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

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

The estimated one-year metro area impacts of building 100 single-family homes in Knox County include $37.1 million in local income, $4.2 million in taxes and other revenue for local governments, and 397 local jobs.

The additional, annually recurring impacts of building 100 single-family homes in Knox County include $4.8 million in local income, $1.6 million in taxes and other revenue for local governments, and 66 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 Knox County result in an estimated: $5.0 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 $1.6 million in tax and other revenue for local governments, and $658,000 in local government expenditures to continue providing services at current levels.