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Ripley County growth

88 new homes permitted in 2025

Census Building Permits Survey, 2025

New homes permitted in Ripley County

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

New housing units permitted in Ripley County
PeriodNew homesIn single-family homes
Jan–Sep 20269077
Jan–Sep 20257166
20258883
202411092
202310793
2022134126
20219997
202011379
20199770
  • Sep 20266
  • Aug 202617
  • Jul 20267
  • Jun 20265
  • May 20268
  • Apr 202618
  • Mar 20269
  • Feb 20266
  • Jan 202612
  • Dec 20256
  • Nov 20255
  • Oct 20256

New homes permitted each month, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

People in Ripley County

  • Population29,434Census Population Estimates · July 1, 2025
  • Change since 2020+455 (+1.6%)July 1, 2020 to July 1, 2025 · Census Population Estimates
  • New homes per 1,000 residents3.02025 permits per 1,000 people on July 1, 2025 · Census
  • Median household income$70,5732020-2024 · Census ACS 5-year, ±$4,366

Jobs in Ripley County

  • Jobs in the county11,001Annual average 2025, all industries, by place of work · BLS QCEW
  • Change since 2020−870 (−7.3%)2020 to 2025 annual averages · BLS QCEW
  • Average weekly wage$1,0262025, all industries · BLS QCEW

Home values in Ripley 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+54%2020 to 2025 · FHFA House Price Index

Growth in nearby counties

Dearborn CountyDecatur CountyFranklin CountyJefferson CountyJennings CountyOhio CountySwitzerland 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.

Data edition

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