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Mitchell County growth

44 new homes permitted in 2025

Census Building Permits Survey, 2025

New homes permitted in Mitchell County

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

New housing units permitted in Mitchell County
PeriodNew homesIn single-family homes
Jan–Sep 20265757
Jan–Sep 20252828
20254444
20244444
20233939
20224040
20213939
20203634
20192525
  • Sep 202611
  • Aug 20268
  • Jul 20264
  • Jun 20266
  • May 20263
  • Apr 20268
  • Mar 20267
  • Feb 20264
  • Jan 20266
  • Dec 20258
  • Nov 20254
  • Oct 20254

New homes permitted each month, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

People in Mitchell County

  • Population15,062Census Population Estimates · July 1, 2025
  • Change since 2020+161 (+1.1%)July 1, 2020 to July 1, 2025 · Census Population Estimates
  • New homes per 1,000 residents2.92025 permits per 1,000 people on July 1, 2025 · Census
  • Median household income$57,6022020-2024 · Census ACS 5-year, ±$5,146

Jobs in Mitchell County

  • Jobs in the county4,641Annual average 2025, all industries, by place of work · BLS QCEW
  • Change since 2020+209 (+4.7%)2020 to 2025 annual averages · BLS QCEW
  • Average weekly wage$9762025, all industries · BLS QCEW

Home values in Mitchell County

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

  • Home prices, 1 year+14%2024 to 2025 · FHFA House Price Index
  • Home prices, 5 years+68%2020 to 2025 · FHFA House Price Index

Growth in nearby counties

Avery CountyMcDowell CountyYancey County

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

Data edition

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