State, one year
Tennessee in 2022
Index change and building permits for the year, with every county.
In 2022 the FHFA house price index for Tennessee changed +21.3%, against +15.5% for the United States and +14.2% in 2021.
52,637 housing units were authorised by building permits in the state that year (33,211 single-family), −8.4% on 2021; the national total was 1,680,368.
Counties in 2022
Ranked by the county index change from 2021 to 2022 (FHFA annual county index). Permits are units authorised in 2022; per 1,000 uses the vintage 2025 population.
| County | Index change 2022 | Units permitted | Single-family | Per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Van Buren County | +39.0% | 6 | 6 | 0.9 |
| Moore County | +36.7% | 32 | 32 | 4.6 |
| Hardeman County | +35.7% | 53 | 51 | 2.1 |
| Perry County | +33.4% | 12 | 12 | 1.3 |
| Jackson County | +31.2% | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Hickman County | +30.9% | 124 | 124 | 4.7 |
| Crockett County | +30.3% | 26 | 26 | 1.9 |
| Johnson County | +29.7% | 7 | 7 | 0.4 |
| Humphreys County | +29.3% | 43 | 41 | 2.2 |
| Monroe County | +28.7% | 182 | 178 | 3.7 |
| Sevier County | +28.3% | 1,494 | 1,133 | 14.7 |
| Scott County | +27.8% | 16 | 14 | 0.7 |
| Loudon County | +27.5% | 704 | 684 | 11.0 |
| Giles County | +27.2% | 165 | 165 | 5.2 |
| Maury County | +27.2% | 1,863 | 1,772 | 15.8 |
| Campbell County | +27.1% | 129 | 129 | 3.2 |
| Chester County | +26.2% | 32 | 32 | 1.8 |
| Hawkins County | +26.0% | 191 | 191 | 3.2 |
| DeKalb County | +25.8% | 146 | 146 | 6.7 |
| Lewis County | +25.8% | 15 | 15 | 1.1 |
| Polk County | +25.8% | 213 | 213 | 11.5 |
| Stewart County | +25.6% | 9 | 7 | 0.6 |
| Bledsoe County | +25.1% | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Williamson County | +25.1% | 2,254 | 1,679 | 8.3 |
| Greene County | +24.9% | 237 | 235 | 3.2 |
| Cannon County | +24.8% | 25 | 25 | 1.6 |
| Union County | +24.8% | 117 | 117 | 5.5 |
| Madison County | +24.5% | 248 | 248 | 2.5 |
| Decatur County | +24.3% | 5 | 5 | 0.4 |
| Warren County | +24.3% | 260 | 256 | 5.9 |
| Wilson County | +24.2% | 2,349 | 2,083 | 13.4 |
| Blount County | +24.0% | 852 | 696 | 5.9 |
| Houston County | +24.0% | 2 | 2 | 0.2 |
| McNairy County | +23.9% | 5 | 5 | 0.2 |
| Rutherford County | +23.9% | 2,456 | 2,267 | 6.4 |
| Roane County | +23.6% | 137 | 137 | 2.4 |
| Gibson County | +23.5% | 150 | 148 | 2.9 |
| Unicoi County | +23.2% | 30 | 30 | 1.7 |
| Knox County | +23.1% | 2,503 | 1,843 | 4.9 |
| Sumner County | +23.1% | 1,968 | 1,609 | 9.1 |
| Bedford County | +22.9% | 458 | 456 | 8.3 |
| Marshall County | +22.9% | 239 | 239 | 6.3 |
| Robertson County | +22.9% | 831 | 829 | 10.4 |
| Claiborne County | +22.7% | 82 | 82 | 2.5 |
| Rhea County | +22.6% | 157 | 157 | 4.5 |
| Sequatchie County | +22.6% | 12 | 12 | 0.7 |
| Montgomery County | +22.5% | 4,005 | 1,425 | 16.0 |
| Jefferson County | +22.4% | 578 | 501 | 9.6 |
| Cumberland County | +22.2% | 425 | 425 | 6.4 |
| Sullivan County | +22.2% | 600 | 509 | 3.7 |
| Weakley County | +22.2% | 63 | 63 | 1.9 |
| Dickson County | +22.1% | 596 | 505 | 10.2 |
| Marion County | +21.9% | 258 | 258 | 8.7 |
| Washington County | +21.9% | 823 | 601 | 5.8 |
| Henderson County | +21.8% | 20 | 16 | 0.7 |
| Putnam County | +21.8% | 595 | 474 | 6.9 |
| Fentress County | +21.7% | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Meigs County | +21.7% | 95 | 95 | 6.7 |
| Franklin County | +21.6% | 375 | 369 | 8.2 |
| Hardin County | +21.4% | 34 | 22 | 1.2 |
| Grainger County | +21.2% | 69 | 69 | 2.7 |
| Macon County | +21.2% | 136 | 83 | 4.9 |
| Davidson County | +21.1% | 15,285 | 4,031 | 20.5 |
| Hamblen County | +21.1% | 322 | 298 | 4.7 |
| Bradley County | +20.4% | 711 | 562 | 6.2 |
| Hamilton County | +20.4% | 2,344 | 1,414 | 6.0 |
| Trousdale County | +20.4% | 124 | 89 | 9.8 |
| Lawrence County | +20.3% | 22 | 19 | 0.5 |
| Anderson County | +20.2% | 396 | 203 | 4.8 |
| Smith County | +20.2% | 126 | 110 | 6.0 |
| McMinn County | +20.1% | 114 | 114 | 2.0 |
| Overton County | +20.1% | 31 | 9 | 1.3 |
| Fayette County | +20.0% | 457 | 457 | 10.1 |
| Carroll County | +19.7% | 7 | 7 | 0.2 |
| Wayne County | +19.5% | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Carter County | +19.4% | 171 | 171 | 3.0 |
| White County | +19.4% | 195 | 195 | 6.6 |
| Cheatham County | +19.3% | 301 | 301 | 7.0 |
| Lincoln County | +19.2% | 19 | 6 | 0.5 |
| Cocke County | +19.0% | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Morgan County | +18.7% | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Coffee County | +18.6% | 261 | 238 | 4.2 |
| Tipton County | +18.4% | 177 | 177 | 2.8 |
| Pickett County | +17.7% | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Clay County | +17.4% | 26 | 26 | 3.3 |
| Lauderdale County | +17.2% | 21 | 21 | 0.9 |
| Shelby County | +17.0% | 1,870 | 1,064 | 2.1 |
| Henry County | +16.1% | 22 | 22 | 0.7 |
| Haywood County | +14.6% | 19 | 19 | 1.1 |
| Grundy County | +14.4% | 5 | 5 | 0.4 |
| Benton County | +13.7% | 11 | 11 | 0.7 |
| Dyer County | +13.3% | 63 | 63 | 1.7 |
| Obion County | +11.6% | 24 | 24 | 0.8 |
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.