Chuckey, Tennessee.
Typical home $255,862 (+2.4% in a year). Greeneville, TN metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$792 (+144%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $5,985 +2%
- $249,877$255,862 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $63,630 +33%
- $192,232$255,862 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.
- Chuckey$1,343
- Tennessee$1,737
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 12 years.
Typical home values in Chuckey, TN rose 2.4% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Chuckey, Greene County, Tennessee
The Census does not count Chuckey on its own, so the figures here are Greene County's. Half the county's households earn more than $56,194 a year and half less; 15% of the county's people live below the poverty line. 77% of the county's homes are lived in by their owners and 23% are rented. Unemployment in Greene County was 4.9% in August 2026, and the county had 0.5% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Greene County work in manufacturing, then schools and health care.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Chuckey is a town in Greene County, in the hills of east Tennessee. Most homes are lived in by their owners, and the community is middle-aged. Household incomes are modest, and a notable share of residents live below the poverty line. Winters are colder than in much of the South, with some snow, and summers are warm and wet.
Work. Residents work mainly in manufacturing, in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, and in professional and business services. Unemployment has edged up over the past year, and the number of jobs slipped slightly in the last year. A smaller share of adults holds a four-year degree than across the country, and few people work from home.
Things to do. Davy Crockett Birthplace State Park is a protected area in or beside town, so it is the easiest place to reach. The President Andrew Johnson Museum and Library is a museum a short drive away. The Watauga River, a river a longer drive away, suits those who enjoy being out on the water.
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- 28,400households
- 44.7median age
- 19%of adults have a degree
- 15%below the poverty line
- 26 mintypical commute
- 8%work from home
What people in Greene County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Greene County had 24,941 jobs in 2025, 0.5% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 48° and lows near 26°; warmest in July, with highs near 87° and lows near 65°. About 8 inches of snow and 46 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Greeneville Experiment Station weather station, 12 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Greene County
- Landair TransportGeneral freight trucking, long-distance, truckload1,010
- WalmartGeneral warehousing and storage866
- Greene County SchoolsSchool district825FTE
- John Deere Power ProductsLawn and garden equipment manufacturing745
- Greeneville Community HospitalGeneral hospital503FTE
- Greeneville SchoolsSchool district499FTE
- American GreetingsGift wrap made from purchased materials487
- Smoky Mountain Family Farms LLC - Midway TN FarmTomato farming, field, bedding plant and seed production478
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 66 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 10,851 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); 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
- LightningRelatively high
- LandslidesRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Greene County, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. 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 Greene County and the Greeneville, TN metro.
Chuckey home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Chuckey$255,862
- Tennessee$330,844
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 3 Chuckey listings — the market is roughly in balance.
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.
- Chuckey34.73%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Chuckey25
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Chuckey7
Zip codes with a Chuckey address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Chuckey — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.