Zip lookup · TN

37878
Townsend, Tennessee.

Townsend, Blount County, TN · Knoxville, TN metro · population 761

What it costs per month · 37878 $1,211/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$655 (+118%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $7,066 +3%
$223,687$230,754 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $41,456 +22%
$189,297$230,754 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 37878 $1,211 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 37878$1,211
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 18 years.

Typical home values in zip 37878 rose 3.2% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

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

Typical home value $230,754 as of Sep 2026
+3.2%year on year

Typical home value — 37878

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$150,000 $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 37878 $230,754 Knoxville $363,018 United States $366,157
$150,000 $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 37878$230,754
  • Knoxville$363,018
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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5.3 37803 Maryville 33,822 $2,073 $412,710
7.8 37801 Maryville 28,090 $1,764 $401,320
9.1 37882 Townsend 2,914 — $398,953
10.1 37885 Vonore 6,271 — $490,212
12.4 37742 Greenback 7,046 — $442,858
13.6 37737 Friendsville 7,081 — $434,484
13.8 37701 Alcoa 10,247 $1,747 $308,670
14.2 37886 Walland 3,670 — $426,463
14.6 37804 Maryville 27,382 $2,058 $357,126
16.6 37777 Louisville 12,877 $1,548 $450,002
17.3 37853 Rockford 3,365 — $337,340
18.8 28771 Robbinsville 7,567 — $224,682
18.8 37772 Lenoir City 14,646 $1,847 $508,172
19.6 37922 Knoxville 40,394 $1,873 $640,320

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