Buchanan, Tennessee.
Typical home $288,722 (+7.4% in a year). Paris, TN metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$897 (+145%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $19,996 +7%
- $268,726$288,722 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $79,479 +38%
- $209,243$288,722 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.
- Buchanan$1,515
- Tennessee$1,737
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 11 years.
Typical home values in Buchanan, TN rose 7.4% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Buchanan, Henry County, Tennessee
Buchanan, in Henry County, had 71 people in the 2020 census. Unemployment in Henry County was 4.4% in August 2026, and the county had 1.1% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Henry County work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.
Written by AI Claude Haiku 5.5 wrote this on 22 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Buchanan is a small community in Henry County, in western Tennessee, where people tend to know one another. Winters are cold and snow comes only now and then, while summers are hot. Rain falls often through the year.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, or in manufacturing. Others work in local shops, restaurants, hotels and entertainment. Across Henry County, jobs grew a little over the past year, and joblessness has risen slightly since last year.
Things to do. Fort Donelson National Battlefield, an archaeological site a longer drive away, preserves the ground of a Civil War fort. Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge, a protected area a short drive away, is a place for quiet walks among wildlife. Paris Landing State Park, also a protected area a short drive away, offers a place to spend a day outdoors.
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What people in Henry County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Henry County had 11,900 jobs in 2025, 1.1% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 46° and lows near 27°; warmest in July, with highs near 88° and lows near 68°. About 5 inches of snow and 55 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Paris Southeast weather station, 11 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Henry County
- Henry County Medical CenterGeneral hospital500FTE
- Henry County SchoolsSchool district481FTE
- DanaAutomotive parts manufacturer467
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters357
- Paris SchoolsSchool district246FTE
- McCartney ProduceFresh fruits, vegetables and berries merchant wholesalers202
- AllegionDoor and jamb assemblies, metal, manufacturing183
- Tosh Pork HQSwine production company173
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 37 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 3,908 people in all across the county; Buchanan has none of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Cold wavesVery high
- LightningRelatively high
- Strong windRelatively high
- Winter weatherRelatively high
- TornadoesRelatively high
- DroughtRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Buchanan’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Henry County and the Paris, TN metro.
Buchanan home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Buchanan$288,722
- Tennessee$330,844
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 5 Buchanan listings — the market is cooling.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Buchanan20.40%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Buchanan33
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Zip codes with a Buchanan address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Buchanan — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.