Sutter County growth
360 new homes permitted in 2025
Census Building Permits Survey, 2025
New homes permitted in Sutter County
Housing units the county's permit offices authorized, by year, from the Census Bureau.
| Period | New homes | In single-family homes |
|---|---|---|
| Jan–Sep 2026 | 158 | 158 |
| Jan–Sep 2025 | 64 | 64 |
| 2025 | 360 | 149 |
| 2024 | 117 | 117 |
| 2023 | 86 | 86 |
| 2022 | 143 | 125 |
| 2021 | 142 | 106 |
| 2020 | 144 | 144 |
| 2019 | 140 | 116 |
New homes permitted each month, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026
People in Sutter County
- Population98,787Census Population Estimates · July 1, 2025
- Change since 2020−676 (−0.7%)July 1, 2020 to July 1, 2025 · Census Population Estimates
- New homes per 1,000 residents3.62025 permits per 1,000 people on July 1, 2025 · Census
- Median household income$79,7042020-2024 · Census ACS 5-year, ±$5,306
Jobs in Sutter County
- Jobs in the county33,016Annual average 2025, all industries, by place of work · BLS QCEW
- Change since 2020+2,125 (+6.9%)2020 to 2025 annual averages · BLS QCEW
- Average weekly wage$1,0982025, all industries · BLS QCEW
Home values in Sutter 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+36%2020 to 2025 · FHFA House Price Index
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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.