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Grainger County growth

65 new homes permitted in 2025

Census Building Permits Survey, 2025

New homes permitted in Grainger County

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

New housing units permitted in Grainger County
PeriodNew homesIn single-family homes
Jan–Sep 20265656
Jan–Sep 20254848
20256565
20246868
20236868
20226969
20218282
20206666
20195757
  • Sep 20266
  • Aug 20265
  • Jul 20265
  • Jun 20267
  • May 20267
  • Apr 20267
  • Mar 20268
  • Feb 20267
  • Jan 20264
  • Dec 20254
  • Nov 20254
  • Oct 20255

New homes permitted each month, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

People in Grainger County

  • Population25,739Census Population Estimates · July 1, 2025
  • Change since 2020+2,167 (+9.2%)July 1, 2020 to July 1, 2025 · Census Population Estimates
  • New homes per 1,000 residents2.52025 permits per 1,000 people on July 1, 2025 · Census
  • Median household income$50,5382020-2024 · Census ACS 5-year, ±$2,961

Jobs in Grainger County

  • Jobs in the county4,198Annual average 2025, all industries, by place of work · BLS QCEW
  • Change since 2020+162 (+4.0%)2020 to 2025 annual averages · BLS QCEW
  • Average weekly wage$1,0822025, all industries · BLS QCEW

Home values in Grainger County

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

  • Home prices, 1 year+2%2024 to 2025 · FHFA House Price Index
  • Home prices, 5 years+70%2020 to 2025 · FHFA House Price Index

Growth in nearby counties

Claiborne CountyHamblen CountyHancock CountyHawkins CountyJefferson 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.

Data edition

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