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Kern County growth

3,159 new homes permitted in 2025

Census Building Permits Survey, 2025

New homes permitted in Kern County

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

New housing units permitted in Kern County
PeriodNew homesIn single-family homes
Jan–Sep 20262,2791,986
Jan–Sep 20252,4482,224
20253,1592,793
20243,2442,812
20232,4512,246
20222,6882,471
20212,2932,152
20202,5022,209
20192,2612,190
  • Sep 2026230
  • Aug 2026205
  • Jul 2026234
  • Jun 2026317
  • May 2026247
  • Apr 2026270
  • Mar 2026264
  • Feb 2026251
  • Jan 2026236
  • Dec 2025219
  • Nov 2025174
  • Oct 2025275

New homes permitted each month, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

People in Kern County

  • Population927,068Census Population Estimates · July 1, 2025
  • Change since 2020+21,108 (+2.3%)July 1, 2020 to July 1, 2025 · Census Population Estimates
  • New homes per 1,000 residents3.42025 permits per 1,000 people on July 1, 2025 · Census
  • Median household income$70,2102020-2024 · Census ACS 5-year, ±$1,287

Jobs in Kern County

  • Jobs in the county347,044Annual average 2025, all industries, by place of work · BLS QCEW
  • Change since 2020+31,388 (+9.9%)2020 to 2025 annual averages · BLS QCEW
  • Average weekly wage$1,1872025, all industries · BLS QCEW

Home values in Kern County

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

  • Home prices, 1 year+2%2024 to 2025 · FHFA House Price Index
  • Home prices, 5 years+51%2020 to 2025 · FHFA House Price Index

Growth in nearby counties

Inyo CountyKings CountyLos Angeles CountySan Bernardino CountySan Luis Obispo CountySanta Barbara CountyTulare CountyVentura County

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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.

Home values

FHFA House Price Index (all-transactions), annual county and five-digit ZIP indexes, 2025, posted Mar 31, 2026. Public domain.

Data edition

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