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Steuben County growth

127 new homes permitted in 2025

Census Building Permits Survey, 2025

New homes permitted in Steuben County

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

New housing units permitted in Steuben County
PeriodNew homesIn single-family homes
Jan–Sep 2026120116
Jan–Sep 20259393
2025127125
2024209135
2023131124
2022146146
2021145143
2020163161
2019147141
  • Sep 202629
  • Aug 202633
  • Jul 20268
  • Jun 202613
  • May 20265
  • Apr 202617
  • Mar 20265
  • Feb 20265
  • Jan 20265
  • Dec 20258
  • Nov 20257
  • Oct 202519

New homes permitted each month, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

People in Steuben County

  • Population34,799Census Population Estimates · July 1, 2025
  • Change since 2020+347 (+1.0%)July 1, 2020 to July 1, 2025 · Census Population Estimates
  • New homes per 1,000 residents3.62025 permits per 1,000 people on July 1, 2025 · Census
  • Median household income$74,9112020-2024 · Census ACS 5-year, ±$3,605

Jobs in Steuben County

  • Jobs in the county16,091Annual average 2025, all industries, by place of work · BLS QCEW
  • Change since 2020+1,042 (+6.9%)2020 to 2025 annual averages · BLS QCEW
  • Average weekly wage$9732025, all industries · BLS QCEW

Home values in Steuben 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+60%2020 to 2025 · FHFA House Price Index

Land in Steuben County

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

Recorded land sales by quarter in Steuben County
QuarterLand salesMedian an acre, 1 acre or moreMedian lot, under 1 acre
Q3 20260Too few salesToo few sales
Q2 20260Too few salesToo few sales
Q1 20260Too few salesToo few sales
Q4 202513Too few salesToo few sales

Growth in nearby counties

DeKalb CountyLaGrange CountyNoble 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.