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Onslow County growth

1,372 new homes permitted in 2025

Census Building Permits Survey, 2025

New homes permitted in Onslow County

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

New housing units permitted in Onslow County
PeriodNew homesIn single-family homes
Jan–Sep 20261,6951,205
Jan–Sep 20251,1041,068
20251,3721,318
20241,2461,213
20231,4191,107
20221,3221,212
20211,5971,555
20201,4351,351
20191,3311,303
  • Sep 202691
  • Aug 2026189
  • Jul 2026190
  • Jun 2026148
  • May 2026480
  • Apr 2026185
  • Mar 2026205
  • Feb 202699
  • Jan 2026118
  • Dec 202593
  • Nov 202596
  • Oct 202584

New homes permitted each month, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

People in Onslow County

  • Population217,175Census Population Estimates · July 1, 2025
  • Change since 2020+12,191 (+5.9%)July 1, 2020 to July 1, 2025 · Census Population Estimates
  • New homes per 1,000 residents6.32025 permits per 1,000 people on July 1, 2025 · Census
  • Median household income$68,1482020-2024 · Census ACS 5-year, ±$2,456

Jobs in Onslow County

  • Jobs in the county53,881Annual average 2025, all industries, by place of work · BLS QCEW
  • Change since 2020+6,076 (+12.7%)2020 to 2025 annual averages · BLS QCEW
  • Average weekly wage$9412025, all industries · BLS QCEW

Home values in Onslow County

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

  • Home prices, 1 year+3%2024 to 2025 · FHFA House Price Index
  • Home prices, 5 years+69%2020 to 2025 · FHFA House Price Index

Growth in nearby counties

Carteret CountyDuplin CountyJones CountyPender County

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