The story of this market
The typical home in Marion County, Tennessee sells for about $386,000, or $257 per square foot.
Prices are up +39.9% from a year ago, so sellers still have some momentum. Homes take about 69 days to sell, which is slow. Over the long run, values in this county have grown 217% since 2000. Last year 4 of 7 neighborhoods saw prices rise, so the story isn't the same street to street. The biggest natural hazard here is strong wind, which FEMA rates very high. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $1,340 a month.
HUD sets the fair market rent for a 2-bedroom at $1,340 a month. FEMA's National Risk Index rates overall hazard risk here as Relatively Moderate.
Price climate
Every year of price change, 2000–2025
+5.8%
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: 2023 (+20.4%). Worst: 2012 (-4.6%). 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
$1,657
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, 2000–2025
+5.8%
2025 change
FHFA repeat-sales index, median of 7 census tracts in this county (2000 = 100). Bars are each year's median change.
Natural hazard exposure
The area's risk shape
81
Relatively Moderate
FEMA National Risk Index. Each spoke is a hazard ranked nationally, where 100 is the most exposed. Expected annual loss: $16,423,966.
Mortgage activity
Home lending in this county
72.4%
2018 approval rate
| Year | Applications | Loans made | Approval | Investor share | Median home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1227 | 622 | 72.4% | 7.7% | $160,000 |
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 Approval rate is approved ÷ decided (withdrawn and incomplete files excluded).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.
Marion County, Tennessee
Marion County's housing market reflects sustained buyer demand from regional Chattanooga commuters and luxury mountain-community developments, which elevates median pricing while traditional valley inventory remains tight. Stable manufacturing employment and favorable Tennessee property tax conditions anchor underlying values despite elevated mortgage interest rates.
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 · 8 cities · 9 ZIP reports
Median prices moved down 0.3% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 54 days on market with 1.1 months of supply — a fast-moving market.
8% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 31.53% of asking — demand is holding steady.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 4.1% · poverty 13.8% — 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 9 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.
Marion County, Tennessee — researched county-level history with a deterministic 1 / 3 / 5-year projection
Solid: researched ten-year history · dotted: 1 / 3 / 5-year projection extended from the historical 8.7%/yr trend — a deterministic estimate, not a published forecast or guarantee.
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.
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| 37340 | Guild | $191,765 | $135 | -3% | 59 | 97.5% | 24% | 6.2 | 45 | $522 | researched Sep 21 |
| 37347 | Jasper | $375,000 | $213 | -5% | 53 | 99% | 24% | 3.5 | 2,200 | $975 | researched Sep 17 |
| 37356 | Monteagle | $199,900 | $155 | 0% | 79 | — | — | — | 94 | $752 | researched Sep 17 |
| 37365 | Palmer | $178,000 | $122 | -5.8% | 53 | 98% | 25% | 3.5 | 2,200 | $575 | researched Sep 17 |
| 37374 | Sequatchie | $369,000 | $208 | +5.4% | 35 | 97.4% | 24% | 3.5 | 2,913 | $722 | researched Sep 21 |
| 37375 | Sewanee | $569,500 | $280 | -4.3% | 42 | — | — | — | 12 | $1,234 | researched Sep 17 |
| 37380 | South Pittsburg | $307,500 | $155 | +2.4% | 59 | 97.5% | 12% | 4.2 | 48 | $889 | researched Sep 17 |
| 37387 | Tracy City | $385,000 | $419 | +41.1% | 56 | 96% | 24% | 3.3 | 63 | $405 | researched Sep 21 |
| 37397 | Whitwell | $277,770 | $154 | -3.6% | 59 | 98% | 24% | 4.5 | 19 | $807 | researched Sep 21 |
Figures are each ZIP report's own latest research — the county roll-up aggregates them sales_count-weighted (population fallback); ZIPs cycle quarterly.
Marion County experiences overall crime rates below urban Hamilton County benchmarks, with property incidents and petty theft concentrated around retail hubs along Interstate 24 while violent crime remains low.
Public education is administered primarily by Marion County Schools alongside Richard Hardy Memorial School in South Pittsburg, earning mixed-to-average state accountability ratings with high graduation rates.
Primary environmental hazards include riverine and flash flooding along low-lying sections of the Sequatchie River and Nickajack Lake, accompanied by moderate plateau wildfire exposure and humid-subtropical convective storm threats.
Economic momentum is propelled by manufacturing and logistics anchors such as Lodge Manufacturing, Colonial Chemical, and Valmont Industries, supported by I-24 expansion and mountain residential developments like Jasper Highlands.
