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Placer County growth

3,254 new homes permitted in 2025

Census Building Permits Survey, 2025

New homes permitted in Placer County

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

New housing units permitted in Placer County
PeriodNew homesIn single-family homes
Jan–Sep 20262,9071,633
Jan–Sep 20252,5361,888
20253,2542,462
20243,7132,828
20233,6812,852
20224,0793,506
20214,3014,073
20203,1692,627
20192,3522,045
  • Sep 2026328
  • Aug 2026495
  • Jul 2026190
  • Jun 2026307
  • May 2026445
  • Apr 2026318
  • Mar 2026226
  • Feb 2026178
  • Jan 2026159
  • Dec 2025272
  • Nov 2025237
  • Oct 2025209

New homes permitted each month, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

People in Placer County

  • Population442,081Census Population Estimates · July 1, 2025
  • Change since 2020+36,110 (+8.9%)July 1, 2020 to July 1, 2025 · Census Population Estimates
  • New homes per 1,000 residents7.42025 permits per 1,000 people on July 1, 2025 · Census
  • Median household income$115,9982020-2024 · Census ACS 5-year, ±$2,483

Jobs in Placer County

  • Jobs in the county188,212Annual average 2025, all industries, by place of work · BLS QCEW
  • Change since 2020+25,995 (+16.0%)2020 to 2025 annual averages · BLS QCEW
  • Average weekly wage$1,4582025, all industries · BLS QCEW

Home values in Placer 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+34%2020 to 2025 · FHFA House Price Index

Growth in nearby counties

El Dorado CountyNevada CountySacramento CountySutter CountyYuba 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.

Data edition

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