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Open House Edition · Nov 6, 2026 · 11:00 PM EST
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Starter · By size

The busiest size band for starter homes is 1,000 to 1,199 square feet, with 639 listings

Six size bands hold a home · 639 listings in the busiest · median asking $280,000.

Among the 1,863 active starter homes that state a size, 639 state 1,000 to 1,199 square feet, more than in any other band. That is 34% of them.

Tiny means a stated size under 400 square feet, the building-code line for a tiny house; small runs from 400 up to 1,200. The bands run in steps from under 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet or more, and a home goes in the band its stated size falls in. A size is what the listing states, and a trailer-mounted tiny house is not a house on a foundation. The other bands: tiny: under 400 sq ft has twenty-six, small: 400–799 sq ft has three hundred two, 800–999 sq ft has four hundred two, 1,200–1,599 sq ft has three hundred thirty-four, 1,600+ sq ft has one hundred sixty.

Every price here is an asking price on an active listing, taken from the MLS listings. A starter home is a home that states under 1,200 square feet or asks under $250,000. A size is what the listing states, and a home that states none is left out of every size figure. A median needs three homes or it is left out.

The starter homes in this band state a median of 1,100 square feet, or $256 per square foot at the median ask. Asking prices run from $59,900 to $2,500,000, and the median asking price is $280,000.

The smallest home among them is at 608 Wright St, Jellico, TN 37762 in Jellico: 1,000 square feet, asking $99,900.

The table shows every band that holds a home, and each row opens the listings in it. The twenty-four smallest of the 639 are shown below, and the search on the main page looks through every active listing. Each address opens that listing's own page.

Size bands

Stated sizeHomesShareMedian asking
Tiny: under 400 sq ft261%$173,725
Small: 400–799 sq ft30216%$239,950
800–999 sq ft40222%$244,900
1,000–1,199 sq ft63934%$280,000
1,200–1,599 sq ft33418%$219,900
1,600+ sq ft1609%$215,000

The 24 smallest of 639 starter homes

608 Wright St, Jellico, TN 37762$99,900Jellico · 2 bd · 1,000 sq ft · 0.13 ac
501 Roy Cheek Rd, Jonesville, VA 24263$129,900Jonesville · 2 bd · 1,000 sq ft · 0.48 ac
2074 Long Hollow Rd, LaFollette, TN 37766$154,900LaFollette · 2 bd · 1,000 sq ft · 0.29 ac
218 East Lake Ave, Celina, TN 38551$157,500Celina · 2 bd · 1,000 sq ft · 0.71 ac
4625 Carver Rd, Knoxville, TN 37918$169,000Knoxville · 2 bd · 1,000 sq ft · 0.35 ac
190 Warwick Lane, Maynardville, TN 37807$174,900Maynardville · 2 bd · 1,000 sq ft · 1.4 ac
1309 Scott Avenue, Etowah, TN 37331$178,900Etowah · 3 bd · 1,000 sq ft · 0.18 ac
415 Island Ford Rd, Jacksboro, TN 37757$190,000Jacksboro · 2 bd · 1,000 sq ft · 0.3 ac
1360 Luminary Firetower Rd 9, Spring City, TN 37381$224,900Spring City · 2 bd · 1,000 sq ft · 15.77 ac
338 County Road 756, Riceville, TN 37370$224,900Riceville · 2 bd · 1,000 sq ft · 1.5 ac
1643 Maple View Way, Knoxville, TN 37918$230,000Knoxville · 2 bd · 1,000 sq ft · 0.01 ac
128 Barnes Lane, Strawberry Plains, TN 37871$249,900Strawberry Plains · 2 bd · 1,000 sq ft · 0.41 ac
8815 Andersonville Pike, Powell, TN 37849$249,900Powell · 3 bd · 1,000 sq ft · 0.36 ac
Unit 1 74 Buffalo Rd 1, Oneida, TN 37841$269,000Oneida · 2 bd · 1,000 sq ft
Unit 2 74 Buffalo Rd 2, Oneida, TN 37841$269,000Oneida · 2 bd · 1,000 sq ft
Unit 3 74 Buffalo Rd 3, Oneida, TN 37841$269,000Oneida · 2 bd · 1,000 sq ft
2400 Brown Ave, Knoxville, TN 37917$285,000Knoxville · 2 bd · 1,000 sq ft · 0.01 ac
3720 Orangewood Rd, Knoxville, TN 37921$289,800Knoxville · 3 bd · 1,000 sq ft · 0.36 ac
224 E Burwell Ave, Knoxville, TN 37917$290,000Knoxville · 2 bd · 1,000 sq ft · 0.23 ac
1807 Marion St, Knoxville, TN 37921$299,999Knoxville · 3 bd · 1,000 sq ft · 0.08 ac
139 Branam Hollow Lane, Gatlinburg, TN 37738$365,000Gatlinburg · 2 bd · 1,000 sq ft · 1 ac
945 Green Bay Drive, Sevierville, TN 37876$429,000Sevierville · 2 bd · 1,000 sq ft · 0.42 ac
932 N Highland Drive, Gatlinburg, TN 37738$515,000Gatlinburg · 2 bd · 1,000 sq ft · 0.42 ac
2055 Boyds Creek Hwy, Sevierville, TN 37876$590,000Sevierville · 3 bd · 1,000 sq ft · 3.72 ac

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