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Franklin County growth

142 new homes permitted in 2025

Census Building Permits Survey, 2025

New homes permitted in Franklin County

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

New housing units permitted in Franklin County
PeriodNew homesIn single-family homes
Jan–Sep 2026134134
Jan–Sep 2025142140
2025142142
2024215215
2023182171
2022172172
2021142142
2020119119
20196868
  • Sep 202615
  • Aug 202614
  • Jul 202616
  • Jun 202614
  • May 202613
  • Apr 202613
  • Mar 202618
  • Feb 202616
  • Jan 202615
  • Dec 202515
  • Nov 202519
  • Oct 202518

New homes permitted each month, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

People in Franklin County

  • Population25,948Census Population Estimates · July 1, 2025
  • Change since 2020+2,472 (+10.5%)July 1, 2020 to July 1, 2025 · Census Population Estimates
  • New homes per 1,000 residents5.52025 permits per 1,000 people on July 1, 2025 · Census
  • Median household income$53,0462020-2024 · Census ACS 5-year, ±$4,536

Jobs in Franklin County

  • Jobs in the county8,226Annual average 2025, all industries, by place of work · BLS QCEW
  • Change since 2020+640 (+8.4%)2020 to 2025 annual averages · BLS QCEW
  • Average weekly wage$9222025, all industries · BLS QCEW

Home values in Franklin County

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

  • Home prices, 1 year+7%2024 to 2025 · FHFA House Price Index
  • Home prices, 5 years+69%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.