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Grand County growth

311 new homes permitted in 2025

Census Building Permits Survey, 2025

New homes permitted in Grand County

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

New housing units permitted in Grand County
PeriodNew homesIn single-family homes
Jan–Sep 2026177160
Jan–Sep 2025253174
2025311221
2024294212
2023244230
2022375282
2021467385
2020234207
2019223203
  • Sep 202614
  • Aug 202625
  • Jul 202627
  • Jun 202631
  • May 202626
  • Apr 202614
  • Mar 202625
  • Feb 202617
  • Jan 20269
  • Dec 202515
  • Nov 202512
  • Oct 202531

New homes permitted each month, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

People in Grand County

  • Population16,496Census Population Estimates · July 1, 2025
  • Change since 2020+748 (+4.7%)July 1, 2020 to July 1, 2025 · Census Population Estimates
  • New homes per 1,000 residents18.92025 permits per 1,000 people on July 1, 2025 · Census
  • Median household income$88,6122020-2024 · Census ACS 5-year, ±$8,655

Jobs in Grand County

  • Jobs in the county8,194Annual average 2025, all industries, by place of work · BLS QCEW
  • Change since 2020+1,406 (+20.7%)2020 to 2025 annual averages · BLS QCEW
  • Average weekly wage$1,0542025, all industries · BLS QCEW

Home values in Grand 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+66%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.

Data edition

Figures as of Oct 27, 2026. Area figures, not any one parcel's.