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Monterey County growth

775 new homes permitted in 2025

Census Building Permits Survey, 2025

New homes permitted in Monterey County

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

New housing units permitted in Monterey County
PeriodNew homesIn single-family homes
Jan–Sep 2026602555
Jan–Sep 2025594419
2025775663
2024677512
2023617459
20221,086611
2021882503
2020753415
2019480391
  • Sep 202692
  • Aug 202649
  • Jul 202657
  • Jun 202657
  • May 202670
  • Apr 202668
  • Mar 202676
  • Feb 202678
  • Jan 202687
  • Dec 202547
  • Nov 202557
  • Oct 202595

New homes permitted each month, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

People in Monterey County

  • Population433,729Census Population Estimates · July 1, 2025
  • Change since 2020−6,764 (−1.5%)July 1, 2020 to July 1, 2025 · Census Population Estimates
  • New homes per 1,000 residents1.82025 permits per 1,000 people on July 1, 2025 · Census
  • Median household income$97,2302020-2024 · Census ACS 5-year, ±$1,883

Jobs in Monterey County

  • Jobs in the county198,525Annual average 2025, all industries, by place of work · BLS QCEW
  • Change since 2020+14,809 (+8.1%)2020 to 2025 annual averages · BLS QCEW
  • Average weekly wage$1,2232025, all industries · BLS QCEW

Home values in Monterey 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+44%2020 to 2025 · FHFA House Price Index

Growth in nearby counties

Fresno CountyKings CountySan Benito CountySan Luis Obispo CountySanta Cruz 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.