Walling, Tennessee.
Typical home $275,695 (+9.7% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$854 (+144%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $24,395 +10%
- $251,299$275,695 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $70,425 +34%
- $205,270$275,695 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.
- Walling$1,447
- 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 Walling, TN rose 9.7% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Walling, White County, Tennessee
The Census does not count Walling on its own, so the figures here are White County's. Half the county's households earn more than $52,188 a year and half less; 13% 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 White County was 4.1% in August 2026, and the county had 1.4% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in White 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Walling is a small town in White County, in the hills of Tennessee's Upper Cumberland region. Most homes are lived in by their owners, and the county's population is fairly settled. Winters are cool, with January the coldest month, and summers are warm, peaking in July. The area gets a good deal of rain and melted snow over the year.
Work. Residents work mainly in manufacturing, in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, and in restaurants, hotels and entertainment. Joblessness across the county has eased a touch recently, though the number of jobs has slipped a little. Fewer adults hold a four-year degree than across the country as a whole, and many people commute some distance to work.
Things to do. Rock Island State Park, a waterfall a short drive away, is one of the closest options for an outing. The Collins River, also a short drive away, offers a riverside setting. Cumberland Caverns, a tourist attraction a longer drive away, is worth the trip for a day out.
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- 11,226households
- 43.5median age
- 15%of adults have a degree
- 13%below the poverty line
- 24 mintypical commute
- 10%work from home
What people in White County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. White County had 7,059 jobs in 2025, 1.4% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 48° and lows near 29°; warmest in July, with highs near 87° and lows near 68°. About 59 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Rock Island Sp weather station, 4 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in White County
- White County SchoolsSchool district615FTE
- Altium Packaging - SpartaBottles, plastics, manufacturing361
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters284
- THK Rhythm North AmericaAutomotive, truck and bus suspension assemblies and parts manufacturing213
- Hormann LLC - SpartaSheet metal work manufacturing189
- Dometic Marine ProductsTanks, storage, plastics or fiberglass, manufacturing180
- Life Care Center of SpartaSkilled nursing facilities178
- Jackson kayakBoats manufacturing132
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 21 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 2,683 people in all. 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
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
- Cold wavesRelatively moderate
- TornadoesRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across White County, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very 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 White County.
Walling home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Walling$275,695
- 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.
- Walling8
Zip codes with a Walling address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Walling — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.