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Housing in Ducktown

A typical Ducktown home is worth roughly $172,000

Typical home value
$172K
TN $334K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,090
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$726
TN $1,442

What kind of housing town is Ducktown?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Ducktown

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You could afford about
$288,000
Typical Ducktown home $172K

That covers a typical Ducktown home, with $116K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$970
Loan $850Tax $70Insurance $50

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,090 a month here, $120 more 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.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,090

Renters already here pay a median of $577, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$750
1 bedroom$830
2 bedrooms$1,090
3 bedrooms$1,430
4 bedrooms$1,450
48%
of households rent · TN 33%
104
renter households
$577
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Cleveland, TN MSA): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

The homes

52% of Ducktown households own their home

Half of Ducktown’s homes were built before 1976.

Owners and renters
Own 52%Rent 48%

Tennessee: 67% own.

1976
typical home built · TN 1987
$726
median property tax bill · TN $1,442
7%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.

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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. 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.

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