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Fayette County growth

356 new homes permitted in 2025

Census Building Permits Survey, 2025

New homes permitted in Fayette County

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

New housing units permitted in Fayette County
PeriodNew homesIn single-family homes
Jan–Sep 2026336336
Jan–Sep 2025268268
2025356356
2024225225
2023336336
2022457457
2021490490
2020510510
2019406406
  • Sep 202615
  • Aug 202640
  • Jul 202631
  • Jun 202639
  • May 202646
  • Apr 202640
  • Mar 202655
  • Feb 202629
  • Jan 202638
  • Dec 202534
  • Nov 202527
  • Oct 202527

New homes permitted each month, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

People in Fayette County

  • Population45,071Census Population Estimates · July 1, 2025
  • Change since 2020+3,203 (+7.7%)July 1, 2020 to July 1, 2025 · Census Population Estimates
  • New homes per 1,000 residents7.92025 permits per 1,000 people on July 1, 2025 · Census
  • Median household income$88,4562020-2024 · Census ACS 5-year, ±$5,012

Jobs in Fayette County

  • Jobs in the county8,381Annual average 2025, all industries, by place of work · BLS QCEW
  • Change since 2020+505 (+6.4%)2020 to 2025 annual averages · BLS QCEW
  • Average weekly wage$1,1512025, all industries · BLS QCEW

Home values in Fayette County

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

  • Home prices, 1 year+4%2024 to 2025 · FHFA House Price Index
  • Home prices, 5 years+48%2020 to 2025 · FHFA House Price Index

Growth in nearby counties

Hardeman CountyHaywood CountyShelby CountyTipton 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.

Data edition

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