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Atkinson County growth

18 new homes permitted in 2025

Census Building Permits Survey, 2025

New homes permitted in Atkinson County

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

New housing units permitted in Atkinson County
PeriodNew homesIn single-family homes
Jan–Sep 20261414
Jan–Sep 20251515
20251818
20241818
20232222
202266
20211515
20203636
201900
  • Sep 20261
  • Aug 20262
  • Jul 20261
  • Jun 20262
  • May 20261
  • Apr 20262
  • Mar 20262
  • Feb 20261
  • Jan 20262
  • Dec 20251
  • Nov 20251
  • Oct 20251

New homes permitted each month, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

People in Atkinson County

  • Population8,454Census Population Estimates · July 1, 2025
  • Change since 2020+147 (+1.8%)July 1, 2020 to July 1, 2025 · Census Population Estimates
  • New homes per 1,000 residents2.12025 permits per 1,000 people on July 1, 2025 · Census
  • Median household income$42,3472020-2024 · Census ACS 5-year, ±$8,985

Jobs in Atkinson County

  • Jobs in the county2,166Annual average 2025, all industries, by place of work · BLS QCEW
  • Change since 2020−91 (−4.0%)2020 to 2025 annual averages · BLS QCEW
  • Average weekly wage$9562025, all industries · BLS QCEW

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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.