Hottest ZIP codes for real estate investors in Tennessee

Tennessee has 638 residential ZIP codes, of which 158 qualify for ranking by investor purchases per 100 single-family homes (12 months ending 2026-06-03, public-record counts, compiled 2026-07-05). The hottest ZIP in Tennessee is 38012 in Haywood County, with 110 recorded investor purchases — 2.5 per 100 homes. Data by HottestZip, powered by GoForClose.

The hottest ZIPs for investors in Tennessee

158 of 638 Tennessee ZIPs qualify for ranking — by recorded investor purchases per 100 single-family homes, 12 months ending 2026-06-03. Counted from public property records; here's exactly how.

#	ZIP	County	Investor purchaseslast 12 mo	Per 100 homesinvestor purchases	Share of salesbought by investors	Turnoverof all homes
1	38012	Haywood County	110	2.5	50%	4.9%
2	38127	Shelby County	317	2.3	48%	4.8%
3	38114	Shelby County	156	1.9	55%	3.5%
4	37915	Knox County	17	1.7	32%	5.2%
5	38118	Shelby County	147	1.5	41%	3.6%
6	37204	Davidson County	41	1.4	24%	6.0%
7	38111	Shelby County	187	1.4	31%	4.6%
8	37862	Sevier County	137	1.4	28%	5.0%
9	37406	Hamilton County	58	1.4	29%	4.8%
10	38109	Shelby County	223	1.4	45%	3.0%
11	38112	Shelby County	65	1.4	36%	3.8%
12	38122	Shelby County	115	1.3	34%	4.0%
13	38107	Shelby County	70	1.3	36%	3.8%
14	37208	Davidson County	45	1.3	29%	4.5%
15	38106	Shelby County	100	1.2	49%	2.5%
16	37891	Hamblen County	15	1.2	25%	4.7%
17	38128	Shelby County	138	1.2	36%	3.3%
18	37209	Davidson County	87	1.1	21%	5.5%
19	37206	Davidson County	76	1.1	21%	5.2%
20	38108	Shelby County	67	1.1	47%	2.3%
21	37876	Sevier County	159	1.1	22%	4.9%
22	38116	Shelby County	99	1.1	39%	2.7%
23	37404	Hamilton County	43	1.1	21%	5.0%
24	37205	Davidson County	71	1.0	20%	5.2%
25	38358	Gibson County	45	1.0	22%	4.8%

