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Pamlico County growth

97 new homes permitted in 2025

Census Building Permits Survey, 2025

New homes permitted in Pamlico County

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

New housing units permitted in Pamlico County
PeriodNew homesIn single-family homes
Jan–Sep 20265555
Jan–Sep 20257272
20259797
2024107107
20239393
20228787
20217070
2020105105
20196464
  • Sep 202611
  • Aug 20267
  • Jul 20265
  • Jun 20268
  • May 20264
  • Apr 20268
  • Mar 20267
  • Feb 20264
  • Jan 20261
  • Dec 20259
  • Nov 202511
  • Oct 20255

New homes permitted each month, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

People in Pamlico County

  • Population12,758Census Population Estimates · July 1, 2025
  • Change since 2020+450 (+3.7%)July 1, 2020 to July 1, 2025 · Census Population Estimates
  • New homes per 1,000 residents7.62025 permits per 1,000 people on July 1, 2025 · Census
  • Median household income$59,7172020-2024 · Census ACS 5-year, ±$4,799

Jobs in Pamlico County

  • Jobs in the county4,072Annual average 2025, all industries, by place of work · BLS QCEW
  • Change since 2020+914 (+28.9%)2020 to 2025 annual averages · BLS QCEW
  • Average weekly wage$7312025, all industries · BLS QCEW

Home values in Pamlico County

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

  • Home prices, 1 year+10%2024 to 2025 · FHFA House Price Index
  • Home prices, 5 years+66%2020 to 2025 · FHFA House Price Index

Growth in nearby counties

Beaufort CountyCarteret CountyCraven CountyHyde 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.

Data edition

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