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Blount County growth

790 new homes permitted in 2025

Census Building Permits Survey, 2025

New homes permitted in Blount County

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

New housing units permitted in Blount County
PeriodNew homesIn single-family homes
Jan–Sep 2026857584
Jan–Sep 2025575572
2025790787
2024871871
2023669563
2022852696
2021922788
2020907809
2019893725
  • Sep 202655
  • Aug 202659
  • Jul 2026334
  • Jun 202661
  • May 202659
  • Apr 202675
  • Mar 202687
  • Feb 202650
  • Jan 202694
  • Dec 202548
  • Nov 202572
  • Oct 202574

New homes permitted each month, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

People in Blount County

  • Population143,820Census Population Estimates · July 1, 2025
  • Change since 2020+8,154 (+6.0%)July 1, 2020 to July 1, 2025 · Census Population Estimates
  • New homes per 1,000 residents5.52025 permits per 1,000 people on July 1, 2025 · Census
  • Median household income$77,3652020-2024 · Census ACS 5-year, ±$2,375

Jobs in Blount County

  • Jobs in the county57,169Annual average 2025, all industries, by place of work · BLS QCEW
  • Change since 2020+8,241 (+16.8%)2020 to 2025 annual averages · BLS QCEW
  • Average weekly wage$1,2092025, all industries · BLS QCEW

Home values in Blount County

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

  • Home prices, 1 year0%2024 to 2025 · FHFA House Price Index
  • Home prices, 5 years+74%2020 to 2025 · FHFA House Price Index

Growth in nearby counties

Loudon CountyMonroe CountySevier 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.