Both Zillow county and Realtor inventory observations are labeled 2026-06. Zillow's median home value was $130,478, down 1.92% year over year, while Realtor.com's MLS median listing price fell 7.03%. Wolfe County's decision tension is that value measure against weakening listing-market signals and unverified income; investors requiring cash flow or sale liquidity should investigate carefully. Zillow is a value measure; the Realtor figure is asking-price evidence, not a closed-sale result. No FHFA annual HPI is published, so repeat-transaction appreciation cannot test Zillow's direction.
Effective property tax is 0.55%; each parcel's assessment and exemptions need validation. Market rent is not published, so gross yield cannot be computed. HUD's two-bedroom FMR of $866 per month is a payment standard, not an asking-rent estimate, and cannot fill that gap. Unpublished insurance, utilities, repairs, financing and rent comps prevent a cash-flow or net-yield conclusion.
Realtor.com shows 40 active MLS listings, up 26.98%, with median marketing time of 88 days, 21.33% of listings reduced, and a 16.25% pending-to-active ratio. These measures indicate visible supply, seller concessions and marketing time; they neither establish buyer demand nor indicate sale execution. QCEW's 2025 annual average records 1,594 covered jobs at county workplaces, up 1.92%; its average weekly wage is a covered-worker measure, not resident income. Education and health services is the largest disclosed private supersector, at 33.73% of private covered employment, not the whole county economy.
Tax-return migration is negative at -45, yet the supplied average-AGI gap favors movers in by $10,083; that combination shows fewer moving tax households overall but higher reported income among arrivals, without identifying tenure or destination. Investor purchase mortgages represented 31.71% of 41 purchases, making buyer competition relevant but based on a small count rather than evidence of price support. Inland flood is the dominant hazard, with modeled annual climate loss of 0.30% of building value. Parcel flood exposure, insurance quotes, closed sales and vacancy data are needed next.