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Vanderburgh County growth

441 new homes permitted in 2025

Census Building Permits Survey, 2025

New homes permitted in Vanderburgh County

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

New housing units permitted in Vanderburgh County
PeriodNew homesIn single-family homes
Jan–Sep 2026339303
Jan–Sep 2025341279
2025441363
2024416358
2023534425
2022701470
2021870632
2020675462
2019338304
  • Sep 202636
  • Aug 202641
  • Jul 202634
  • Jun 202642
  • May 202640
  • Apr 202647
  • Mar 202637
  • Feb 202628
  • Jan 202624
  • Dec 202529
  • Nov 202523
  • Oct 202541

New homes permitted each month, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

People in Vanderburgh County

  • Population181,995Census Population Estimates · July 1, 2025
  • Change since 2020+1,654 (+0.9%)July 1, 2020 to July 1, 2025 · Census Population Estimates
  • New homes per 1,000 residents2.42025 permits per 1,000 people on July 1, 2025 · Census
  • Median household income$61,6482020-2024 · Census ACS 5-year, ±$1,420

Jobs in Vanderburgh County

  • Jobs in the county107,429Annual average 2025, all industries, by place of work · BLS QCEW
  • Change since 2020+5,454 (+5.3%)2020 to 2025 annual averages · BLS QCEW
  • Average weekly wage$1,1442025, all industries · BLS QCEW

Home values in Vanderburgh County

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

  • Home prices, 1 year+4%2024 to 2025 · FHFA House Price Index
  • Home prices, 5 years+48%2020 to 2025 · FHFA House Price Index

Growth in nearby counties

Gibson CountyPosey CountyWarrick County

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Indiana growth by countyThe data (CSV, JSON)Vanderburgh County overview

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.