Show the rest of the ranked ZIPs in Tennessee (133 more) ↓

#	ZIP	County	Investor purchaseslast 12 mo	Per 100 homesinvestor purchases	Share of salesbought by investors	Turnoverof all homes
26	38141	Shelby County	80	1.0	34%	3.0%
27	37212	Davidson County	24	1.0	21%	4.8%
28	37210	Davidson County	26	1.0	23%	4.1%
29	37407	Hamilton County	25	0.9	28%	3.3%
30	38115	Shelby County	52	0.9	29%	3.0%
31	37914	Knox County	68	0.9	18%	4.7%
32	38301	Madison County	100	0.9	23%	3.7%
33	38382	Gibson County	27	0.8	23%	3.7%
34	37917	Knox County	72	0.8	17%	5.0%
35	37215	Davidson County	48	0.8	16%	4.9%
36	38063	Lauderdale County	41	0.8	23%	3.5%
37	37220	Davidson County	21	0.8	16%	4.9%
38	37167	Rutherford County	155	0.8	18%	4.3%
39	38117	Shelby County	86	0.8	15%	5.2%
40	38104	Shelby County	37	0.8	14%	5.5%
41	38125	Shelby County	90	0.8	30%	2.6%
42	37207	Davidson County	85	0.8	19%	4.0%
43	38018	Shelby County	89	0.7	17%	4.2%
44	37115	Davidson County	60	0.7	19%	3.7%
45	38134	Shelby County	66	0.7	17%	3.9%
46	38019	Tipton County	34	0.7	21%	3.1%
47	37920	Knox County	91	0.7	14%	4.6%
48	38024	Dyer County	61	0.6	17%	3.9%
49	37766	Campbell County	49	0.6	16%	4.0%
50	38119	Shelby County	38	0.6	13%	4.8%
51	37921	Knox County	60	0.6	16%	4.0%
52	37216	Davidson County	40	0.6	13%	5.0%
53	38344	Carroll County	18	0.6	16%	3.7%
54	38343	Gibson County	35	0.6	15%	3.9%
55	37411	Hamilton County	35	0.6	15%	3.8%
56	37185	Humphreys County	19	0.6	13%	4.5%
57	38016	Shelby County	80	0.6	15%	3.8%
58	37027	Williamson County	84	0.6	12%	4.6%
59	37912	Knox County	33	0.6	12%	4.7%
60	37042	Montgomery County	149	0.6	10%	5.3%
61	38053	Shelby County	54	0.5	13%	4.1%
62	37218	Davidson County	27	0.5	19%	2.8%
63	38060	Fayette County	30	0.5	10%	5.2%
64	37062	Williamson County	15	0.5	13%	4.0%
65	37311	Bradley County	37	0.5	12%	4.2%
66	37040	Montgomery County	87	0.5	10%	4.9%
67	37217	Davidson County	25	0.5	13%	3.6%
68	37771	Loudon County	25	0.5	12%	4.1%
69	38401	Maury County	110	0.5	9%	5.2%
70	38135	Shelby County	49	0.5	13%	3.5%
71	38011	Tipton County	15	0.4	14%	3.0%
72	37166	DeKalb County	25	0.4	8%	5.3%
73	37918	Knox County	63	0.4	9%	4.6%
74	37174	Maury County	60	0.4	8%	5.5%
75	37412	Hamilton County	28	0.4	9%	4.8%
76	37405	Marion County	19	0.4	7%	6.0%
77	37214	Davidson County	38	0.4	9%	4.6%
78	37064	Williamson County	50	0.4	9%	4.3%
79	37604	Washington County	45	0.4	8%	4.8%
80	38138	Shelby County	32	0.4	8%	5.0%
81	37043	Montgomery County	68	0.4	8%	4.8%
82	37919	Knox County	33	0.4	9%	4.4%
83	37055	Dickson County	33	0.4	8%	4.5%
84	37073	Robertson County	20	0.4	10%	3.9%
85	37211	Davidson County	59	0.4	9%	4.3%
86	38133	Shelby County	27	0.4	10%	3.5%
87	37725	Jefferson County	31	0.4	9%	3.9%
88	37932	Knox County	31	0.4	6%	6.4%
89	37013	Davidson County	81	0.4	12%	3.0%
90	37924	Knox County	18	0.4	6%	6.0%
91	38237	Weakley County	16	0.4	8%	4.4%
92	37620	Sullivan County	54	0.4	9%	4.0%
93	37087	Wilson County	64	0.4	7%	5.1%
94	37760	Jefferson County	15	0.4	8%	4.4%
95	38464	Lawrence County	26	0.4	8%	4.3%
96	37076	Davidson County	37	0.3	8%	4.5%
97	37388	Coffee County	32	0.3	7%	5.0%
98	37091	Marshall County	26	0.3	8%	4.6%
99	38305	Madison County	59	0.3	8%	4.1%
100	37804	Blount County	33	0.3	8%	4.1%
101	37421	Hamilton County	46	0.3	7%	4.7%
102	37363	Hamilton County	47	0.3	6%	5.4%
103	37148	Sumner County	26	0.3	7%	4.6%
104	37398	Franklin County	21	0.3	7%	4.6%
105	37066	Sumner County	64	0.3	6%	5.1%
106	37821	Cocke County	22	0.3	11%	2.8%
107	37830	Anderson County	35	0.3	7%	4.7%
108	37086	Rutherford County	36	0.3	12%	2.6%
109	38002	Shelby County	48	0.3	6%	4.8%
110	37072	Davidson County	30	0.3	8%	3.9%
111	38242	Henry County	18	0.3	7%	4.0%
112	37601	Washington County	32	0.3	7%	4.2%
113	37160	Bedford County	32	0.3	7%	4.5%
114	37138	Davidson County	26	0.3	7%	4.0%
115	38261	Obion County	16	0.3	8%	3.6%
116	37650	Unicoi County	15	0.3	9%	3.1%
117	37660	Sullivan County	42	0.3	7%	4.3%
118	37090	Wilson County	18	0.3	7%	4.1%
119	37188	Robertson County	20	0.3	5%	6.0%
120	37130	Rutherford County	39	0.3	9%	3.2%
121	37323	Bradley County	29	0.3	7%	3.7%
122	37663	Sullivan County	16	0.3	7%	3.9%
123	37110	Warren County	27	0.3	6%	4.7%
124	37334	Lincoln County	21	0.3	6%	4.7%
125	37931	Knox County	28	0.3	5%	4.8%
126	38501	Putnam County	29	0.3	6%	4.1%
127	37075	Sumner County	58	0.3	6%	4.6%
128	37643	Carter County	28	0.3	7%	3.8%
129	37748	Roane County	17	0.3	6%	3.9%
130	37221	Davidson County	26	0.3	6%	4.6%
131	37122	Wilson County	58	0.2	6%	4.1%
132	37172	Robertson County	26	0.2	6%	4.0%
133	38372	Hardin County	17	0.2	6%	4.2%
134	37803	Blount County	30	0.2	6%	4.1%
135	38017	Shelby County	44	0.2	5%	4.6%
136	37377	Hamilton County	15	0.2	5%	4.5%
137	37865	Sevier County	17	0.2	7%	3.4%
138	37015	Cheatham County	15	0.2	6%	3.9%
139	37415	Hamilton County	17	0.2	5%	4.8%
140	37129	Rutherford County	45	0.2	7%	3.4%
141	37355	Coffee County	19	0.2	5%	4.8%
142	37303	McMinn County	19	0.2	5%	4.1%
143	37849	Knox County	21	0.2	5%	4.4%
144	37934	Knox County	21	0.2	5%	4.7%
145	37128	Rutherford County	52	0.2	6%	3.8%
146	37774	Loudon County	17	0.2	4%	4.8%
147	37801	Blount County	21	0.2	6%	3.7%
148	37716	Anderson County	19	0.2	6%	3.6%
149	37343	Hamilton County	29	0.2	4%	4.6%
150	37814	Hamblen County	23	0.2	5%	3.9%
151	37743	Greene County	18	0.2	5%	3.8%
152	37664	Sullivan County	21	0.2	4%	4.3%
153	37923	Knox County	15	0.2	4%	4.2%
154	38506	Putnam County	19	0.2	5%	3.7%
155	37312	Bradley County	18	0.2	5%	3.6%
156	37379	Hamilton County	17	0.2	3%	4.6%
157	37922	Knox County	22	0.2	4%	4.0%
158	37659	Washington County	17	0.1	3%	4.4%

