Counties / Tennessee / Henderson County

Henderson County, TN

FIPS 47077 · population 27,980 · outside every metro area

$219k
Zillow home value · 2026-06
The numbers

What this county costs and earns

Everything here joins on the county FIPS code, so each figure comes from the agency that publishes it with no name matching in between.

Zillow home value
$219k
▲ 9.7% year over year
Zillow ZHVI · direct
ACS median gross rent
$745
occupied-unit survey; not current asking rent
Census ACS · surveyed
Gross yield
n/a
gross yield cannot be computed without measured market rent
requires both measured price and measured rent
HUD 2-bed standard
$925
the Section 8 payment standard
HUD Fair Market Rent · direct
Independent price check

Do two methods point the same way?

Zillow estimates a current home value. FHFA tracks repeat mortgage transactions. Their growth rates should be read side by side, not averaged.

Both annual signals move in the same direction
FHFA five-year cumulative+72.7%not annualized · through 2025
0%ZILLOW ZHVI2026-06+9.7%FHFA HPI2025+9.5%
Annual changes use different methods and may use different periods. The comparison checks direction and magnitude; it does not create a blended estimate. Zillow county ZHVI pulled 2026-07-26; FHFA annual county HPI pulled 2026-07-28.
Owner-reported value$165k
Surveyed gross rent$745
Rent burden 30%+41.3%
Median year built1988
Housing composition

Who occupies the stock—and what it is

ACS 2024 5-year
15.8%vacant
12,963estimated housing units
Occupied tenure26.8% renter
owner 73.2%renter 26.8%
Structure mix72.2% single-family
Single-family 72.2%20+ units 0.4%Mobile home 22.9%Other 4.5%
ACS estimates describe the standing housing stock and occupied tenure. They do not measure current listings, transaction prices or asking rents.

Survey source: Census ACS 5-year — county housing value, tenure and stock · ACS 2024 5-year · pulled 2026-07-30. These values describe different housing universes and are not combined into gross yield.

Annual average covered jobs8,199▼ 2.7% from the prior annual release
Covered establishments576annual average reporting locations
Average weekly wage$960▲ 5.7% from the prior annual release
Largest private supersectorTrade, transportation, and utilities33.2% of disclosed private covered jobs
Local labor base

Jobs, pay and private-sector concentration

2025
0%COVERED JOBS−2.7%WEEKLY WAGE+5.7%Trade, transportation, and utilities33.2%
Annual QCEW counts cover jobs located at reporting establishments. The industry share uses disclosed private covered employment; it is not a resident-employment measure or a forecast.

Workplace source: BLS QCEW — county employment and wages · annual county employment and wages 2025 vs 2024 · pulled 2026-07-31. QCEW counts covered jobs located in the county, not employed residents or the metro score’s CES/LAUS series.

County brief

What the local evidence says

01Decision frame

Henderson County presents a price-momentum-versus-income-and-exit-cost question rather than a settled cash-flow case; investors needing verified rent should investigate, while leveraged buyers should be cautious until expenses and leasing are documented. Zillow’s county median home value was $219,054 in 2026-06, up 9.70% year over year. Separately, FHFA’s 2025 repeat-transaction HPI rose 9.46% annually. These series broadly point upward, but differ in method and dated observation, and neither establishes a transaction price for a particular property.

02Housing economics

Market rent is not published, so gross yield cannot be computed. HUD’s $925 two-bedroom FMR is a payment standard, not an asking-rent estimate, and cannot fill that gap. The effective property-tax rate is 0.48%, a carrying-cost input beside property-specific tax bills, insurance, financing, repairs and vacancy that are not published. Modeled climate loss is 0.17% of building value per year, and earthquake is the dominant hazard; the ratio does not price insurance or a particular building’s loss exposure.

