The story of this market
The typical home in Grainger County, Tennessee sells for about $333,998, or $219 per square foot.
Prices are down 9.38% from a year ago, which gives buyers more room to negotiate. Homes take about 79 days to sell, which is slow. Over the long run, values in this county have grown 145% since 2001. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $995 a month.
HUD sets the fair market rent for a 2-bedroom at $995 a month. FEMA's National Risk Index rates overall hazard risk here as Relatively Low.
Price climate
Every year of price change, 2001–2025
-1.8%
2025
Each stripe is one year's median price change across the area's census tracts (FHFA repeat-sales index). Deep blue is a strong gain year, red a falling year. Best: 2022 (+21.2%). Worst: 2002 (-6.8%). Hover to read a year.
Monthly price momentum
Home values since 2015
-0.4%
TN · past 12 months
Freddie Mac House Price Index, single-family homes, monthly through 2026-08. Each line starts at 100 in January 2015, so a reading of 180 means prices are up 80% since then.
Rent benchmark
Fair market rent by size
$1,378
3-bed / month
HUD Fair Market Rents, fiscal 2027, for this county. A typical rent for a modest unit, used to set housing-voucher payments.
Neighborhood price trend
Long-run price trend, 2001–2025
-1.8%
2025 change
FHFA repeat-sales index, median of 3 census tracts in this county (2001 = 100). Bars are each year's median change.
Natural hazard exposure
The area's risk shape
39
Relatively Low
FEMA National Risk Index. Each spoke is a hazard ranked nationally, where 100 is the most exposed. Expected annual loss: $5,228,636.
Mortgage activity
Home lending in this county
69.7%
2018 approval rate
| Year | Applications | Loans made | Approval | Investor share | Median home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 938 | 441 | 69.7% | 3.1% | $165,000 |
CFPB Home Mortgage Disclosure Act records: every mortgage application reported by lenders for homes in this county. Approval rate is approved ÷ decided (withdrawn and incomplete files excluded). Investor share and home value are the median census tract.
Grainger County, Tennessee
The Grainger County housing market is currently experiencing a cooling phase with median sale prices declining by over 9% year-over-year. While home values remain supported by limited inventory, the increase in days on market suggests a softening in buyer demand. The market is currently characterized by a disconnect between high listing prices and actual closed sale performance.
No ARED distress-ledger coverage for this county yet — the foreclosure ingest rotates the national county directory, and filings appear here once the county's posted notices are read. Key-figure check: no independent anchor retained yet — first-researched cycles establish the anchor baseline this pass.
Select a city to expand its ZIP intel reports beneath · 3 cities · 3 ZIP reports
Median prices moved down 16.6% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 56 days on market with 0.1 months of supply — a fast-moving market.
0% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 1% of asking — demand is holding steady.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 0.0% · poverty 13.5% — a stable, low-distress profile.
ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Aggregate published statistics for this county — never individual records, and never an attribute of any individual property or resident.
Deterministic aggregate of 3 researched ZIP reports — sales_count-weighted (population fallback); per point, children lacking the value or its weight are excluded. Tax rates, sentiment and context notes are tier-native and never roll.
No researched properties in this county yet — the property base layer populates as property research runs, and each property feeds its ZIP's roll-up.
researched Sep 17
researched Sep 17
researched Sep 17
| 37709 | Blaine | $365,000 | $215 | +2.4% | 68 | 97.5% | 12% | 7.3 | 132 | $967 | researched Sep 17 |
| 37861 | Rutledge | $334,901 | $189 | -2.5% | 51 | — | — | — | 90 | $715 | researched Sep 17 |
| 37881 | — | $307,450 | $225 | -17.3% | 56 | — | — | — | 7 | $699 | researched Sep 17 |
Figures are each ZIP report's own latest research — the county roll-up aggregates them sales_count-weighted (population fallback); ZIPs cycle quarterly.
- Soaky Mountain Waterpark4.428.7 mi
- Wild WaterDome Indoor Waterpark4.528.6 mi
- Smoky Mountain Deer Farm and Exotic Petting Zoo4.728.7 mi
- Smoky Mountain H2O Sports, LLC4.723.8 mi
- Sugar Hollow Marina4.327.1 mi
- Sevierville Convention Center4.528.6 mi
- Golden Corral Buffet & Grill4.429.7 mi
- Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum4.529 mi
- Morristown Landing4.613.6 mi
- Smokies Park4.722.1 mi
- Panther Creek State Park4.810.5 mi
- Elrod Falls4.719.1 mi
- Frank Lorino Park4.517.7 mi
- AMC CLASSIC College Square 124.117.1 mi
- House Mountain State Natural Area4.718.3 mi
- Bush's Visitor Center4.828.5 mi
- Cumberland Gap National Historical Park4.822.4 mi
- Muse Knoxville4.628.4 mi
- VA-TN-KY Tri-State Point4.821.5 mi
- Wilderness Road State Park4.822.5 mi
- Panther Creek State Park4.810.5 mi
- Elrod Falls4.719.1 mi
- Frank Lorino Park4.517.7 mi
- House Mountain State Natural Area4.718.3 mi
- Cherokee Park4.515.6 mi
- Shanghai Resort & Marina and Boat Rentals4.627.1 mi
- Flat Hollow Marina & Resort4.322.1 mi
- Sugar Hollow Marina4.327.1 mi
- Stardust Marina4.426.3 mi
- Beach Island Resort & Marina Watercraft Rentals4.411.3 mi
- Woodlake Golf, Lodge, and Steakhouse4.56.6 mi
- Patriot Hills Golf Club4.317.4 mi
- Lakeside Marina4.515.1 mi
- College Square Mall4.317.1 mi
- Rural King4.413.9 mi
- Ross Dress for Less4.417.5 mi
- T.J. Maxx4.417 mi
- Dollar General4.316.3 mi
- Smoky Mountain Skydive4.920.2 mi
Theme parks, venues, golf, airports, museums, water and shopping across the area from Google Maps, ranked by popularity within the radius shown.
Data retrieved from US Census Bureau QuickFacts