State, one year
Tennessee in 2021
Index change and building permits for the year, with every county.
In 2021 the FHFA house price index for Tennessee changed +14.2%, against +11.6% for the United States and +4.5% in 2020.
57,484 housing units were authorised by building permits in the state that year (36,986 single-family), +15.6% on 2020; the national total was 1,736,982.
Counties in 2021
Ranked by the county index change from 2020 to 2021 (FHFA annual county index). Permits are units authorised in 2021; per 1,000 uses the vintage 2025 population.
| County | Index change 2021 | Units permitted | Single-family | Per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grundy County | +21.5% | 5 | 5 | 0.4 |
| Jackson County | +21.3% | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Warren County | +20.5% | 316 | 154 | 7.2 |
| Clay County | +20.2% | 27 | 27 | 3.5 |
| White County | +20.2% | 192 | 192 | 6.5 |
| Perry County | +20.1% | 11 | 11 | 1.2 |
| Sevier County | +20.1% | 1,069 | 1,063 | 10.5 |
| Coffee County | +19.3% | 210 | 110 | 3.4 |
| Houston County | +19.1% | 1 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Cocke County | +18.5% | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Franklin County | +18.3% | 420 | 410 | 9.2 |
| Fentress County | +18.2% | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Anderson County | +18.0% | 458 | 261 | 5.6 |
| Cumberland County | +18.0% | 477 | 477 | 7.2 |
| Maury County | +17.9% | 2,397 | 1,686 | 20.3 |
| Marshall County | +17.7% | 236 | 236 | 6.2 |
| Putnam County | +17.7% | 584 | 486 | 6.7 |
| Cannon County | +17.5% | 28 | 28 | 1.8 |
| Union County | +17.5% | 123 | 123 | 5.7 |
| Lauderdale County | +17.0% | 32 | 32 | 1.3 |
| Montgomery County | +17.0% | 4,008 | 2,119 | 16.0 |
| Trousdale County | +16.8% | 105 | 105 | 8.3 |
| Bledsoe County | +16.7% | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Lawrence County | +16.7% | 18 | 18 | 0.4 |
| Smith County | +16.5% | 124 | 118 | 5.9 |
| Benton County | +16.3% | 4 | 4 | 0.2 |
| Knox County | +16.3% | 2,831 | 2,132 | 5.5 |
| Obion County | +16.3% | 34 | 32 | 1.1 |
| DeKalb County | +16.1% | 147 | 147 | 6.7 |
| Bedford County | +15.9% | 390 | 390 | 7.1 |
| Madison County | +15.9% | 294 | 294 | 2.9 |
| Humphreys County | +15.8% | 20 | 20 | 1.0 |
| Macon County | +15.8% | 110 | 35 | 4.0 |
| Sumner County | +15.7% | 1,842 | 1,775 | 8.5 |
| Cheatham County | +15.6% | 407 | 260 | 9.5 |
| Hamblen County | +15.5% | 581 | 509 | 8.4 |
| Grainger County | +15.4% | 82 | 82 | 3.2 |
| Marion County | +15.4% | 244 | 244 | 8.2 |
| Rutherford County | +15.4% | 3,963 | 3,488 | 10.3 |
| Williamson County | +15.3% | 2,980 | 2,073 | 11.0 |
| Jefferson County | +15.2% | 330 | 318 | 5.5 |
| Lincoln County | +15.1% | 18 | 13 | 0.5 |
| Blount County | +14.9% | 922 | 788 | 6.4 |
| Hickman County | +14.9% | 131 | 129 | 5.0 |
| Morgan County | +14.7% | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Robertson County | +14.7% | 937 | 905 | 11.7 |
| Greene County | +14.6% | 260 | 260 | 3.5 |
| Hamilton County | +14.6% | 2,804 | 1,766 | 7.2 |
| Overton County | +14.4% | 8 | 8 | 0.3 |
| Loudon County | +14.3% | 1,117 | 842 | 17.5 |
| Wayne County | +14.3% | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Sullivan County | +14.2% | 374 | 365 | 2.3 |
| Pickett County | +14.1% | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Carter County | +14.0% | 180 | 180 | 3.1 |
| Monroe County | +14.0% | 215 | 215 | 4.3 |
| Lewis County | +13.9% | 30 | 30 | 2.2 |
| McMinn County | +13.9% | 51 | 43 | 0.9 |
| Bradley County | +13.6% | 543 | 518 | 4.7 |
| Campbell County | +13.6% | 388 | 388 | 9.6 |
| Gibson County | +13.6% | 194 | 194 | 3.7 |
| Sequatchie County | +13.6% | 11 | 11 | 0.6 |
| Wilson County | +13.6% | 2,371 | 2,371 | 13.5 |
| Roane County | +13.4% | 151 | 151 | 2.6 |
| Dickson County | +13.3% | 617 | 473 | 10.5 |
| Henry County | +13.3% | 22 | 22 | 0.7 |
| Rhea County | +13.2% | 122 | 120 | 3.5 |
| Chester County | +13.1% | 13 | 13 | 0.7 |
| Dyer County | +13.1% | 62 | 62 | 1.7 |
| Johnson County | +13.0% | 1 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Tipton County | +13.0% | 263 | 263 | 4.2 |
| Washington County | +13.0% | 632 | 579 | 4.5 |
| Giles County | +12.9% | 178 | 172 | 5.7 |
| Hawkins County | +12.9% | 172 | 172 | 2.9 |
| Davidson County | +12.8% | 16,310 | 4,105 | 21.9 |
| Carroll County | +12.6% | 13 | 13 | 0.4 |
| Shelby County | +12.4% | 2,059 | 1,142 | 2.3 |
| Weakley County | +11.7% | 64 | 64 | 1.9 |
| Meigs County | +11.3% | 132 | 132 | 9.3 |
| Crockett County | +10.8% | 36 | 36 | 2.6 |
| Hardin County | +10.8% | 12 | 12 | 0.4 |
| McNairy County | +10.8% | 5 | 5 | 0.2 |
| Haywood County | +10.7% | 25 | 25 | 1.5 |
| Claiborne County | +10.5% | 81 | 77 | 2.4 |
| Fayette County | +10.2% | 490 | 490 | 10.9 |
| Scott County | +10.2% | 8 | 8 | 0.4 |
| Van Buren County | +10.1% | 2 | 2 | 0.3 |
| Henderson County | +9.5% | 20 | 20 | 0.7 |
| Stewart County | +9.5% | 3 | 3 | 0.2 |
| Unicoi County | +8.8% | 7 | 7 | 0.4 |
| Moore County | +8.7% | 30 | 30 | 4.3 |
| Decatur County | +8.3% | 3 | 3 | 0.3 |
| Polk County | +8.3% | 247 | 247 | 13.3 |
| Hardeman County | +6.9% | 45 | 41 | 1.8 |
Permits by year, 1995–2025
Housing units authorised in Tennessee by yearsingle-family2+ unit buildings
Source: Federal Housing Finance Agency annual state and county house price indexes (updated March 31, 2026); Census Bureau Building Permits Survey annual state and county files. Public domain. Methodology.