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Anderson County growth

428 new homes permitted in 2025

Census Building Permits Survey, 2025

New homes permitted in Anderson County

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

New housing units permitted in Anderson County
PeriodNew homesIn single-family homes
Jan–Sep 2026670270
Jan–Sep 2025342263
2025428316
2024398277
2023397268
2022396203
2021458261
2020436210
2019164164
  • Sep 202630
  • Aug 202631
  • Jul 202632
  • Jun 202635
  • May 202641
  • Apr 202647
  • Mar 202641
  • Feb 202639
  • Jan 202637
  • Dec 202530
  • Nov 202530
  • Oct 202527

New homes permitted each month, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

People in Anderson County

  • Population82,066Census Population Estimates · July 1, 2025
  • Change since 2020+4,719 (+6.1%)July 1, 2020 to July 1, 2025 · Census Population Estimates
  • New homes per 1,000 residents5.22025 permits per 1,000 people on July 1, 2025 · Census
  • Median household income$66,1832020-2024 · Census ACS 5-year, ±$2,450

Jobs in Anderson County

  • Jobs in the county46,595Annual average 2025, all industries, by place of work · BLS QCEW
  • Change since 2020+7,351 (+18.7%)2020 to 2025 annual averages · BLS QCEW
  • Average weekly wage$1,5962025, all industries · BLS QCEW

Home values in Anderson 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+78%2020 to 2025 · FHFA House Price Index

Growth in nearby counties

Campbell CountyMorgan CountyRoane CountyScott CountyUnion 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.

Home values

FHFA House Price Index (all-transactions), annual county and five-digit ZIP indexes, 2025, posted Mar 31, 2026. Public domain.

Data edition

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