Newbern, Tennessee.
Typical home $199,396 (+5.6% in a year). Dyersburg, TN metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$549 (+111%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $10,497 +6%
- $188,899$199,396 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $44,239 +29%
- $155,157$199,396 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.
- Newbern$1,047
- Tennessee$1,737
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 14 years.
Typical home values in Newbern, TN rose 5.6% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Newbern, Dyer County, Tennessee
Newbern is a town of 3,349 people in Dyer County. Half its households earn more than $58,455 a year and half less, against $58,154 across Dyer County; 18% of its people live below the poverty line. 66% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 34% are rented. Unemployment in Dyer County was 3.4% in August 2026, and the county had 0.5% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in manufacturing, then schools and health care.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Newbern is a small town in Dyer County, in the flat western part of Tennessee. Most homes are lived in by their owners, and household incomes sit close to the county's, with a fair share of residents living on tight budgets. Winters are cool and summers are hot, with plenty of rain through the year.
Work. Many residents work in manufacturing, in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, and in banks, insurance and property. Among the largest workplaces in Newbern are THE Hillshire Brands Company, Tennessee College of Applied Technology Northwest and Dyer Foods. Commutes are short, and the county has seen a slight dip in the number of jobs lately.
Things to do. The Middle Fork of the Forked Deer River is a short drive away. A longer drive leads to Reelfoot Lake, one of the best known lakes in the region, and to Reelfoot Lake State Park on its shores. Discovery Park of America, a museum, is also a longer drive away.
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- 1,470households
- 25%of adults have a degree
- 18%below the poverty line
- 17 mintypical commute
- 8%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Dyer County had 16,780 jobs in 2025, 0.5% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 47° and lows near 29°; warmest in July, with highs near 90° and lows near 71°. About 53 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Dyersburg Iii Golf weather station, 11 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Newbern
- THE Hillshire Brands CompanyAnimal slaughtering731
- Tennessee College of Applied Technology NorthwestTwo-year college98
- Dyer FoodsGrocery stores51
- THE Hillshire Brands CompanyGeneral warehousing and storage30
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 3 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 812 people in all. Colleges come from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24). 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
- EarthquakesVery high
- TornadoesVery high
- LightningVery high
- Ice stormsRelatively high
- Winter weatherRelatively high
- Strong windRelatively high
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Newbern’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very 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 Dyer County and the Dyersburg, TN metro.
Newbern home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Newbern$199,396
- Tennessee$330,844
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 Newbern 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.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Newbern19
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Newbern6
Zip codes with a Newbern address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Newbern — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.