Marion County levies property taxes applied to 25 percent of appraised fair market value for residential real estate, with county base rates around $1.73 per $100 assessed value plus municipal levies in incorporated towns, while Tennessee imposes no personal state income tax.
Outdoor recreation revolves around Nickajack Lake, the Tennessee River Gorge, Prentice Cooper State Forest, and South Cumberland State Park, offering extensive boating, hiking, and rock climbing.
The rental market remains modest and owner-dominated, with growing pockets of short-term vacation rentals surrounding the Tennessee River Gorge and luxury mountaintop retreats.
The local economy is anchored by advanced manufacturing, specialty chemicals, iron cookware fabrication, and logistics along the Interstate 24 corridor, complemented by tourism in the Tennessee River Gorge.
Marion County's transportation backbone centers on Interstate 24, US-41, US-64, and US-72, connecting commuters directly to downtown Chattanooga within 30 to 45 minutes.
Residential planning focuses on low-density mountain ridge developments and rural subdivisions, balanced with industrial site expansion near South Pittsburg and Kimball rail spurs.
The Marion County Assessor of Property reassesses real property on a cyclical appraisal plan, establishing fair market values assessed at statutory Tennessee classifications (25 percent for residential, 40 percent for commercial).
Parcels are subject to county tax rates, special fire utility service districts, municipal boundaries in cities like Jasper and South Pittsburg, and Richard Hardy Special School District for select South Pittsburg residents.
Property insurance is generally stable and in line with Tennessee averages, though properties along the Sequatchie River floodplain require NFIP coverage and mountaintop bluff homes may carry higher wildfire underwriting standards.
- Lake Winnepesaukah Amusement Park4.123.9 mi
- Creative Discovery Museum4.718.9 mi
- Dave & Buster’s Chattanooga4.427.7 mi
- Spare Time Chattanooga4.424.7 mi
- Urban Air Trampoline and Adventure Park4.328.2 mi
- The Caverns4.819.4 mi
- Chattanooga Convention Center4.619 mi
- Feed Table and Tavern4.619.3 mi
- Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium4.619.4 mi
- Golden Corral Buffet & Grill4.424.1 mi
- Tennessee Aquarium4.719 mi
- Cloudland Canyon State Park4.819.7 mi
- The Caverns4.819.4 mi
- Ruby Falls4.617.9 mi
- Lookout Mountain Incline Railway4.418.7 mi
- Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum4.824.8 mi
- Ruby Falls4.617.9 mi
- Creative Discovery Museum4.718.9 mi
- Chattanooga Choo Choo Historic District4.419.5 mi
- Hunter Museum of American Art4.719.2 mi
- Rock City Gardens4.718.5 mi
- Cloudland Canyon State Park4.819.7 mi
- Ruby Falls4.617.9 mi
- Coolidge Park4.719.2 mi
- Lula Lake Land Trust4.718.9 mi
- Twin Creeks Marina & Resort4.628.4 mi
- Hales Bar Marina & Resort46.9 mi
- Lakeshore Marina4.224.2 mi
- Island Cove Marina & Resort4.529.6 mi
- Island Cove Marina4.529.3 mi
- Sweetens Cove Golf Club4.65.4 mi
- Moccasin Bend Golf Course417.8 mi
- Black Creek Club4.814.6 mi
- Dogwood Hills Golf Course4.619 mi
- The Course at Sewanee4.617.6 mi
- Publix Super Market on North Market Street4.619 mi
- Publix Super Market at Mount Vernon Point4.618.8 mi
- Chattanooga Market4.618.8 mi
- Warehouse Row4.319.2 mi
- Mtn View Nissan of Chattanooga4.719.4 mi
- Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport4.425.5 mi
Theme parks, venues, golf, airports, museums, water and shopping across the area from Google Maps, ranked by popularity within the radius shown.
The amenity base that shapes daily life and property demand in this county — what residents actually live with, and what the pipeline is adding.
Operated by TVA, offering extensive reservoir waters for boating, sport fishing, camping, and famous seasonal viewings of gray bats at Nickajack Cave.
Spans over 24,000 acres providing rugged bluffs overlooking the Tennessee River Gorge, off-roading, and primitive trail systems.
Historic town center home to the annual National Cornbread Festival and the Lodge Cast Iron Museum, drawing regional tourism.
Retrieved from U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts and ACS 5-year tables for Marion County, TN (FIPS 47115).