Zip lookup · TN

38547
Carthage, Tennessee.

Carthage, Smith County, TN · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN metro · population 2,088

What it costs per month · 38547 $1,776/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$940 (+112%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $17,682 +6%
$320,653$338,335 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $50,877 +18%
$287,458$338,335 since Sep 2021

Monthly payment to buy the typical home

Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.

$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 38547 $1,776 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 38547$1,776
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 21 years.

Typical home values in zip 38547 rose 5.5% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

Zillow also publishes an index for the city itself: Carthage, TN — measured over the city limits, which is a different area from this zip.

Typical home value $338,335 as of Sep 2026
+5.5%year on year

Typical home value — 38547

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$200,000 $300,000 $400,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 38547 $338,335 Nashville $448,896 United States $366,157
$200,000 $300,000 $400,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 38547$338,335
  • Nashville$448,896
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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3.3 38563 Gordonsville 1,826 — $311,900
5.3 38567 Hickman 1,065 — $315,646
5.4 37012 Alexandria 2,118 — $289,870
8.8 37184 Watertown 7,289 — $424,314
8.9 38569 Lancaster 390 — $434,684
9.2 37030 Carthage 8,183 — $278,003
9.6 38560 Elmwood 1,432 — $296,873
11.5 37151 Riddleton 457 — $302,726
11.8 37095 Liberty 1,697 — $282,740
11.9 38552 Chestnut Mound 472 — $269,510
12.2 38548 Buffalo Valley 1,154 — $286,715
12.6 37059 Dowelltown 1,590 — $260,398
14.1 37016 Auburntown 900 — $409,473
14.7 38582 Silver Point 1,729 — $362,583
16.2 37090 Lebanon 19,774 $1,556 $452,329
16.5 38564 Granville 501 — $240,024
16.9 37145 Pleasant Shade 2,442 — $252,767
17.0 37087 Lebanon 56,655 $1,692 $437,530
17.7 37057 Dixon Springs 1,016 — $294,679
18.5 37118 Milton 1,094 — $614,941
19.4 38544 Baxter 8,175 — $295,350
19.8 37166 Smithville 15,731 — $284,712
19.9 37074 Hartsville 10,932 — $325,611

Coordinates and population from SimpleMaps US Zips (Basic). Rent and home values from Zillow Research.