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Wheeler County growth

0 new homes permitted in 2025

Census Building Permits Survey, 2025

New homes permitted in Wheeler County

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

New housing units permitted in Wheeler County
PeriodNew homesIn single-family homes
Jan–Sep 202600
Jan–Sep 202500
202500
202400
202300
202200
202100
202000
201900

People in Wheeler County

  • Population7,570Census Population Estimates · July 1, 2025
  • Change since 2020+123 (+1.7%)July 1, 2020 to July 1, 2025 · Census Population Estimates
  • New homes per 1,000 residents0.02025 permits per 1,000 people on July 1, 2025 · Census
  • Median household income$40,5392020-2024 · Census ACS 5-year, ±$12,079

Jobs in Wheeler County

  • Jobs in the county1,037Annual average 2025, all industries, by place of work · BLS QCEW
  • Change since 2020−15 (−1.4%)2020 to 2025 annual averages · BLS QCEW
  • Average weekly wage$9102025, all industries · BLS QCEW

Growth in nearby counties

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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.