What Homes Cost in Knoxville
You've gotta live somewhere... right? From a Sequoyah Hills brick Tudor with a circular driveway to a Fourth and Gill shotgun bungalow with carpenter bees included, Knoxville has a variety of places and ways to make a home. Here's what you can expect.
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What Does Home Look Like in Knoxville?
Prices, house styles, and the rental fine print locals wish someone had told them sooner.
Home prices are
shockingly reasonable unless you want Sequoyah Hills, then you're suddenly facing coastal living prices.
Homes in Knoxville are typically
brick ranches with bonus rooms that nobody can define the purpose of, but they make great entertainment rooms for college football fanatics.
The dream house would be
historic Craftsman in Fourth and Gill with original hardwoods and zero foundation issues.
The reality is that it will most likely be
1980s split-level in Farragut with popcorn ceilings you'll learn to ignore.
I'll live anywhere except
anywhere requiring a 40-minute commute on I-40 during UT home games (hint - take the I-640 Loop).
As long as I'm close to
Neyland Stadium, Thompson-Boling Arena, Market Square, the Greenway, or at least a Weigel's with clean bathrooms.
Stereotypical architecture is
tan brick everything with the occasional midcentury moderne pretending it's Nashville.
Sought-after views
Smoky Mountain or Tennessee River sunsets, not your neighbor's above-ground pool and trampoline graveyard.
HOAs around here are
either nonexistent and freeing or bizarrely obsessed with mailbox paint codes.
Ready to See If Knoxville Fits You?
Compare neighborhoods, check the routes, or head back to the full Knoxville guide for the bigger picture.