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Anderson County · 7 ZIPs

37705 37710 37716 · #148 37754 37769 37828 37830 · #107

Bedford County · 5 ZIPs

37020 37160 · #113 37180 37183 37360

Benton County · 4 ZIPs

38221 38320 38333 38341

Bledsoe County · 2 ZIPs

37338 37367

Blount County · 10 ZIPs

37701 37737 37777 37801 · #147 37803 · #134 37804 · #100 37853 37878 37882 37886

Bradley County · 5 ZIPs

37310 37311 · #65 37312 · #155 37323 · #121 37353

Campbell County · 7 ZIPs

37714 37729 37757 37762 37766 · #49 37819 37847

Cannon County · 2 ZIPs

37026 37190

Carroll County · 12 ZIPs

38201 38220 38235 38258 38317 38318 38321 38342 38344 · #53 38348 38387 38390

Carter County · 5 ZIPs

37643 · #128 37658 37682 37687 37694

Cheatham County · 4 ZIPs

37015 · #138 37035 37082 37143

Chester County · 4 ZIPs

38332 38340 38347 38352

Claiborne County · 8 ZIPs

37715 37724 37730 37752 37825 37851 37870 37879

Clay County · 2 ZIPs

38551 38575

Cocke County · 6 ZIPs

37713 37722 37727 37753 37821 · #106 37843

Coffee County · 4 ZIPs

37018 37342 37355 · #141 37388 · #97

Crockett County · 5 ZIPs

38001 38021 38034 38050 38337

Cumberland County · 6 ZIPs

37723 38555 38558 38571 38572 38578

Davidson County · 30 ZIPs

37013 · #89 37072 · #110 37076 · #96 37080 37115 · #44 37138 · #114 37189 37201 37203 37204 · #6 37205 · #24 37206 · #19 37207 · #42 37208 · #14 37209 · #18 37210 · #28 37211 · #85 37212 · #27 37213 37214 · #77 37215 · #35 37216 · #52 37217 · #67 37218 · #62 37219 37220 · #37 37221 · #130 37228 37232 37238

