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Shelby County growth

1,230 new homes permitted in 2025

Census Building Permits Survey, 2025

New homes permitted in Shelby County

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

New housing units permitted in Shelby County
PeriodNew homesIn single-family homes
Jan–Sep 20262,083851
Jan–Sep 2025838813
20251,2301,058
20242,061642
20231,964968
20221,8701,064
20212,0591,142
20201,878993
20191,255900
  • Sep 20261,009
  • Aug 202666
  • Jul 2026234
  • Jun 2026108
  • May 2026118
  • Apr 2026111
  • Mar 2026121
  • Feb 2026217
  • Jan 202699
  • Dec 2025240
  • Nov 202560
  • Oct 202592

New homes permitted each month, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

People in Shelby County

  • Population910,226Census Population Estimates · July 1, 2025
  • Change since 2020−19,494 (−2.1%)July 1, 2020 to July 1, 2025 · Census Population Estimates
  • New homes per 1,000 residents1.42025 permits per 1,000 people on July 1, 2025 · Census
  • Median household income$63,7672020-2024 · Census ACS 5-year, ±$1,251

Jobs in Shelby County

  • Jobs in the county471,160Annual average 2025, all industries, by place of work · BLS QCEW
  • Change since 2020−5,923 (−1.2%)2020 to 2025 annual averages · BLS QCEW
  • Average weekly wage$1,4252025, all industries · BLS QCEW

Home values in Shelby 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+38%2020 to 2025 · FHFA House Price Index

Growth in nearby counties

Fayette CountyTipton County

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Tennessee growth by countyThe data (CSV, JSON)Shelby County overview

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.