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Wayne County growth

954 new homes permitted in 2025

Census Building Permits Survey, 2025

New homes permitted in Wayne County

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

New housing units permitted in Wayne County
PeriodNew homesIn single-family homes
Jan–Sep 2026679654
Jan–Sep 2025726718
2025954879
2024605583
2023538538
2022418344
2021482474
2020414414
2019323315
  • Sep 202674
  • Aug 202678
  • Jul 202671
  • Jun 202680
  • May 202692
  • Apr 202674
  • Mar 202673
  • Feb 202675
  • Jan 202670
  • Dec 2025105
  • Nov 202574
  • Oct 202549

New homes permitted each month, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

People in Wayne County

  • Population122,278Census Population Estimates · July 1, 2025
  • Change since 2020+4,520 (+3.8%)July 1, 2020 to July 1, 2025 · Census Population Estimates
  • New homes per 1,000 residents7.82025 permits per 1,000 people on July 1, 2025 · Census
  • Median household income$59,7332020-2024 · Census ACS 5-year, ±$2,739

Jobs in Wayne County

  • Jobs in the county41,053Annual average 2025, all industries, by place of work · BLS QCEW
  • Change since 2020+764 (+1.9%)2020 to 2025 annual averages · BLS QCEW
  • Average weekly wage$9662025, all industries · BLS QCEW

Home values in Wayne 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+61%2020 to 2025 · FHFA House Price Index

Growth in nearby counties

Duplin CountyGreene CountyJohnston CountyLenoir CountySampson CountyWilson County

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North Carolina growth by countyThe data (CSV, JSON)Wayne County overview

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.