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Union County growth

2,707 new homes permitted in 2025

Census Building Permits Survey, 2025

New homes permitted in Union County

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

New housing units permitted in Union County
PeriodNew homesIn single-family homes
Jan–Sep 20262,3091,692
Jan–Sep 20252,2021,882
20252,7072,387
20242,3342,166
20232,3092,039
20222,3552,350
20212,7732,713
20202,3542,004
20191,6231,623
  • Sep 2026436
  • Aug 2026228
  • Jul 2026178
  • Jun 2026231
  • May 2026187
  • Apr 2026207
  • Mar 2026385
  • Feb 2026167
  • Jan 2026290
  • Dec 2025165
  • Nov 2025154
  • Oct 2025186

New homes permitted each month, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

People in Union County

  • Population267,674Census Population Estimates · July 1, 2025
  • Change since 2020+28,059 (+11.7%)July 1, 2020 to July 1, 2025 · Census Population Estimates
  • New homes per 1,000 residents10.12025 permits per 1,000 people on July 1, 2025 · Census
  • Median household income$102,9002020-2024 · Census ACS 5-year, ±$1,953

Jobs in Union County

  • Jobs in the county78,177Annual average 2025, all industries, by place of work · BLS QCEW
  • Change since 2020+15,299 (+24.3%)2020 to 2025 annual averages · BLS QCEW
  • Average weekly wage$1,2592025, all industries · BLS QCEW

Home values in Union County

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

  • Home prices, 1 year+4%2024 to 2025 · FHFA House Price Index
  • Home prices, 5 years+69%2020 to 2025 · FHFA House Price Index

Growth in nearby counties

Anson CountyCabarrus CountyMecklenburg CountyStanly 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.