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Barrow County growth

1,584 new homes permitted in 2025

Census Building Permits Survey, 2025

New homes permitted in Barrow County

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

New housing units permitted in Barrow County
PeriodNew homesIn single-family homes
Jan–Sep 20261,1371,137
Jan–Sep 20251,204920
20251,5841,300
20241,4271,116
20231,092807
20221,054937
20211,134989
2020935819
2019734734
  • Sep 2026104
  • Aug 2026103
  • Jul 2026117
  • Jun 2026108
  • May 2026176
  • Apr 2026160
  • Mar 2026138
  • Feb 2026125
  • Jan 2026109
  • Dec 2025133
  • Nov 202580
  • Oct 2025167

New homes permitted each month, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

People in Barrow County

  • Population99,773Census Population Estimates · July 1, 2025
  • Change since 2020+15,707 (+18.7%)July 1, 2020 to July 1, 2025 · Census Population Estimates
  • New homes per 1,000 residents15.92025 permits per 1,000 people on July 1, 2025 · Census
  • Median household income$80,6532020-2024 · Census ACS 5-year, ±$4,208

Jobs in Barrow County

  • Jobs in the county24,813Annual average 2025, all industries, by place of work · BLS QCEW
  • Change since 2020+4,422 (+21.7%)2020 to 2025 annual averages · BLS QCEW
  • Average weekly wage$1,0792025, all industries · BLS QCEW

Home values in Barrow 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

Clarke CountyHall CountyJackson CountyOconee County

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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.