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Martin County growth

64 new homes permitted in 2025

Census Building Permits Survey, 2025

New homes permitted in Martin County

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

New housing units permitted in Martin County
PeriodNew homesIn single-family homes
Jan–Sep 2026409
Jan–Sep 2025186
20256414
2024104
202333
202231
202133
202000
201942
  • Sep 20267
  • Aug 20267
  • Jul 20266
  • Jun 20267
  • May 20266
  • Apr 20267
  • Mar 20260
  • Feb 20260
  • Jan 20260
  • Dec 20252
  • Nov 20252
  • Oct 20252

New homes permitted each month, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

People in Martin County

  • Population9,856Census Population Estimates · July 1, 2025
  • Change since 2020+48 (+0.5%)July 1, 2020 to July 1, 2025 · Census Population Estimates
  • New homes per 1,000 residents6.52025 permits per 1,000 people on July 1, 2025 · Census
  • Median household income$68,5942020-2024 · Census ACS 5-year, ±$8,824

Jobs in Martin County

  • Jobs in the county8,141Annual average 2025, all industries, by place of work · BLS QCEW
  • Change since 2020+219 (+2.8%)2020 to 2025 annual averages · BLS QCEW
  • Average weekly wage$1,6162025, all industries · BLS QCEW

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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.