Hixson, Tennessee.
, asking rent $1,575 (+3.5%). Chattanooga, TN-GA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$960 (+124%) since Jan 2020.
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.
- Tennessee$1,737
- United States$1,922
Asking rents in Hixson, TN rose 3.5% over the past year — faster than the nation's +2.7%.
Living in Hixson, Hamilton County, Tennessee
The Census does not count Hixson on its own, so the figures here are Hamilton County's. Half the county's households earn more than $76,183 a year and half less; 13% of the county's people live below the poverty line. 64% of the county's homes are lived in by their owners and 36% are rented. Unemployment in Hamilton County was 3.5% in August 2026, and the county had 0.7% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Hamilton 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Hixson is a community in Hamilton County, in the Chattanooga area of southeastern Tennessee. Across the county, most homes are lived in by their owners, and rents are typical for the region. A sizable share of residents live below the poverty line, and a substantial share of adults hold a four-year degree. Winters are cool and summers are hot, snow is rare, and rain falls steadily through the year.
Work. Across Hamilton County, many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, manufacturing, shops, and professional and business services. Unemployment is low, and the number of jobs dipped slightly in the most recent year. Commutes are typically short, and a modest share of workers work from home.
Things to do. The Tennessee Aquarium, a short drive away, is an aquarium that draws visitors of all ages. Chickamauga Lake, also a short drive away, is a reservoir suited to boating and time outdoors. Ruby Falls, a longer drive away, is a waterfall and tourist attraction.
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- 154,181households
- 39.5median age
- 38%of adults have a degree
- 13%below the poverty line
- 22 mintypical commute
- 14%work from home
What people in Hamilton County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Hamilton County had 219,580 jobs in 2025, 0.7% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 48° and lows near 28°; warmest in July, with highs near 88° and lows near 66°. About 4 inches of snow and 63 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Soddy Daisy-mowbray Mountain weather station, 8 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Hamilton County
- Hamilton County SchoolsSchool district6,512FTE
- USXpressContainer trucking services, long-distance6,267
- Erlanger Medical CenterGeneral hospital5,590FTE
- BlueCross BlueShield of TennesseeHealth insurance carriers, direct5,310
- Volkswagen Group of America, Chattanooga OperationsChassis, automobile, manufacturing3,981
- McKee FoodsCroutons and bread crumbs made in commercial bakeries3,175
- City of ChattanoogaExecutive offices, federal, state, and local2,618
- Memorial Health Care SystemGeneral hospital2,420FTE
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 445 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 82,961 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
- TornadoesRelatively high
- Strong windRelatively high
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
- Winter weatherRelatively high
- Ice stormsRelatively high
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Hamilton County, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. 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 Hamilton County and the Chattanooga, TN-GA metro.
Hixson home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 3 Hixson listings, and the typical home goes pending in 32 days — the market is cooling.
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.
- Hixson39.84%
- United States26.90%
Days to pending
How long the typical listing takes to go under contract.
- Hixson32
- United States27
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Hixson209
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Hixson59
Sale-to-list ratio
Above 100%, homes sell over asking; below, buyers negotiate wins.
- Hixson98.29%
Zip codes with a Hixson address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Hixson — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.