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Stanly County growth

336 new homes permitted in 2025

Census Building Permits Survey, 2025

New homes permitted in Stanly County

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

New housing units permitted in Stanly County
PeriodNew homesIn single-family homes
Jan–Sep 2026251251
Jan–Sep 2025266266
2025336336
2024367367
2023349349
2022373373
2021366366
2020300300
2019385385
  • Sep 202624
  • Aug 202627
  • Jul 202630
  • Jun 202631
  • May 202628
  • Apr 202631
  • Mar 202631
  • Feb 202626
  • Jan 202623
  • Dec 202523
  • Nov 202521
  • Oct 202526

New homes permitted each month, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

People in Stanly County

  • Population68,830Census Population Estimates · July 1, 2025
  • Change since 2020+6,164 (+9.8%)July 1, 2020 to July 1, 2025 · Census Population Estimates
  • New homes per 1,000 residents4.92025 permits per 1,000 people on July 1, 2025 · Census
  • Median household income$60,7042020-2024 · Census ACS 5-year, ±$3,835

Jobs in Stanly County

  • Jobs in the county23,791Annual average 2025, all industries, by place of work · BLS QCEW
  • Change since 2020+5,317 (+28.8%)2020 to 2025 annual averages · BLS QCEW
  • Average weekly wage$9162025, all industries · BLS QCEW

Home values in Stanly County

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

  • Home prices, 1 year+1%2024 to 2025 · FHFA House Price Index
  • Home prices, 5 years+63%2020 to 2025 · FHFA House Price Index

Growth in nearby counties

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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.