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Madison County growth

435 new homes permitted in 2025

Census Building Permits Survey, 2025

New homes permitted in Madison County

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

New housing units permitted in Madison County
PeriodNew homesIn single-family homes
Jan–Sep 2026367244
Jan–Sep 2025375261
2025435323
2024366314
2023340333
2022413328
2021399394
2020442414
2019462357
  • Sep 202630
  • Aug 202653
  • Jul 202633
  • Jun 202630
  • May 202633
  • Apr 202631
  • Mar 202687
  • Feb 202623
  • Jan 202628
  • Dec 202536
  • Nov 202535
  • Oct 202536

New homes permitted each month, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

People in Madison County

  • Population263,110Census Population Estimates · July 1, 2025
  • Change since 2020−2,636 (−1.0%)July 1, 2020 to July 1, 2025 · Census Population Estimates
  • New homes per 1,000 residents1.72025 permits per 1,000 people on July 1, 2025 · Census
  • Median household income$75,7932020-2024 · Census ACS 5-year, ±$1,799

Jobs in Madison County

  • Jobs in the county107,517Annual average 2025, all industries, by place of work · BLS QCEW
  • Change since 2020+8,097 (+8.1%)2020 to 2025 annual averages · BLS QCEW
  • Average weekly wage$1,1522025, all industries · BLS QCEW

Home values in Madison 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+47%2020 to 2025 · FHFA House Price Index

Land in Madison County

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

Recorded land sales by quarter in Madison County
QuarterLand salesMedian an acre, 1 acre or moreMedian lot, under 1 acre
Q3 202661$19,677$50,000
Q2 202671$20,477$39,000
Q1 202646$21,155$50,000
Q4 202559$19,629$41,950

Growth in nearby counties

Bond CountyClinton CountyJersey CountyMacoupin CountySt. Clair 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.

Home values

FHFA House Price Index (all-transactions), annual county and five-digit ZIP indexes, 2025, posted Mar 31, 2026. 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.