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Baldwin County growth

95 new homes permitted in 2025

Census Building Permits Survey, 2025

New homes permitted in Baldwin County

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

New housing units permitted in Baldwin County
PeriodNew homesIn single-family homes
Jan–Sep 2026195125
Jan–Sep 20258165
20259579
2024202100
20239391
2022124122
2021235103
2020107107
2019104104
  • Sep 20266
  • Aug 20265
  • Jul 202614
  • Jun 20268
  • May 202612
  • Apr 202616
  • Mar 20268
  • Feb 202613
  • Jan 2026103
  • Dec 20255
  • Nov 20253
  • Oct 20256

New homes permitted each month, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

People in Baldwin County

  • Population44,029Census Population Estimates · July 1, 2025
  • Change since 2020+243 (+0.6%)July 1, 2020 to July 1, 2025 · Census Population Estimates
  • New homes per 1,000 residents2.22025 permits per 1,000 people on July 1, 2025 · Census
  • Median household income$54,4032020-2024 · Census ACS 5-year, ±$3,703

Jobs in Baldwin County

  • Jobs in the county16,520Annual average 2025, all industries, by place of work · BLS QCEW
  • Change since 2020+1,467 (+9.7%)2020 to 2025 annual averages · BLS QCEW
  • Average weekly wage$8712025, all industries · BLS QCEW

Home values in Baldwin 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+52%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.