03Demand & competition

Demand evidence is mixed. Tax-return migration was net positive by 111 households, and entrants’ average AGI exceeded leavers’ by the supplied $9,211 gap, supportive but not proof of tenant demand. Investors accounted for 15.42% of 253 purchase mortgages, indicating some buyer competition rather than all-cash activity or the full buyer mix. QCEW reports 8,199 annual average covered jobs at county workplaces in 2025, down 2.73%. Trade, transportation, and utilities held 33.20% of private covered employment, a concentration to test rather than a description of the whole economy.

04Risk & next checks

Realtor.com listing-market evidence shows more visible active supply year over year, longer median marketing time, and price reductions; its pending-to-active ratio is a listing-flow measure, not closed sales or standalone proof of buyer demand. Underwrite to property-level achieved rents, lease-up, operating costs, insurance availability and earthquake deductibles, tax assessments, condition, and recent closed comparables. Their absence prevents a gross-yield, debt-service, stabilized-expense, or resale-value conclusion; the county signals only identify where diligence should focus.

Cities & communities

Where people live within Henderson County

Census-recognized incorporated places and CDPs that intersect this county. The list does not pretend to include every neighborhood or informal community.

Population scale

Largest Census places

ACS 2024 5-year
Lexington city8KScotts Hill town*1.1KParker's Crossroads city615Darden CDP582Sardis town536Chesterfield CDP356Wildersville CDP78Luray CDP77
Bars use total place population, not a county-share estimate. An asterisk marks a place that crosses a county line.
Official directory

9 Census places

Population
  1. 01
    Lexington cityIncorporated place
    7,962
  2. 02
    Scotts Hill townIncorporated place · spans 2 counties
    1,083
  3. 03
    Parker's Crossroads cityIncorporated place
    615
  4. 04
    Darden CDPCensus-designated place
    582
  5. 05
    Sardis townIncorporated place
    536
  6. 06
    Chesterfield CDPCensus-designated place
    356
  7. 07
    Wildersville CDPCensus-designated place
    78
  8. 08
    Luray CDPCensus-designated place
    77
  9. 09
    Huron CDPCensus-designated place
    0

Population is the total place-wide ACS estimate, not an allocated county share. A place crossing a county line is labelled explicitly. Source: Census ACS 5-year — cities and communities · ACS 2024 5-year · pulled 2026-07-30.

Risk, demand and competition

The three things a price does not tell you

01
Risk & carrying costFEMA NRI + Census ACS
Dominant hazardearthquake

0.171% of building value expected lost per year

Effective property tax0.48%

$794 median annual bill

02
DemandIRS SOI household flows
Net migration+111

614 in · 503 out

Arriving vs leaving income+$9,211

$48,976 arriving · $39,765 leaving

03
CompetitionHMDA financed purchases
Purchases by investors15.4%

39 of 253 mortgages

investorother financed
Current listing pressure

What sellers and visible supply are doing

Realtor.com® Economic Research · county inventory 2026-06 · pulled 2026-07-28
Active listings69▲ 16.0% year over year
Median days on market69▲ 1.8% year over year
Listings price-reduced19.1%seller-concession signal
Median listing pricen/a▲ 31.9% year over year

Listing price is an asking price, not a closed sale. Quality-flagged county rows are withheld instead of displayed.

No rent index is published for this county.Zillow’s county rent series does not cover every county, and estimating one from a neighbouring county would be a guess wearing a number’s clothes. Everything above is measured here; no wider market is mapped for it either.
Bear case

What can break the county thesis

  1. Unpublished market rent and operating costs could make property cash flow inadequate.
  2. Covered workplace employment contraction and industry concentration could weaken tenant and buyer depth.
  3. Earthquake insurance, deductibles, and property-specific condition could exceed county-level modeled exposure.
Underwriting questions

Before pricing a property

Can gross yield be calculated from this record?

No. Market rent is not published, and HUD FMR is a payment standard rather than market rent.

Does the record show listing-market supply or concession pressure?

Yes. Realtor.com reports rising active listings, longer marketing time, and price reductions; these are MLS listing signals, not closed-sale evidence.

Is covered workplace employment expanding?

No. QCEW annual average covered jobs at county workplaces declined 2.73% in 2025.