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Calaveras County growth

72 new homes permitted in 2025

Census Building Permits Survey, 2025

New homes permitted in Calaveras County

Housing units the county's permit offices authorized, by year, from the Census Bureau.

New housing units permitted in Calaveras County
PeriodNew homesIn single-family homes
Jan–Sep 20265555
Jan–Sep 20255454
20257272
20247272
2023123123
2022153153
2021130130
2020132132
2019117117
  • Sep 20268
  • Aug 202615
  • Jul 20268
  • Jun 20269
  • May 20267
  • Apr 20265
  • Mar 20267
  • Feb 20265
  • Jan 20262
  • Dec 20252
  • Nov 20253
  • Oct 20256

New homes permitted each month, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

People in Calaveras County

  • Population46,605Census Population Estimates · July 1, 2025
  • Change since 2020+1,256 (+2.8%)July 1, 2020 to July 1, 2025 · Census Population Estimates
  • New homes per 1,000 residents1.52025 permits per 1,000 people on July 1, 2025 · Census
  • Median household income$78,6472020-2024 · Census ACS 5-year, ±$6,007

Jobs in Calaveras County

  • Jobs in the county10,140Annual average 2025, all industries, by place of work · BLS QCEW
  • Change since 2020+535 (+5.6%)2020 to 2025 annual averages · BLS QCEW
  • Average weekly wage$1,1552025, all industries · BLS QCEW

Home values in Calaveras County

Change in the price of homes sold or refinanced more than once (the FHFA repeat-sales index).

  • Home prices, 1 year−1%2024 to 2025 · FHFA House Price Index
  • Home prices, 5 years+31%2020 to 2025 · FHFA House Price Index

Growth in nearby counties

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About these numbersSources, dates and how these figures are built

New homes

U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2019-01 to 2026-09; annual files 2019-2025, posted May 14, 2026; the monthly files through Sep 2026, posted Oct 27, 2026. New housing units authorized by building permits, reported plus imputed. A month is the figure in that month's file; a year is the annual file, which adds late and corrected reports, so twelve months need not add up to the year. Public domain.

People

U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025, July 1, 2020 to July 1, 2025, posted Mar 26, 2026. Public domain.

Income

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013, 2020-2024 (2024 dollars), posted Jan 29, 2026. Median household income; printed at a coefficient of variation of 30% or less. Public domain.

Jobs

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2020-2025 annual averages, posted Aug 21, 2026. All industries, all ownerships, jobs covered by unemployment insurance; place of work. Public domain.

Data edition

Figures as of Oct 27, 2026. Area figures, not any one parcel's.