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Hawkins County growth

141 new homes permitted in 2025

Census Building Permits Survey, 2025

New homes permitted in Hawkins County

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

New housing units permitted in Hawkins County
PeriodNew homesIn single-family homes
Jan–Sep 2026114114
Jan–Sep 2025113111
2025141141
2024153151
2023146146
2022191191
2021172172
2020149149
2019121121
  • Sep 202612
  • Aug 202616
  • Jul 202611
  • Jun 202611
  • May 202614
  • Apr 202612
  • Mar 202615
  • Feb 202613
  • Jan 202610
  • Dec 202511
  • Nov 202511
  • Oct 202511

New homes permitted each month, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

People in Hawkins County

  • Population59,559Census Population Estimates · July 1, 2025
  • Change since 2020+2,844 (+5.0%)July 1, 2020 to July 1, 2025 · Census Population Estimates
  • New homes per 1,000 residents2.42025 permits per 1,000 people on July 1, 2025 · Census
  • Median household income$56,9362020-2024 · Census ACS 5-year, ±$2,787

Jobs in Hawkins County

  • Jobs in the county13,291Annual average 2025, all industries, by place of work · BLS QCEW
  • Change since 2020+1,500 (+12.7%)2020 to 2025 annual averages · BLS QCEW
  • Average weekly wage$1,1462025, all industries · BLS QCEW

Home values in Hawkins 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+74%2020 to 2025 · FHFA House Price Index

Growth in nearby counties

Grainger CountyGreene CountyHamblen CountyHancock CountySullivan CountyWashington 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.