DeKalb County · 4 ZIPs

37012 37059 37095 37166 · #72

Decatur County · 5 ZIPs

38311 38329 38363 38374 38380

Dickson County · 7 ZIPs

37029 37036 37051 37055 · #83 37165 37181 37187

Dyer County · 6 ZIPs

38007 38024 · #48 38030 38047 38059 38070

Fayette County · 9 ZIPs

38028 38036 38046 38049 38057 38060 · #63 38066 38068 38076

Fentress County · 5 ZIPs

38504 38553 38556 38565 38589

Franklin County · 9 ZIPs

37306 37318 37324 37330 37345 37375 37376 37383 37398 · #104

Gibson County · 9 ZIPs

38233 38316 38330 38338 38343 · #54 38358 · #25 38369 38382 · #33 38389

Giles County · 6 ZIPs

38455 38460 38472 38473 38477 38478

Grainger County · 6 ZIPs

37708 37709 37848 37861 37881 37888

Greene County · 7 ZIPs

37616 37641 37743 · #151 37745 37809 37810 37818

Grundy County · 7 ZIPs

37301 37305 37313 37339 37365 37366 37387

Hamblen County · 4 ZIPs

37813 37814 · #150 37860 37891 · #16

Hamilton County · 26 ZIPs

37302 37308 37315 37336 37341 37343 · #149 37350 37351 37363 · #102 37373 37377 · #136 37379 · #156 37402 37403 37404 · #23 37406 · #9 37407 · #29 37408 37409 37410 37411 · #55 37412 · #75 37415 · #139 37416 37421 · #101 37450

Hancock County · 2 ZIPs

37765 37869

Hardeman County · 8 ZIPs

38008 38039 38042 38044 38052 38067 38075 38381

Hardin County · 9 ZIPs

38326 38327 38359 38361 38365 38370 38372 · #133 38376 38475

Hawkins County · 7 ZIPs

37642 37645 37711 37731 37811 37857 37873

Haywood County · 4 ZIPs

38006 38012 · #1 38037 38069

Henderson County · 6 ZIPs

38328 38345 38351 38368 38371 38388

Henry County · 7 ZIPs

38222 38224 38231 38236 38242 · #111 38251 38256

Hickman County · 6 ZIPs

37025 37033 37098 37137 37140 38454

Houston County · 3 ZIPs

37061 37175 37178

Humphreys County · 4 ZIPs

37078 37101 37134 37185 · #56

Jackson County · 4 ZIPs

38545 38562 38564 38588

Jefferson County · 5 ZIPs

37725 · #87 37760 · #94 37820 37877 37890

Johnson County · 5 ZIPs

37640 37680 37683 37688 37691

Knox County · 23 ZIPs

37721 37806 37849 · #143 37871 37902 37909 37912 · #59 37914 · #31 37915 · #4 37916 37917 · #34 37918 · #73 37919 · #82 37920 · #47 37921 · #51 37922 · #157 37923 · #153 37924 · #90 37929 37931 · #125 37932 · #88 37934 · #144 37938

