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Hendricks County growth

1,654 new homes permitted in 2025

Census Building Permits Survey, 2025

New homes permitted in Hendricks County

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

New housing units permitted in Hendricks County
PeriodNew homesIn single-family homes
Jan–Sep 20261,0771,007
Jan–Sep 20251,3611,290
20251,6541,583
20241,2951,217
20231,335994
20221,3151,036
20211,3701,360
20201,3711,349
20191,053872
  • Sep 2026100
  • Aug 2026115
  • Jul 202688
  • Jun 2026153
  • May 2026136
  • Apr 2026125
  • Mar 2026124
  • Feb 2026136
  • Jan 202687
  • Dec 202583
  • Nov 202594
  • Oct 2025115

New homes permitted each month, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

People in Hendricks County

  • Population193,510Census Population Estimates · July 1, 2025
  • Change since 2020+17,903 (+10.2%)July 1, 2020 to July 1, 2025 · Census Population Estimates
  • New homes per 1,000 residents8.52025 permits per 1,000 people on July 1, 2025 · Census
  • Median household income$101,1442020-2024 · Census ACS 5-year, ±$2,791

Jobs in Hendricks County

  • Jobs in the county81,450Annual average 2025, all industries, by place of work · BLS QCEW
  • Change since 2020+6,918 (+9.3%)2020 to 2025 annual averages · BLS QCEW
  • Average weekly wage$1,0622025, all industries · BLS QCEW

Home values in Hendricks County

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

  • Home prices, 1 year+2%2024 to 2025 · FHFA House Price Index
  • Home prices, 5 years+51%2020 to 2025 · FHFA House Price Index

Growth in nearby counties

Boone CountyMarion CountyMontgomery CountyMorgan CountyPutnam 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.

Data edition

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