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Montrose County growth

279 new homes permitted in 2025

Census Building Permits Survey, 2025

New homes permitted in Montrose County

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

New housing units permitted in Montrose County
PeriodNew homesIn single-family homes
Jan–Sep 2026344168
Jan–Sep 2025173161
2025279207
2024270240
2023321247
2022405338
2021451388
2020263251
2019237221
  • Sep 2026171
  • Aug 202621
  • Jul 202624
  • Jun 202626
  • May 202615
  • Apr 202627
  • Mar 202626
  • Feb 202616
  • Jan 202618
  • Dec 202516
  • Nov 202517
  • Oct 202572

New homes permitted each month, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

People in Montrose County

  • Population44,591Census Population Estimates · July 1, 2025
  • Change since 2020+1,766 (+4.1%)July 1, 2020 to July 1, 2025 · Census Population Estimates
  • New homes per 1,000 residents6.32025 permits per 1,000 people on July 1, 2025 · Census
  • Median household income$72,1202020-2024 · Census ACS 5-year, ±$2,832

Jobs in Montrose County

  • Jobs in the county17,492Annual average 2025, all industries, by place of work · BLS QCEW
  • Change since 2020+2,593 (+17.4%)2020 to 2025 annual averages · BLS QCEW
  • Average weekly wage$1,0682025, all industries · BLS QCEW

Home values in Montrose County

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

  • Home prices, 1 year+5%2024 to 2025 · FHFA House Price Index
  • Home prices, 5 years+55%2020 to 2025 · FHFA House Price Index

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.