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Routt County growth

218 new homes permitted in 2025

Census Building Permits Survey, 2025

New homes permitted in Routt County

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

New housing units permitted in Routt County
PeriodNew homesIn single-family homes
Jan–Sep 2026218126
Jan–Sep 2025186164
2025218196
2024597167
2023329129
2022438184
2021215206
2020285158
2019250161
  • Sep 202634
  • Aug 202623
  • Jul 202626
  • Jun 202617
  • May 202681
  • Apr 202610
  • Mar 202610
  • Feb 20266
  • Jan 20261
  • Dec 20256
  • Nov 20253
  • Oct 202523

New homes permitted each month, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

People in Routt County

  • Population25,329Census Population Estimates · July 1, 2025
  • Change since 2020+492 (+2.0%)July 1, 2020 to July 1, 2025 · Census Population Estimates
  • New homes per 1,000 residents8.62025 permits per 1,000 people on July 1, 2025 · Census
  • Median household income$106,4892020-2024 · Census ACS 5-year, ±$9,881

Jobs in Routt County

  • Jobs in the county16,323Annual average 2025, all industries, by place of work · BLS QCEW
  • Change since 2020+1,968 (+13.7%)2020 to 2025 annual averages · BLS QCEW
  • Average weekly wage$1,2372025, all industries · BLS QCEW

Home values in Routt County

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

  • Home prices, 1 year−1%2024 to 2025 · FHFA House Price Index
  • Home prices, 5 years+68%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.