Dickson County Housing Market: Prices Rise 7% in the Third Quarter as New Listings Jump 29% and Homes Take Longer to Sell
The Dickson County housing market saw prices rise about 7% in the third quarter, but a 29% jump in new listings pushed September supply to 5.81 months.
Franklin, Tenn. — October 16, 2026
The Dickson County housing market, west of Nashville along Interstate 40, recorded more home sales at higher prices in the third quarter than a year earlier, but sellers there are now waiting noticeably longer for offers as new listings outpace buyer demand.
Dickson County housing market: third-quarter sales and prices
Closed sales of single-family homes and condominiums rose 5% to 208 in the July-through-September quarter, from 199 a year earlier, according to a quarterly report from Zeitlin Sotheby's International Realty based on Realtracs MLS data. The median sale price rose about 7% to $385,000 from $360,000, and the average sale price rose to $440,000 from $423,000. Homes spent an average of 47 days on the market before a seller accepted an offer, up 38% from 34 days a year earlier and more than double the 22-day average in the third quarter of 2022.
| Dickson County, July–September | This year | Year earlier |
|---|---|---|
| Closed sales | 208 | 199 |
| Median sale price | $385,000 | $360,000 |
| Average sale price | $440,000 | $423,000 |
| Average days on market | 47 | 34 |
Source: Zeitlin Sotheby's International Realty, based on Realtracs MLS data.
The supply side moved faster than sales. New listings during the quarter rose 29% from a year earlier, and inventory at the end of September stood at 440 homes, up 9%. Most activity remained at the lower end of the market: 164 closings, or about 79% of the quarter's sales, were below $500,000, up 4% from a year earlier. Sales between $500,000 and $1 million rose 6% to 37, and seven homes sold between $1 million and $2 million, compared with six a year earlier. No sales above $2 million were recorded in either period.
Dickson County supply reaches 5.81 months
Monthly figures show how much that new supply has loosened the market. Dickson County closed 72 residential sales in September at a median price of $345,500 and an average of $435,253, with homes averaging 47 days on the market and 5.81 months of supply, according to Realtracs data in a ten-county report by Nashville broker Grant Hammond of Compass, with a report date of Oct. 4. That was the third-highest supply figure in the region, behind Davidson County at 6.46 months and Montgomery County at 5.83, and above the regional figure of 5.41. Hammond defines supply below four months as favoring sellers, four to six months as balanced, and above six as favoring buyers. He wrote that buyers have more negotiating room than at any point this year and named Dickson among the counties where buyers should ask for price, closing-cost and rate-buydown concessions on listings that have been on the market for more than 45 to 60 days.
The monthly and quarterly medians differ because they cover different periods and were drawn from separate data pulls; Hammond notes that early-month Realtracs figures are preliminary and tend to be revised as agents finish entering closings.
What listing and deed data show
Other data sources point in the same direction. In the city of Dickson, the median listing price in September was $389,450, down 4.9% from a year earlier, while active listings rose about 13% to 337 and the median listing spent 63 days on the market, 22% longer than a year ago, according to Realtor.com. Realtor.com classified the city as a balanced market, with homes selling at about their asking price on average. TopHap, which tracks recorded deeds rather than MLS listings, put the county's median recorded sale price at $348,000 through September, up 3.4% from a year earlier, with 936 sales over the prior 12 months.
How Dickson compares with the Nashville region
The slowdown in Dickson County mirrors the wider region. Across the ten Middle Tennessee counties Hammond tracks, new contracts fell 3% in September from a year earlier while active inventory rose 8% to 14,249 homes, and the average time from listing to contract reached 63 days. Hammond attributed the shift largely to financing costs, noting that the 30-year fixed rate in Freddie Mac's weekly survey rose to 7.28% on Oct. 1 from 6.49% at the end of June. Even so, Dickson's median price remains well below the regional median of $444,169, which keeps the county among the more affordable options within commuting distance of Nashville.
Sources
- Zeitlin Sotheby's International Realty, Dickson County Q3 2026 market report (Realtracs MLS data): https://marketupdates.sothebysrealty.com/marketupdate/zeitlinsir/greater_nashville_area/dickson_county
- Grant Hammond, "Middle Tennessee Real Estate Market Update September 2026" (Realtracs MLS, report date Oct. 4, 2026; updated Oct. 5, 2026): https://www.granthammond.com/market-analysis/nashville-housing-market/middle-tennessee-real-estate-market-update-september-2026/
- Realtor.com, Dickson, TN Housing Market Report (September 2026): https://www.realtor.com/local/market/tennessee/dickson-county/dickson
- TopHap, Dickson County, TN Housing Market (deed records through September 2026): https://www.tophap.com/market/DICKSON-COUNTY-TN/county/47043