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Perry County growth

32 new homes permitted in 2025

Census Building Permits Survey, 2025

New homes permitted in Perry County

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

New housing units permitted in Perry County
PeriodNew homesIn single-family homes
Jan–Sep 20262424
Jan–Sep 20252624
20253232
20242828
20233426
20226125
20213737
20203834
20193131
  • Sep 20263
  • Aug 20263
  • Jul 20264
  • Jun 20264
  • May 20264
  • Apr 20263
  • Mar 20262
  • Feb 20260
  • Jan 20261
  • Dec 20251
  • Nov 20252
  • Oct 20252

New homes permitted each month, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

People in Perry County

  • Population19,389Census Population Estimates · July 1, 2025
  • Change since 2020+229 (+1.2%)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$61,1512020-2024 · Census ACS 5-year, ±$7,346

Jobs in Perry County

  • Jobs in the county6,307Annual average 2025, all industries, by place of work · BLS QCEW
  • Change since 2020+161 (+2.6%)2020 to 2025 annual averages · BLS QCEW
  • Average weekly wage$1,0202025, all industries · BLS QCEW

Home values in Perry County

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

  • Home prices, 1 year+6%2024 to 2025 · FHFA House Price Index
  • Home prices, 5 years+47%2020 to 2025 · FHFA House Price Index

Land in Perry County

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

Recorded land sales by quarter in Perry County
QuarterLand salesMedian an acre, 1 acre or moreMedian lot, under 1 acre
Q3 20260Too few salesToo few sales
Q2 20266Too few salesToo few sales
Q1 202611Too few salesToo few sales
Q4 20256Too few salesToo few sales

Growth in nearby counties

Crawford CountyDubois CountySpencer 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.

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.