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Forsyth County growth

2,875 new homes permitted in 2025

Census Building Permits Survey, 2025

New homes permitted in Forsyth County

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

New housing units permitted in Forsyth County
PeriodNew homesIn single-family homes
Jan–Sep 20262,1762,176
Jan–Sep 20252,2152,203
20252,8752,863
20243,8462,540
20233,4542,022
20223,8242,394
20212,6952,427
20202,9182,890
20192,2552,255
  • Sep 2026195
  • Aug 2026298
  • Jul 2026229
  • Jun 2026231
  • May 2026318
  • Apr 2026307
  • Mar 2026221
  • Feb 2026164
  • Jan 2026213
  • Dec 2025187
  • Nov 2025203
  • Oct 2025270

New homes permitted each month, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

People in Forsyth County

  • Population401,718Census Population Estimates · July 1, 2025
  • Change since 2020+19,100 (+5.0%)July 1, 2020 to July 1, 2025 · Census Population Estimates
  • New homes per 1,000 residents7.22025 permits per 1,000 people on July 1, 2025 · Census
  • Median household income$67,1652020-2024 · Census ACS 5-year, ±$1,465

Jobs in Forsyth County

  • Jobs in the county190,305Annual average 2025, all industries, by place of work · BLS QCEW
  • Change since 2020+8,970 (+4.9%)2020 to 2025 annual averages · BLS QCEW
  • Average weekly wage$1,3412025, all industries · BLS QCEW

Home values in Forsyth 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+62%2020 to 2025 · FHFA House Price Index

Land in Forsyth County

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

Recorded land sales by quarter in Forsyth County
QuarterLand salesMedian an acre, 1 acre or moreMedian lot, under 1 acre
Q2 2026111$27,919$47,000
Q1 2026141$25,476$29,500
Q4 2025128$36,704$30,000
Q3 2025136$24,405$35,000

Growth in nearby counties

Davidson CountyDavie CountyGuilford CountyRockingham CountyStokes CountySurry CountyYadkin County

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North Carolina growth by countyThe data (CSV, JSON)Forsyth 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.

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.