A typical Dowelltown home is worth about $274,000
Up 4.7% in a year, 18% below the Tennessee typical home.
What kind of housing town is Dowelltown?
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What it takes to buy in Dowelltown
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That covers a typical Dowelltown home, with $15K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,160 a month here, $390 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, the Tennessee typical property tax (0.50% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
Up 27.2% in five years
About the same pace as Tennessee (24.8%).
Show as a table
| January | Dowelltown | Tennessee |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $127,000 | $174,000 |
| 2018 | $137,000 | $187,000 |
| 2019 | $147,000 | $198,000 |
| 2020 | $168,000 | $215,000 |
| 2021 | $190,000 | $238,000 |
| 2022 | $229,000 | $287,000 |
| 2023 | $242,000 | $313,000 |
| 2024 | $256,000 | $326,000 |
| 2025 | $266,000 | $334,000 |
| 2026 | $268,000 | $333,000 |
| August 2026 | $274,000 | $334,000 |
A typical Dowelltown home worth $122K in September 2016 is worth about $274K 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 $1,160
Renters already here pay a median of $695, 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 (DeKalb County, TN): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
66% of Dowelltown households own their home
Half of Dowelltown’s homes were built before 1973.
Tennessee: 67% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
Dowelltown vs. its neighbors
The towns that share a border with Dowelltown. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dowelltown | $274K | +4.7% | $1,160 | — | $35,313 |
| Liberty | $334K | +7.9% | $1,320 | 0 | $45,781 |
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.
Neighbors talk housing
What Dowelltown 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. 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.