Housing Market in Jackson
Jackson's housing market runs genuinely affordable and, per Redfin's most recent citywide read, softening slightly rather than overheated -- a real, disclosed contrast with the single-zip-code figure that shows a modest increase instead.
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Learn moreA real, disclosed disagreement between citywide and single-zip figures
Redfin's citywide average sale price for December 2025 was $270,000, down 3.6% year-over-year, with the market scoring 56/100 ('somewhat competitive'). A separate source citing only the 38305 zip code (one of six Jackson zips) instead showed a $282,000 median for June 2026, up 1.5% YoY. These describe different scopes and time periods rather than conflicting measurements of the same thing -- treat the citywide figure as the more representative one for budgeting purposes, and pull current zip-specific data for a target neighborhood.
A genuinely affordable market relative to national and many regional benchmarks
At roughly $270K-$282K, Jackson's housing runs well below the national median home price and below several other Tier A Tennessee markets in this dataset (e.g. Knoxville's $325,000 median, itself already described as 19% below the national average). This affordability is a real, structural feature of the market, not a temporary dip.
What this pass could not confirm
A precise price-per-square-foot trend, days-on-market figure, and offer-count average for Jackson specifically were not independently resolved this pass the way they were for some other markets in this dataset (e.g. Marietta's 3-offer, 48-day figures) -- disclosed as a gap rather than estimated.
Key takeaways
- Redfin's December 2025 citywide average sale price was $270,000, down 3.6% YoY, with the market scoring 56/100 ('somewhat competitive').
- A separate, single-zip (38305) June 2026 figure showed $282,000, up 1.5% YoY -- not directly comparable to the citywide figure, and disclosed as such.
- Jackson's housing runs genuinely affordable relative to national benchmarks and several other Tennessee Tier A markets in this dataset.
- Days-on-market, offer-count, and price-per-square-foot trend figures specific to Jackson were not resolved this pass -- pull current listing data before budgeting.
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