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Christian County growth

60 new homes permitted in 2025

Census Building Permits Survey, 2025

New homes permitted in Christian County

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

New housing units permitted in Christian County
PeriodNew homesIn single-family homes
Jan–Sep 20265050
Jan–Sep 20253434
20256060
20246363
20232929
20223535
20212828
20201313
20192222
  • Sep 20266
  • Aug 20266
  • Jul 20268
  • Jun 20267
  • May 20266
  • Apr 20266
  • Mar 20265
  • Feb 20264
  • Jan 20264
  • Dec 20253
  • Nov 20255
  • Oct 20257

New homes permitted each month, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

People in Christian County

  • Population33,443Census Population Estimates · July 1, 2025
  • Change since 2020−517 (−1.5%)July 1, 2020 to July 1, 2025 · Census Population Estimates
  • New homes per 1,000 residents1.82025 permits per 1,000 people on July 1, 2025 · Census
  • Median household income$62,6112020-2024 · Census ACS 5-year, ±$2,760

Jobs in Christian County

  • Jobs in the county9,275Annual average 2025, all industries, by place of work · BLS QCEW
  • Change since 2020+196 (+2.2%)2020 to 2025 annual averages · BLS QCEW
  • Average weekly wage$1,0062025, all industries · BLS QCEW

Home values in Christian 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+41%2020 to 2025 · FHFA House Price Index

Land in Christian County

Our own figures from the county roll and the county's recorded sales.

Recorded land sales by quarter in Christian County
QuarterLand salesMedian an acre, 1 acre or moreMedian lot, under 1 acre
Q3 202614$15,375Too few sales
Q2 202610Too few salesToo few sales
Q1 202615$16,563Too few sales
Q4 202511Too few salesToo few sales

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.

Land

Groundwork's map of the county roll and the county's own recorded sales: the same figures, gates and dates as the county page.

Data edition

Figures as of Oct 27, 2026. Area figures, not any one parcel's.