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Rutherford County, TN

Residential building permits · 2015–2025

Housing units authorized (2025)
3,169
Construction valuation (2025)
$787,797,810
By structure type (2025)
1-unit 2,533 · 2-unit 0 · 3-4 0 · 5+ 636

Units authorized by year

YearUnitsValuation
20253,169$787,797,810
20243,420$889,441,521
20233,540$903,740,137
20222,456$740,496,157
20213,963$957,184,496
20203,520$826,405,310
20193,888$758,115,871
20183,971$771,568,828
20173,569$689,544,782
20162,826$545,252,748
20153,557$535,889,523

The Census Building Permits Survey counts new privately-owned housing units authorized by building permits — a leading indicator of housing supply. "1-unit" is single-family; "5+ units" is larger multifamily. Figures are imputation-adjusted to cover permit offices that did not report.

Source: Census Building Permits Survey. License: CC0 1.0.