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Boulder County growth

2,001 new homes permitted in 2025

Census Building Permits Survey, 2025

New homes permitted in Boulder County

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

New housing units permitted in Boulder County
PeriodNew homesIn single-family homes
Jan–Sep 20261,182377
Jan–Sep 20251,269340
20252,001428
20241,680441
20231,642791
20221,642661
20211,237343
20201,634573
20191,650742
  • Sep 202652
  • Aug 202640
  • Jul 2026135
  • Jun 202699
  • May 2026285
  • Apr 202651
  • Mar 2026490
  • Feb 202649
  • Jan 202622
  • Dec 2025171
  • Nov 2025124
  • Oct 2025132

New homes permitted each month, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

People in Boulder County

  • Population328,560Census Population Estimates · July 1, 2025
  • Change since 2020−2,422 (−0.7%)July 1, 2020 to July 1, 2025 · Census Population Estimates
  • New homes per 1,000 residents6.12025 permits per 1,000 people on July 1, 2025 · Census
  • Median household income$103,9942020-2024 · Census ACS 5-year, ±$2,268

Jobs in Boulder County

  • Jobs in the county191,487Annual average 2025, all industries, by place of work · BLS QCEW
  • Change since 2020+12,431 (+6.9%)2020 to 2025 annual averages · BLS QCEW
  • Average weekly wage$1,9472025, all industries · BLS QCEW

Home values in Boulder County

Change in the price of homes sold or refinanced more than once (the FHFA repeat-sales index).

  • Home prices, 1 year0%2024 to 2025 · FHFA House Price Index
  • Home prices, 5 years+35%2020 to 2025 · FHFA House Price Index

Growth in nearby counties

Broomfield CountyGilpin CountyGrand CountyJefferson CountyLarimer CountyWeld County

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Colorado growth by countyThe data (CSV, JSON)Boulder 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.