The Metro Area Impact of Home Building in Blount County, Tennessee: Income, Jobs and Taxes Generated

This report presents estimates of the impacts of building 100 single-family homes, representative of construction activity in Blount County.

The estimated one-year metro area impacts of building 100 single-family homes in Blount County include $36.2 million in local income, $4.5 million in taxes and other revenue for local governments, and 388 local jobs.

The additional, annually recurring impacts of building 100 single-family homes in Blount County include $4.7 million in local income, $1.5 million in taxes and other revenue for local governments, and 65 local jobs.

Local Government Costs Compared to Revenue

This section summarizes the cost-revenue comparisons.

In the first year, 100 single-family homes built in Blount County result in an estimated $5.2 million in tax and other revenue for local governments, $329,000 in current expenditures by local government to provide public services to the net new households at current levels, and $2.2 million in capital investment for new structures and equipment undertaken by local governments. 

In a typical year after the first, the single-family homes result in $1.5 million in tax and other revenue for local governments, and $658,000 in local government expenditures to continue providing services at current levels.