxville metro are 10% above the typical value in Tennessee ($331,000) and about the same as the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in the Knoxville metro rose 1.9%, compared with +0.6% in Tennessee and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,725 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 9% above Tennessee ($1,576) and 11% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 1.7% over the past year.
The median household income is $72,422, against $69,595 in Tennessee and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 968,137 people live in the Knoxville metro (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
The Knoxville metro has the 215th-highest typical home value of the 923 metro areas in the United States and the 3rd-highest of 27 in Tennessee with Zillow figures.
Part of: Tennessee
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Nearby metro areas
Counties in the Knoxville metro
Cities in the Knoxville metro
- Knoxville, TN $369,000
- Oak Ridge, TN $325,000
- Maryville, TN $393,000
- Farragut, TN $689,000
- Powell, TN $360,000
- Alcoa, TN $320,000
- Lenoir City, TN $419,000
- Clinton, TN $332,000
- Lafollette, TN $234,000
- Loudon, TN $498,000
- Kingston, TN $334,000
- Harriman, TN $241,000
- Rockwood, TN $235,000
- Louisville, TN $469,000
- Oliver Springs, TN $248,000
- Mascot, TN $283,000
- Blaine, TN $332,000
- Bean Station, TN $270,000
- Jacksboro, TN $293,000
- Maynardville, TN $289,000
- Plainview, TN $295,000
- Caryville, TN $253,000
- Jellico, TN $129,000
- Rutledge, TN $278,000
- Norris, TN $497,000
- Greenback, TN $446,000
- Wartburg, TN $218,000
- Luttrell, TN $206,000
- Friendsville, TN $441,000
- Rockford, TN $332,000
- Sunbright, TN $202,000
- Townsend, TN $404,000
- Philadelphia, TN $281,000
- Walland, TN $411,000
- Andersonville, TN $394,000
- Oakdale, TN $204,000
- Briceville, TN $119,000
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.