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Orange County growth

666 new homes permitted in 2025

Census Building Permits Survey, 2025

New homes permitted in Orange County

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

New housing units permitted in Orange County
PeriodNew homesIn single-family homes
Jan–Sep 2026682293
Jan–Sep 2025359230
2025666299
2024375325
20231,011398
2022485304
2021912481
2020465350
2019495493
  • Sep 202637
  • Aug 202637
  • Jul 202643
  • Jun 202643
  • May 202636
  • Apr 202644
  • Mar 202645
  • Feb 2026370
  • Jan 202627
  • Dec 202522
  • Nov 2025348
  • Oct 202525

New homes permitted each month, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

People in Orange County

  • Population152,498Census Population Estimates · July 1, 2025
  • Change since 2020+8,750 (+6.1%)July 1, 2020 to July 1, 2025 · Census Population Estimates
  • New homes per 1,000 residents4.42025 permits per 1,000 people on July 1, 2025 · Census
  • Median household income$90,0892020-2024 · Census ACS 5-year, ±$2,394

Jobs in Orange County

  • Jobs in the county79,536Annual average 2025, all industries, by place of work · BLS QCEW
  • Change since 2020+9,741 (+14.0%)2020 to 2025 annual averages · BLS QCEW
  • Average weekly wage$1,5402025, all industries · BLS QCEW

Home values in Orange 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+60%2020 to 2025 · FHFA House Price Index

Growth in nearby counties

Alamance CountyCaswell CountyChatham CountyDurham CountyPerson 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.