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Gordon County growth

289 new homes permitted in 2025

Census Building Permits Survey, 2025

New homes permitted in Gordon County

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

New housing units permitted in Gordon County
PeriodNew homesIn single-family homes
Jan–Sep 2026382380
Jan–Sep 2025263263
2025289289
2024429357
2023391335
2022631261
2021480352
2020256250
2019239239
  • Sep 202642
  • Aug 202642
  • Jul 202645
  • Jun 202648
  • May 202653
  • Apr 202630
  • Mar 202651
  • Feb 202635
  • Jan 202636
  • Dec 202522
  • Nov 202515
  • Oct 202517

New homes permitted each month, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

People in Gordon County

  • Population61,701Census Population Estimates · July 1, 2025
  • Change since 2020+3,971 (+6.9%)July 1, 2020 to July 1, 2025 · Census Population Estimates
  • New homes per 1,000 residents4.72025 permits per 1,000 people on July 1, 2025 · Census
  • Median household income$63,6502020-2024 · Census ACS 5-year, ±$2,284

Jobs in Gordon County

  • Jobs in the county25,007Annual average 2025, all industries, by place of work · BLS QCEW
  • Change since 2020+2,287 (+10.1%)2020 to 2025 annual averages · BLS QCEW
  • Average weekly wage$1,1472025, all industries · BLS QCEW

Home values in Gordon County

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

  • Home prices, 1 year+8%2024 to 2025 · FHFA House Price Index
  • Home prices, 5 years+67%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.