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Edgecombe County growth

53 new homes permitted in 2025

Census Building Permits Survey, 2025

New homes permitted in Edgecombe County

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

New housing units permitted in Edgecombe County
PeriodNew homesIn single-family homes
Jan–Sep 20262927
Jan–Sep 20253939
20255351
20245045
20237949
2022108108
2021145145
20204242
20193232
  • Sep 20261
  • Aug 20262
  • Jul 20263
  • Jun 20268
  • May 20262
  • Apr 20263
  • Mar 20265
  • Feb 20264
  • Jan 20261
  • Dec 20257
  • Nov 20253
  • Oct 20254

New homes permitted each month, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

People in Edgecombe County

  • Population49,121Census Population Estimates · July 1, 2025
  • Change since 2020+340 (+0.7%)July 1, 2020 to July 1, 2025 · Census Population Estimates
  • New homes per 1,000 residents1.12025 permits per 1,000 people on July 1, 2025 · Census
  • Median household income$51,2652020-2024 · Census ACS 5-year, ±$3,893

Jobs in Edgecombe County

  • Jobs in the county14,827Annual average 2025, all industries, by place of work · BLS QCEW
  • Change since 2020−335 (−2.2%)2020 to 2025 annual averages · BLS QCEW
  • Average weekly wage$9582025, all industries · BLS QCEW

Home values in Edgecombe 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+49%2020 to 2025 · FHFA House Price Index

Growth in nearby counties

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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.

Data edition

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