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August 21, 2026· Updated October 3, 2026
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Oak Ridge, TN Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For

What homes actually sell for in Oak Ridge: a median closing price of $399,950 across 338 closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, plus the full price spread and a ZIP-level breakdown.

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Oak Ridge, TN Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For

If you invest in or around Oak Ridge, the number that matters is what homes actually close for, not what sellers are asking. Here is what Oak Ridge sale prices look like right now, built from the closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, as of October 2026.

The snapshot

  • •Closings tracked, last 6 months: 338
  • •Median sold price, last 6 months: $399,950
  • •Median sold $/sqft, last 6 months: $187
  • •Middle half of sales closed between: $280,000 and $496,300

What the numbers say

Resideline tracked 338 closed sales in Oak Ridge over the last six months, with a median closing price of $399,950. That median is the midpoint of what buyers actually paid, not what sellers hoped to get, which is why it moves differently from the asking prices you see on listing sites. The middle half of those sales closed between $280,000 and $496,300. That spread matters more than the headline median: where a specific property sits inside it decides whether the citywide number helps you or misleads you. These are the closings Resideline tracks and may differ from complete county or municipal records. 93% of the Oak Ridge closings we track here are single-family houses, so these figures primarily reflect that segment, and the citywide $/sqft figure primarily reflects that segment as well. Across the 336 closings with usable living area, the middle half sold between $167 and $217 per square foot.

Figures last updated October 3, 2026 from closings Resideline tracked.

Median home price in Oak Ridge, TN (October 2026)

The median home price in Oak Ridge is $399,950, measured across the 338 closed sales Resideline tracked over the last six months. The middle half of those sales closed between $280,000 and $496,300.

Where Oak Ridge sale prices land

What homes actually sell for in Oak Ridge
Closed sale prices over the last six months. Middle half of sales: $280k to $496k
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$140k to $223k: 28 sales$140k$223k to $307k: 58 sales$307k to $390k: 56 sales$307k$390k to $473k: 80 sales80sales$473k to $556k: 36 sales$473k$556k to $640k: 20 sales$640k to $723k: 13 sales$640k$723k to $806k: 14 salesMedian $400k

Medians hide the shape of a market. The distribution above covers the closed sales Resideline tracked in Oak Ridge over the last six months that carry a usable sale date, trimmed to the 5th through 95th percentile, with the middle half of sales closing between $280,000 and $496,300. Among the 70 Tennessee markets with a published band, Oak Ridge's middle-half spread ($280,000 to $496,300) ranks 41st from the narrowest. Where your target property sits inside that spread matters more than the citywide median.

Median sold price per square foot
Oak Ridge monthly medians for the complete months inside the last six months, May 2026 to Sep 2026, among qualifying closings with usable living area. 5 months plotted.
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May 2026: $182 per square foot across 67 sales$182MayJun 2026: $177 per square foot across 78 sales$177JunJul 2026: $188 per square foot across 58 sales$188JulAug 2026: $193 per square foot across 47 sales$193AugSep 2026: $199 per square foot across 28 sales$199Sep

How long a sale takes here

  • •Listed to under contract: a median of 11 days, across 222 Oak Ridge closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
  • •Contract to closing: a median of 32 days, across 230 Oak Ridge closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
Both are measured from the closings themselves, not from listing inventory. Each sale is timed using its own listing and contract dates. That is why these counts are smaller than the 338 closings above: a sale is counted here only when we hold both of its dates.

The Oak Ridge angle

Oak Ridge asks you to look below the median as carefully as above it. Across 338 closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, the median closed sale price was $399,950, and the middle half of sales closed between $280,000 and $496,300. The distance from the median down to the lower quartile is longer than the distance up to the upper quartile, which is the reverse of the usual shape and means the lower half of the record holds more of the variation. A comp pulled from beneath the center can move an estimate a long way, so match those with the same care you would apply to a high one.

Oak Ridge market data by ZIP code

Citywide medians hide block-by-block variation. Resideline publishes free, regularly refreshed market snapshots for Oak Ridge ZIP codes: 37830.

From market read to offer price

A market read is the backdrop. The decision still comes down to one property and one number: what it is actually worth and what you should pay. Every Resideline report opens with this same market snapshot for the subject's exact ZIP code, then gives you the property's value, the sold comps behind it, and a market rent estimate. Pricing a specific deal? The free ARV calculator, rehab cost estimator, BRRRR calculator and rental property calculator run the numbers in about a minute.

And we show our work. Every estimate is frozen while the home is for sale and graded against the real closing price after it sells. See the live accuracy dashboard for the receipts, or read how the Area Market Snapshot works.

Run any Oak Ridge address through Resideline and you will see the local market and the property's value together, in one report.

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Source: Resideline Market Watch
Market: Oak Ridge, TN
Geography: incorporated municipality, Census place 4755120
Data updated: October 2026
Analysis period: last six months
Tracked closings: 338
Median sold price: $399,950
Median sold $/sqft: $187 (336 qualifying)
Property mix: 93% houses
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The local market statistics in this report are calculated from closed sales tracked by Resideline. Transaction coverage may differ from complete county or municipal records.

Every local market figure on this page is computed from closed sales Resideline tracked in Oak Ridge over the last six months, and is refreshed when the data is. The closings we track within the Oak Ridge city limits are not limited to listing-service sales: they also include foreclosure deeds, estate and family transfers, and other off-market sales that portal medians exclude, which is why 12% of the 338 closings in this window never appeared on a listing service, and the median of MLS-listed sales alone was $405,000.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the median home price in Oak Ridge?

The median sold price in Oak Ridge over the last 6 months is $399,950, measured across 338 closings Resideline tracked.

How many homes sold in Oak Ridge last month?

Resideline has tracked 29 closed sales in Oak Ridge in September 2026 so far, out of 338 closings tracked over the last six months. The most recent month keeps filling in for several weeks as closings are recorded, so this count will rise. These are tracked samples of market activity, not official county totals.

What is the typical sale price range in Oak Ridge?

The middle half of Oak Ridge sales over the last six months closed between $280,000 and $496,300, with a median of $399,950.

What is the typical price per square foot in Oak Ridge?

Among qualifying Oak Ridge closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, the median sold price per square foot was $187, measured across 336 sales with usable living area. Median is used rather than average because outliers distort the mean.

Which side of the Oak Ridge market carries more variation?

The lower half. With the middle half of closings running from $280,000 to $496,300 around a median of $399,950, the gap between the median and the lower quartile is wider than the gap up to the upper quartile. That makes low comps unusually influential, so verify their match on the attributes you can confirm before weighting them into a value.

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