How old are the starter homes in East Tennessee? The year-built bands

East Tennessee has 1,840 active starter homes right now. The median asking price is $239,000, and the median home states 1,064 square feet. Starter homes are 14.8% of the 12,419 active listings in the edition. A starter home here is a home that states under 1,200 square feet or asks under $250,000.

The most starter homes were built from 1950 to 1979: 455 of the 1,838 that state a year, 25% of them. The median asking price there is $225,000.

1,840 active listings, asking a median $237,900 and 63 days listed.

The median starter home was built in 1985, among 1,838 homes that state a year.

The oldest was built in 1889, at 414 Emory Drive, Harriman, TN 37748 in Harriman. The newest was built in 2026, at 131 W Anderson Ave 101, Knoxville, TN 37917 in Knoxville.

Five year-built bands hold a home. The others: before 1950 has 362, from 1980 to 1999 has 439, from 2000 to 2014 has 290 and in 2015 or later has 292.

The median asking price is $223,250 for homes built before 1950 and $297,000 for homes built from 2000 to 2014.

Year built is what the listing states. It says when a home was built, not how it has been kept.

The most starter homes state 1,000 to 1,199 square feet: 632 of the 1,838 that state a size, 34% of them. The median asking price there is $285,000.

Knoxville has the most starter homes, 334 of the 1,840, with a median asking price of $260,000. Sevierville comes next with 166.

The most starter homes ask $250,000 and up: 720 of the 1,812 priced homes, 40% of them. The median home in that band states 1,024 square feet.

Six new starter homes came on the market since the last edition, with a median stated size of 1,140 square feet.

The median starter home had been on the market 63 days, counted to this edition from the listing's own date, among 1,840 homes that state one.

Of the 12,419 active listings in the edition, 1,840 are starter homes, 14.8% of the market.

Every price on this page is an asking price on an active listing, taken from the MLS listings as of our latest check. A starter home here is a home that states under 1,200 square feet or asks under $250,000. A small home that asks more and a larger home that asks less are both counted. Asking price per square foot is a listing's asking price divided by its stated size, so it is an asking figure and nothing more. Two homes state no size and are left out of every size figure. A median needs three homes or it is left out.

Each row of the size and city tables below opens the homes behind it, so a count can be checked against the homes it counts. The city table lists the twelve cities with the most starter homes.

This page leaves a lot out on purpose. It does not read remarks or condition, and it says nothing about who a home is for or where anyone should look. What it can do is count the homes, size them by stated square feet and show where each one is.

The cards under the chart show the newest starter homes first. The search above them looks through every active listing, so a home that is not among the cards can still be found by city, price or size.