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San Benito County growth

247 new homes permitted in 2025

Census Building Permits Survey, 2025

New homes permitted in San Benito County

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

New housing units permitted in San Benito County
PeriodNew homesIn single-family homes
Jan–Sep 2026253253
Jan–Sep 2025204204
2025247247
2024281281
2023393313
2022354354
2021485485
2020494492
2019734727
  • Sep 202617
  • Aug 202617
  • Jul 202650
  • Jun 202636
  • May 202637
  • Apr 202626
  • Mar 202626
  • Feb 202633
  • Jan 20267
  • Dec 202517
  • Nov 202510
  • Oct 202514

New homes permitted each month, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

People in San Benito County

  • Population70,082Census Population Estimates · July 1, 2025
  • Change since 2020+5,557 (+8.6%)July 1, 2020 to July 1, 2025 · Census Population Estimates
  • New homes per 1,000 residents3.52025 permits per 1,000 people on July 1, 2025 · Census
  • Median household income$114,3942020-2024 · Census ACS 5-year, ±$5,136

Jobs in San Benito County

  • Jobs in the county18,690Annual average 2025, all industries, by place of work · BLS QCEW
  • Change since 2020+2,391 (+14.7%)2020 to 2025 annual averages · BLS QCEW
  • Average weekly wage$1,1762025, all industries · BLS QCEW

Home values in San Benito 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+30%2020 to 2025 · FHFA House Price Index

Growth in nearby counties

Fresno CountyMerced CountyMonterey CountySanta Clara 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.