Grimsley, Tennessee.
Typical home $261,354 (+3.3% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$621 (+83%) since Feb 2022.
- 1 year
- Up $8,395 +3%
- $252,959$261,354 since Sep 2025
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.
- Grimsley$1,372
- Tennessee$1,737
- United States$1,922
Typical home values in Grimsley, TN rose 3.3% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Grimsley, Fentress County, Tennessee
Grimsley, in Fentress County, had 1,219 people in the 2020 census. 90% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 10% are rented. Unemployment in Fentress County was 3.5% in August 2026, and the county had 3.1% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Fentress County work in schools and health care, then shops.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Grimsley is a small community in Fentress County, Tennessee, where nearly all homes are lived in by their owners. Household incomes across the county run on the modest side, and a four-year degree is less common here than across much of the country. Winters are cold, with January the coldest month, a little snow most years, and plenty of rain through the seasons; summers are warm.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, in manufacturing and in the building trades. Across Fentress County, the largest workplaces include Fentress County Schools, Walmart and Signature Healthcare. Unemployment in the county is a little lower than a year ago, and the county has added jobs over the past year.
Things to do. The country around Grimsley is good for people who like rivers and woods, though each of these is a longer drive away. Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area is a large protected area, and Ozone Falls is a waterfall. Sgt. Alvin C. York State Historic Park is a protected area, and the Obed River offers a river setting nearby.
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- 13%of adults have a degree
- 6%below the poverty line
- 8%work from home
What people in Fentress County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Fentress County had 5,947 jobs in 2025, 3.1% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 44° and lows near 27°; warmest in July, with highs near 82° and lows near 64°. About 13 inches of snow and 60 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Allardt weather station, 10 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Fentress County
- Fentress County SchoolsSchool district389FTE
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters213
- Signature HealthcareSkilled nursing facilities89
- Quality Home HealthHome health agencies48
- Alvin C. York Agricultural Institute SchoolsSchool district45FTE
- JamestownMail and parcel delivery25
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 4 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 375 people in all across the county; Grimsley has none of its own. School districts come 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
- LightningVery high
- Cold wavesRelatively high
- Winter weatherRelatively high
- Strong windRelatively high
- HailRelatively moderate
- Tornadoesrelatively high in parts of GrimsleyRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Grimsley’s census tracts, 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 Fentress County.
Grimsley home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Grimsley$261,354
- Tennessee$330,844
- United States$366,157
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
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Grimsley6
Zip codes with a Grimsley address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Grimsley — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.