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Costilla County growth

114 new homes permitted in 2025

Census Building Permits Survey, 2025

New homes permitted in Costilla County

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

New housing units permitted in Costilla County
PeriodNew homesIn single-family homes
Jan–Sep 20267979
Jan–Sep 20256363
2025114114
2024145145
202300
202200
202100
202000
201900
  • Sep 20268
  • Aug 20268
  • Jul 202610
  • Jun 202610
  • May 20269
  • Apr 202610
  • Mar 202611
  • Feb 202610
  • Jan 20263
  • Dec 202510
  • Nov 20258
  • Oct 202511

New homes permitted each month, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

People in Costilla County

  • Population3,679Census Population Estimates · July 1, 2025
  • Change since 2020+180 (+5.1%)July 1, 2020 to July 1, 2025 · Census Population Estimates
  • New homes per 1,000 residents31.02025 permits per 1,000 people on July 1, 2025 · Census
  • Median household income$36,8612020-2024 · Census ACS 5-year, ±$6,112

Jobs in Costilla County

  • Jobs in the county924Annual average 2025, all industries, by place of work · BLS QCEW
  • Change since 2020+11 (+1.2%)2020 to 2025 annual averages · BLS QCEW
  • Average weekly wage$8212025, all industries · BLS QCEW

Growth in nearby counties

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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.