# Cities in Tennessee by single-family housing units authorized by building permits, 2025

All 58 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2025, so the places are comparable. 3 cities have no value for that period and are not ranked.

- Indicator id: `building_permit_single_family_units`
- Unit: count
- Definition: Annual number of new privately owned housing units in 1-unit structures (detached and attached single-family homes) authorized by building permits, from the US Census Bureau Building Permits Survey.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey: final annual estimates of new privately owned housing units in 1-unit structures authorized by permit-issuing place, including imputation (https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/South%20Region/so2025a.txt)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Building Permits Survey: final annual estimates of new privately owned housing units in 1-unit structures authorized by permit-issuing place, including imputation. https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/South%20Region/so2025a.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/single-family-building-permits/tennessee-cities

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Nashville, TN | 2,683 |
| 2 | Clarksville, TN | 1,180 |
| 3 | Murfreesboro, TN | 989 |
| 4 | Lebanon, TN | 924 |
| 5 | Gallatin, TN | 843 |
| 6 | Chattanooga, TN | 793 |
| 7 | Columbia, TN | 548 |
| 8 | Spring Hill, TN | 540 |
| 9 | Smyrna, TN | 504 |
| 10 | Cleveland, TN | 482 |
| 11 | White House, TN | 434 |
| 12 | Mount Juliet, TN | 417 |
| 13 | Knoxville, TN | 407 |
| 14 | Johnson City, TN | 333 |
| 15 | Cookeville, TN | 269 |
| 16 | Franklin, TN | 261 |
| 17 | Fairview, TN | 252 |
| 18 | Lenoir City, TN | 220 |
| 19 | Oakland, TN | 213 |
| 20 | La Vergne, TN | 207 |
| 21 | Hendersonville, TN | 192 |
| 22 | Shelbyville, TN | 189 |
| 23 | Kingsport, TN | 178 |
| 24 | Tullahoma, TN | 169 |
| 25 | Jackson, TN | 155 |
| 25 | Morristown, TN | 155 |
| 27 | Oak Ridge, TN | 135 |
| 28 | Brentwood, TN | 132 |
| 29 | Farragut, TN | 123 |
| 30 | Dickson, TN | 122 |
| 30 | Winchester, TN | 122 |
| 32 | Bristol, TN | 108 |
| 33 | Maryville, TN | 107 |
| 34 | Crossville, TN | 102 |
| 35 | Collierville, TN | 98 |
| 36 | Manchester, TN | 92 |
| 37 | Greeneville, TN | 78 |
| 38 | Portland, TN | 76 |
| 38 | Springfield, TN | 76 |
| 40 | Nolensville, TN | 55 |
| 41 | East Ridge, TN | 51 |
| 42 | Soddy-Daisy, TN | 43 |
| 43 | Atoka, TN | 37 |
| 43 | Bartlett, TN | 37 |
| 45 | Dyersburg, TN | 34 |
| 46 | McMinnville, TN | 29 |
| 47 | Clinton, TN | 27 |
| 47 | Goodlettsville, TN | 27 |
| 49 | Athens, TN | 25 |
| 49 | Red Bank, TN | 25 |
| 51 | Elizabethton, TN | 21 |
| 52 | Lawrenceburg, TN | 20 |
| 53 | Paris, TN | 18 |
| 54 | Martin, TN | 15 |
| 55 | Alcoa, TN | 14 |
| 56 | Sevierville, TN | 13 |
| 57 | Collegedale, TN | 10 |
| 58 | Union City, TN | 3 |