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Cheapest Counties to Buy a House in Tennessee (2026)

Lake has the lowest home prices of any county in Tennessee, at $113,982, followed by Lauderdale and Hardeman. Source: Zillow Research, Zillow 2026-06. The full ranking of the top 25 counties is below.

Data updated June 2026 - Source: Zillow Research

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Cheapest counties for home prices in Tennessee

Top 25 of 95 counties with data.

Ranked by typical home value (Zillow Research, Zillow 2026-06), lowest first.

Cheapest counties for home prices in Tennessee
RankCountyValue
1Lake$113,982
2Lauderdale$142,798
3Hardeman$163,272
4Obion$168,303
5Chester$172,285
6Perry$175,707
7Haywood$175,946
8McNairy$177,053
9Dyer$177,378
10Hancock$180,167
11Gibson$184,340
12Carroll$184,631
13Wayne$187,855
14Decatur$188,052
15Scott$190,030
16Benton$193,538
17Weakley$198,771
18Crockett$199,868
19Hickman$200,203
20Grundy$215,826
21Hardin$215,880
22Henderson$219,054
23Clay$219,324
24Morgan$220,978
25Shelby$222,012

How this ranking works

This page ranks Tennessee counties by typical home value, sorted so the cheapest places appear first. Click any county to see its housing, schools, crime, and demographics in detail.

For home prices, a lower value is generally more favorable, so the top of the list is the lowest. Want to weigh home prices against schools, taxes, commute, and more at once? Use the live map to build a custom match.

Data comes from public sources. Source attribution and the exact data vintage are shown above and on the full map of typical home value.

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