What does a square foot ask in East Tennessee? Asking price per square foot, read
The median listing asks $30 per square foot, down $2 since the last edition.
Right now East Tennessee counts 138 active listings, down 2 since the last edition. Of those, 135 state an asking price, and the medians below read from them. The median asking price is $290,000, unchanged since the last edition. The listings sit in 52 cities, as the listings spell them.
Larger homes ask more in total. The median ask is $800 in the Under 1,200 sq ft band and $87,450 in the 1,200–2,000 sq ft band.
Asking price per square foot is the asking price divided by the size the listing states. A listing with no stated size is left out of the figure, and the figure says nothing about the quality of a home or how it was built.
The most homes state 1,200–2,000 sq ft: 6 of the 17 that state a size, 35.3%, unchanged since the last edition. The median home states 1,500 square feet.
The median asking price is $290,000, unchanged since the last edition, among 135 priced listings.
The largest group of listings is commercial sale: 21 of the 21 that state a type, 100%, down 1 since the last edition. The median asking price there is $74,900.
The market divides into sections by what a listing states. Commercial has 21 and Land & development has 117. Among the sections, the median asking price runs from $74,900 for commercial to $399,000 for land & development.
The most listings ask under $300k: 72 of the 135 that state a price, 53.3% of them, down 1 since the last edition.
Four asking-price bands hold a listing. The $300–500k band has 20, or 14.8%. The $500–800k band has 16, or 11.9%. The $800k+ band has 27, or 20%.
Listings wait longest in the $800k+ band, a median of 179 days. They wait least in the under $300k band, a median of 121 days.
The band edges are the same every day, so a count can be compared across editions. The under $300k band holds 53.3% of priced listings and the $800k+ band holds 20%.
The biggest change since the last edition is in the under $300k band, down 1 to 72.
Knoxville has the most listings, 20 of the 138, or 14.5%, unchanged since the last edition. Sevierville comes next with 9.
The next four: Jacksboro has 7, Lenoir City has 7, Athens has 5 and Vonore has 5. Together the five busiest cities hold 34.8% of the market.
Among cities with three or more listings, the median asking price is highest in Lenoir City, at $750,000. It is lowest in White Pine, at $75,250, a difference of $674,750.
Listings have waited longest in Madisonville, a median of 331 days, and least in Jacksboro, a median of 29 days.
Thirty-four cities have fewer than three listings, so they get a count and no median.
The city is whatever the listing says it is. A different spelling of the same city is counted under its own spelling, so the counts are of the names as listed.
A typical active listing has waited 130 days, up 4 since the last edition. That is read from 138 listings with a listing date.
Seventeen came on in the last 30 days, 12.3% of those with a date. Twenty-five have waited between 30 and 90 days, and 96 have waited 90 days or more, 69.6%.
Since the last edition (No. 10) the active count is down 1.4% at 138, from 140; the median asking price is flat at $290,000; the median time on the market is up 3.2% at 130 days, from 126 days.
Between editions two listings left the active market.
By asking-price band, under $300k is the biggest group at 53.3% of the 135 priced listings.
In Knoxville there are 20 active listings, 14.5% of everything listed; the median asks $312,000 after a median 154 days, the same number of active listings as the previous edition.
Of the 138 listings with a listing date, 12.3% have been on the market under 30 days, 18.1% between 30 and 90, and 69.6% for 90 days or more; the median is 130 days.
The median listed listing measures 1,500 sq ft, and the median asking price works out to $30 per square foot. The biggest size group is 1,200–2,000 sq ft, 6 of the 17 listings with a square footage. Where a lot size is given (138 listings), the median is 1.47 acres.
By asking-price band
Every price band, as a table
| Price band | Active | Median days | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under $300k | 72 | 121 | 53.3% |
| $300–500k | 20 | 178 | 14.8% |
| $500–800k | 16 | 121 | 11.9% |
| $800k+ | 27 | 179 | 20% |
By size
Every size band, as a table
| Size | Active | Median asking |
|---|---|---|
| Under 1,200 sq ft | 4 | $800 |
| 1,200–2,000 sq ft | 6 | $87,450 |
| 2,000–3,500 sq ft | 5 | $74,999 |
| 3,500+ sq ft | 2 | — |
What moved
| This edition | Count | Previous edition |
|---|---|---|
| New listings | 0 | 0 |
| Asking price cut | 0 | 0 |
| Asking price raised | 0 | 0 |
| Left the active market | 2 | 0 |
| Came back | 0 | 0 |
By city
Every city, as a table
| City | Active | Median asking | Median days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knoxville | 20 | $312,000 | 154 |
| Sevierville | 9 | $125,000 | 60 |
| Jacksboro | 7 | $179,900 | 29 |
| Lenoir City | 7 | $750,000 | 115 |
| Athens | 5 | $540,000 | 119 |
| Vonore | 5 | $149,900 | 180 |
| Maryville | 5 | $499,900 | 126 |
| White Pine | 4 | $75,250 | 72 |
| Sweetwater | 4 | $290,000 | 190 |
| Madisonville | 4 | $624,250 | 331 |
| Tazewell | 3 | $100,000 | 120 |
| Kodak | 3 | $299,900 | 146 |
| Harriman | 3 | $489,000 | 278 |
| Clinton | 3 | $375,000 | 67 |
| Rockwood | 3 | $160,000 | 140 |
| Gatlinburg | 3 | $644,900 | 155 |
| New Market | 3 | $479,000 | 100 |
| Dandridge | 3 | $499,000 | 267 |
| Jonesville | 2 | — | — |
| Jellico | 2 | — | — |
| LaFollette | 2 | — | — |
| Crossville | 2 | — | — |
| Morristown | 2 | — | — |
| Rocky Top | 2 | — | — |
| Kingston | 2 | — | — |
| Englewood | 2 | — | — |
| Louisville | 2 | — | — |
| Townsend | 2 | — | — |
| Winfield | 1 | — | — |
| Mountain City | 1 | — | — |
| Newport | 1 | — | — |
| Cumberland Gap | 1 | — | — |
| Oneida | 1 | — | — |
| Cosby | 1 | — | — |
| Jefferson City | 1 | — | — |
| Pigeon Forge | 1 | — | — |
| Farragut | 1 | — | — |
| Greenback | 1 | — | — |
| Powell | 1 | — | — |
| Norton | 1 | — | — |
| Blaine | 1 | — | — |
| Loudon | 1 | — | — |
| Pikeville | 1 | — | — |
| Dayton | 1 | — | — |
| New Tazewell | 1 | — | — |
| Alcoa | 1 | — | — |
| Middlesboro | 1 | — | — |
| Kingsport | 1 | — | — |
| Oak Ridge | 1 | — | — |
| Corryton | 1 | — | — |
| Rogersville | 1 | — | — |
| Friendsville | 1 | — | — |
Source: East Tennessee REALTORS® MLS via the IDX feed, as of Nov 3 · asking prices of active listings · a median needs three priced listings or prints —.
This story is part of the Tuesday, November 3, 2026 edition, and the market numbers archive follows it edition by edition. More from the Gazette on Knoxville housing news, Sevierville housing news, Jacksboro housing news, Lenoir City housing news, Athens housing news, Vonore housing news and Maryville housing news. The listings behind it: homes listed in Knoxville, homes listed in Sevierville, homes listed in Jacksboro, homes listed in Lenoir City, homes listed in Athens, homes listed in Vonore, homes listed in Maryville, homes listed in White Pine, homes listed in Sweetwater, homes listed in Madisonville, homes listed in Tazewell and homes listed in Kodak.