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Knox County growth

39 new homes permitted in 2025

Census Building Permits Survey, 2025

New homes permitted in Knox County

Housing units the county's permit offices authorized, by year, from the Census Bureau.

New housing units permitted in Knox County
PeriodNew homesIn single-family homes
Jan–Sep 20263737
Jan–Sep 20252525
20253939
20243636
20234141
20223030
20214343
20206161
20193531
  • Sep 20266
  • Aug 20262
  • Jul 20264
  • Jun 20262
  • May 20265
  • Apr 20262
  • Mar 20265
  • Feb 20262
  • Jan 20262
  • Dec 20254
  • Nov 20252
  • Oct 20258

New homes permitted each month, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

People in Knox County

  • Population35,652Census Population Estimates · July 1, 2025
  • Change since 2020−601 (−1.7%)July 1, 2020 to July 1, 2025 · Census Population Estimates
  • New homes per 1,000 residents1.12025 permits per 1,000 people on July 1, 2025 · Census
  • Median household income$61,2372020-2024 · Census ACS 5-year, ±$4,302

Jobs in Knox County

  • Jobs in the county16,811Annual average 2025, all industries, by place of work · BLS QCEW
  • Change since 2020+96 (+0.6%)2020 to 2025 annual averages · BLS QCEW
  • Average weekly wage$1,0302025, all industries · BLS QCEW

Home values in Knox County

Change in the price of homes sold or refinanced more than once (the FHFA repeat-sales index).

  • Home prices, 1 year+3%2024 to 2025 · FHFA House Price Index
  • Home prices, 5 years+46%2020 to 2025 · FHFA House Price Index

Land in Knox County

Our own figures from the county roll and the county's recorded sales.

Recorded land sales by quarter in Knox County
QuarterLand salesMedian an acre, 1 acre or moreMedian lot, under 1 acre
Q3 20265Too few salesToo few sales
Q2 20265Too few salesToo few sales
Q1 20263Too few salesToo few sales
Q4 202512Too few salesToo few sales

Growth in nearby counties

Daviess CountyGibson CountyGreene CountyPike CountySullivan County

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About these numbersSources, dates and how these figures are built

New homes

U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2019-01 to 2026-09; annual files 2019-2025, posted May 14, 2026; the monthly files through Sep 2026, posted Oct 27, 2026. New housing units authorized by building permits, reported plus imputed. A month is the figure in that month's file; a year is the annual file, which adds late and corrected reports, so twelve months need not add up to the year. Public domain.

People

U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025, July 1, 2020 to July 1, 2025, posted Mar 26, 2026. Public domain.

Income

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, 2020-2024 (2024 dollars), posted Jan 29, 2026. Median household income; printed at a coefficient of variation of 30% or less. Public domain.

Jobs

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2020-2025 annual averages, posted Aug 21, 2026. All industries, all ownerships, jobs covered by unemployment insurance; place of work. Public domain.

Land

Groundwork's map of the county roll and the county's own recorded sales: the same figures, gates and dates as the county page.

Data edition

Figures as of Oct 27, 2026. Area figures, not any one parcel's.