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Ventura County growth

1,609 new homes permitted in 2025

Census Building Permits Survey, 2025

New homes permitted in Ventura County

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

New housing units permitted in Ventura County
PeriodNew homesIn single-family homes
Jan–Sep 20261,328505
Jan–Sep 20251,320374
20251,609540
20241,648499
20231,163400
20221,368474
20211,477686
20201,501669
20191,146609
  • Sep 2026142
  • Aug 2026138
  • Jul 202688
  • Jun 202678
  • May 2026118
  • Apr 2026131
  • Mar 2026298
  • Feb 2026146
  • Jan 2026102
  • Dec 2025126
  • Nov 2025104
  • Oct 2025102

New homes permitted each month, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

People in Ventura County

  • Population830,851Census Population Estimates · July 1, 2025
  • Change since 2020−12,942 (−1.5%)July 1, 2020 to July 1, 2025 · Census Population Estimates
  • New homes per 1,000 residents1.92025 permits per 1,000 people on July 1, 2025 · Census
  • Median household income$109,7972020-2024 · Census ACS 5-year, ±$1,753

Jobs in Ventura County

  • Jobs in the county335,864Annual average 2025, all industries, by place of work · BLS QCEW
  • Change since 2020+26,616 (+8.6%)2020 to 2025 annual averages · BLS QCEW
  • Average weekly wage$1,3872025, all industries · BLS QCEW

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

Growth in nearby counties

Kern CountyLos Angeles CountySanta Barbara County

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California growth by countyThe data (CSV, JSON)Ventura County overview

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.