Watauga is a city in Carter County, Tennessee, home to about 644 people across 0.9 square miles. It has no ZIP code of its own: it’s part of 37694.
Homes sold for a median of $190 per square foot in the three months ending August 2026, a buyer’s market.
Mostly Johnson City; part is in Watauga
Each card is that ZIP code’s whole market, including any part outside Watauga. Seller’s market: under 4 months of supply; buyer’s market: over 6. Methodology
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| Nearest major airport | McGhee Tyson Airport (TYS)104 miles away |
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| Closer regional airport | Tri-Cities Regional TN/VA Airport (TRI)11 miles away |
| Nearest city of 250,000+ | Charlotte, NC114 miles away |
| Nearest city of 1 million+ | Philadelphia, PA462 miles away |
Straight-line distances from the center of Watauga; driving is longer.
Source: Airports from OurAirports (scheduled passenger service); city centers and populations from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Source: Members of Congress from the congress-legislators project; districts from the Census Bureau’s relationship files; governor and mayor from Wikidata.
Watauga had 353 residents in the 2020 census, down 12% since 2000.
It’s the 359th largest of 502 towns in Tennessee by population.
Carter County grew from 16,688 residents in 1900 to 56,356 in 2020.
Carter County, 1900–2020
Source: U.S. Census Bureau decennial censuses (counties 1900–1990 from the Bureau’s historical county file).
Average highs peak around 86°F in summer, and winter lows average 26°F. About 48.2 inches of rain and melted snow fall in a typical year, with about 6 inches of snow.
Source: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Elizabethton, TN weather station (2 miles away).
9,177 jobs at 751 businesses in Carter County. The biggest industries by employees:
Source: U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023 (private employers; jobs counted where people work).
1 doctors and other health care providers list an office in Watauga.
Nearest hospitals
Providers with an office here
| Nurse practitioners and physician assistants | 1 |
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Source: Hospitals from CMS Hospital General Information (ratings are CMS overall star ratings); straight-line distances; providers from the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), by practice address and primary specialty.
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Counts are within about 1 mile of the center of town.
Source: Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (openstreetmap.org/copyright), as mapped by volunteers; it can miss places or include closed ones.
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Shares ZIP codes with Johnson City.
Town boundaries don’t always match ZIP codes: a ZIP code can cross into neighboring towns, and a town can share a ZIP code with its neighbors. Facts describe the town itself; market figures describe whole ZIP codes.