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Rockingham County growth

382 new homes permitted in 2025

Census Building Permits Survey, 2025

New homes permitted in Rockingham County

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

New housing units permitted in Rockingham County
PeriodNew homesIn single-family homes
Jan–Sep 2026271261
Jan–Sep 2025311267
2025382332
2024344344
2023279279
2022270270
2021249243
2020209205
2019165161
  • Sep 202631
  • Aug 202617
  • Jul 202630
  • Jun 202623
  • May 202627
  • Apr 202638
  • Mar 202646
  • Feb 202633
  • Jan 202626
  • Dec 202528
  • Nov 202519
  • Oct 202524

New homes permitted each month, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

People in Rockingham County

  • Population94,195Census Population Estimates · July 1, 2025
  • Change since 2020+2,994 (+3.3%)July 1, 2020 to July 1, 2025 · Census Population Estimates
  • New homes per 1,000 residents4.12025 permits per 1,000 people on July 1, 2025 · Census
  • Median household income$57,0532020-2024 · Census ACS 5-year, ±$2,844

Jobs in Rockingham County

  • Jobs in the county23,947Annual average 2025, all industries, by place of work · BLS QCEW
  • Change since 2020+394 (+1.7%)2020 to 2025 annual averages · BLS QCEW
  • Average weekly wage$9272025, all industries · BLS QCEW

Home values in Rockingham County

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

  • Home prices, 1 year+6%2024 to 2025 · FHFA House Price Index
  • Home prices, 5 years+66%2020 to 2025 · FHFA House Price Index

Growth in nearby counties

Alamance CountyCaswell CountyForsyth CountyGuilford CountyStokes 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.