A typical Bruceton home is worth about $147,000
About the same as a year ago, 56% below the Tennessee typical home.
What kind of housing town is Bruceton?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
A typical home costs 3.2 years of income
Less than across Tennessee (4.8 years). Try your own numbers below.
That covers a typical Bruceton home, with $29K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $940 a month here, $70 more than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Bruceton’s typical property tax (0.84% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
Up 27.6% in five years
About the same pace as Tennessee (24.8%).
Show as a table
| January | Bruceton | Tennessee |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $83,000 | $174,000 |
| 2018 | $87,000 | $187,000 |
| 2019 | $90,000 | $198,000 |
| 2020 | $97,000 | $215,000 |
| 2021 | $102,000 | $238,000 |
| 2022 | $126,000 | $287,000 |
| 2023 | $139,000 | $313,000 |
| 2024 | $144,000 | $326,000 |
| 2025 | $146,000 | $334,000 |
| 2026 | $147,000 | $333,000 |
| August 2026 | $147,000 | $334,000 |
A typical Bruceton home worth $83K in September 2016 is worth about $147K today.
Zillow Home Value Index: the typical value of all homes (middle third), smoothed and seasonally adjusted, through August 2026.
A two-bedroom rents for about $940
Renters already here pay a median of $625, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Benton County, TN): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
2 new homes permitted in 2025
Builders were permitted 2 new homes in Bruceton in 2025, all single-family houses. That's 1.4 per 1,000 residents, slower than across Tennessee (7.8). Over the past 10 years, Bruceton has permitted 11 homes in all.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Bruceton gained 29 residents while 7 new homes were permitted: about 4.1 new residents per new home. Population grew faster than building, so existing homes filled up: a sign of tight supply. Across Tennessee: 2 new residents per new home.
Every year as a table
| Year | New homes | Single-family | 2+ per building | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | 3 | 3 | 0 | $547,000 |
| 2025 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $412,000 |
| 2024 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $405,000 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2022 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $350,000 |
| 2021 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $190,000 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $125,000 |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $125,000 |
| 2015 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $267,000 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $65,000 |
| 2013 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $147,000 |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $245,000 |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2003 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $425,000 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $115,000 |
| 2001 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $239,000 |
| 2000 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $239,000 |
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
72% of Bruceton households own their home
Half of Bruceton’s homes were built before 1964.
Tennessee: 67% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.
Bruceton vs. its neighbors
The towns that share a border with Bruceton. Tap one to see its housing page.
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| Town | Typical value | 1-yr change | 2-bed rent | New homes 2025 | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruceton | $147K | +0.2% | $940 | 2 | $45,469 |
| Hollow Rock | $148K | +5.7% | $930 | — | $40,000 |
Typical value: Zillow Home Value Index; * Census median home value where Zillow has none. † FHFA price index change where Zillow has none. Rent: HUD Fair Market Rent. New homes: Census building permits.
On the market in Bruceton
Listed in the past 60 days. Each opens on the listing site.
Neighbors talk housing
What Bruceton buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research, August 2026. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. New homes: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.