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Giles County growth

98 new homes permitted in 2025

Census Building Permits Survey, 2025

New homes permitted in Giles County

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

New housing units permitted in Giles County
PeriodNew homesIn single-family homes
Jan–Sep 20267258
Jan–Sep 20258076
20259894
20247266
2023138132
2022165165
2021178172
2020123123
2019108108
  • Sep 202616
  • Aug 20266
  • Jul 20266
  • Jun 20263
  • May 202610
  • Apr 20265
  • Mar 202613
  • Feb 20267
  • Jan 20266
  • Dec 20257
  • Nov 20253
  • Oct 20258

New homes permitted each month, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

People in Giles County

  • Population31,433Census Population Estimates · July 1, 2025
  • Change since 2020+1,087 (+3.6%)July 1, 2020 to July 1, 2025 · Census Population Estimates
  • New homes per 1,000 residents3.12025 permits per 1,000 people on July 1, 2025 · Census
  • Median household income$62,3072020-2024 · Census ACS 5-year, ±$5,120

Jobs in Giles County

  • Jobs in the county9,614Annual average 2025, all industries, by place of work · BLS QCEW
  • Change since 2020+137 (+1.4%)2020 to 2025 annual averages · BLS QCEW
  • Average weekly wage$1,0452025, all industries · BLS QCEW

Home values in Giles 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+64%2020 to 2025 · FHFA House Price Index

Growth in nearby counties

Lawrence CountyLincoln CountyMarshall CountyMaury 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.