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Chowan County growth

48 new homes permitted in 2025

Census Building Permits Survey, 2025

New homes permitted in Chowan County

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

New housing units permitted in Chowan County
PeriodNew homesIn single-family homes
Jan–Sep 20266464
Jan–Sep 20254040
20254848
20244848
20234545
20223939
20213737
20202929
20191919
  • Sep 202610
  • Aug 20264
  • Jul 20267
  • Jun 20269
  • May 20266
  • Apr 20268
  • Mar 202613
  • Feb 20262
  • Jan 20265
  • Dec 20252
  • Nov 20252
  • Oct 20254

New homes permitted each month, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

People in Chowan County

  • Population14,082Census Population Estimates · July 1, 2025
  • Change since 2020+380 (+2.8%)July 1, 2020 to July 1, 2025 · Census Population Estimates
  • New homes per 1,000 residents3.42025 permits per 1,000 people on July 1, 2025 · Census
  • Median household income$53,8642020-2024 · Census ACS 5-year, ±$6,862

Jobs in Chowan County

  • Jobs in the county5,060Annual average 2025, all industries, by place of work · BLS QCEW
  • Change since 2020+564 (+12.5%)2020 to 2025 annual averages · BLS QCEW
  • Average weekly wage$9862025, all industries · BLS QCEW

Home values in Chowan County

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

  • Home prices, 1 year+10%2024 to 2025 · FHFA House Price Index
  • Home prices, 5 years+62%2020 to 2025 · FHFA House Price Index

Growth in nearby counties

Bertie CountyGates CountyHertford CountyPerquimans CountyWashington 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.