Lake County · 3 ZIPs

38077 38079 38080

Lauderdale County · 3 ZIPs

38040 38041 38063 · #36

Lawrence County · 8 ZIPs

38456 38457 38464 · #95 38468 38469 38481 38483 38486

Lewis County · 2 ZIPs

38461 38462

Lincoln County · 10 ZIPs

37144 37328 37334 · #124 37335 37348 37359 38449 38453 38459 38488

Loudon County · 5 ZIPs

37742 37771 · #68 37772 37774 · #146 37846

Macon County · 2 ZIPs

37083 37150

Madison County · 9 ZIPs

38301 · #32 38305 · #99 38313 38355 38356 38362 38366 38391 38392

Marion County · 9 ZIPs

37340 37347 37356 37374 37380 37396 37397 37405 · #76 37419

Marshall County · 4 ZIPs

37019 37034 37047 37091 · #98

Maury County · 6 ZIPs

37174 · #74 38401 · #69 38451 38474 38482 38487

McMinn County · 6 ZIPs

37303 · #142 37309 37329 37331 37370 37826

McNairy County · 9 ZIPs

38061 38310 38315 38334 38339 38357 38367 38375 38379

Meigs County · 2 ZIPs

37322 37880

Monroe County · 4 ZIPs

37354 37385 37874 37885

Montgomery County · 8 ZIPs

37040 · #66 37042 · #60 37043 · #81 37052 37142 37171 37191 42223

Moore County · 1 ZIP

37352

Morgan County · 9 ZIPs

37719 37726 37733 37770 37829 37840 37845 37872 37887

Obion County · 8 ZIPs

38232 38240 38253 38254 38257 38259 38260 38261 · #115

Overton County · 8 ZIPs

38541 38542 38543 38554 38568 38570 38573 38580

Perry County · 2 ZIPs

37096 37097

Pickett County · 2 ZIPs

38549 38577

Polk County · 10 ZIPs

37307 37316 37317 37325 37326 37333 37361 37362 37369 37391

Putnam County · 8 ZIPs

38501 · #126 38503 38505 38506 · #154 38544 38548 38574 38582

Rhea County · 4 ZIPs

37321 37332 37337 37381

Roane County · 3 ZIPs

37748 · #129 37763 37854

Robertson County · 8 ZIPs

37010 37032 37049 37073 · #84 37141 37146 37172 · #132 37188 · #119

Rutherford County · 13 ZIPs

37037 37060 37085 37086 · #108 37118 37127 37128 · #145 37129 · #140 37130 · #120 37132 37149 37153 37167 · #38

Scott County · 6 ZIPs

37732 37755 37756 37841 37852 37892

Sequatchie County · 1 ZIP

37327

Sevier County · 6 ZIPs

37738 37764 37862 · #8 37863 37865 · #137 37876 · #21

Shelby County · 38 ZIPs

38002 · #109 38016 · #57 38017 · #135 38018 · #43 38029 38053 · #61 38054 38103 38104 · #40 38105 38106 · #15 38107 · #13 38108 · #20 38109 · #10 38111 · #7 38112 · #11 38113 38114 · #3 38115 · #30 38116 · #22 38117 · #39 38118 · #5 38119 · #50 38120 38122 · #12 38125 · #41 38126 38127 · #2 38128 · #17 38131 38132 38133 · #86 38134 · #45 38135 · #70 38138 · #80 38139 38141 · #26 38152

Smith County · 9 ZIPs

37030 37145 37151 38547 38552 38560 38563 38567 38569

Stewart County · 5 ZIPs

37023 37028 37050 37058 37079

Sullivan County · 8 ZIPs

37617 37618 37620 · #92 37660 · #117 37663 · #122 37664 · #152 37665 37686

Sumner County · 7 ZIPs

37022 37031 37048 37066 · #105 37075 · #127 37148 · #103 37186

Tipton County · 7 ZIPs

38004 38011 · #71 38015 38019 · #46 38023 38058 72338

Trousdale County · 2 ZIPs

37057 37074

Unicoi County · 3 ZIPs

37650 · #116 37657 37692

Union County · 3 ZIPs

37779 37807 37866

Van Buren County · 2 ZIPs

38559 38585

Warren County · 5 ZIPs

37110 · #123 37357 37394 38550 38581

Washington County · 8 ZIPs

37601 · #112 37604 · #79 37614 37615 37656 37659 · #158 37681 37690

Wayne County · 6 ZIPs

38425 38450 38452 38463 38471 38485

Weakley County · 7 ZIPs

38225 38226 38229 38230 38237 · #91 38241 38255

White County · 3 ZIPs

38579 38583 38587

Williamson County · 10 ZIPs

37014 37027 · #58 37046 37062 · #64 37064 · #78 37067 37069 37135 37179 38476

Wilson County · 5 ZIPs

37016 37087 · #93 37090 · #118 37122 · #131 37184