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Wilson County growth

411 new homes permitted in 2025

Census Building Permits Survey, 2025

New homes permitted in Wilson County

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

New housing units permitted in Wilson County
PeriodNew homesIn single-family homes
Jan–Sep 2026276266
Jan–Sep 2025354304
2025411357
2024580398
2023373371
2022620364
2021343233
2020385215
2019181177
  • Sep 202651
  • Aug 202622
  • Jul 202625
  • Jun 202639
  • May 202628
  • Apr 202634
  • Mar 202626
  • Feb 202636
  • Jan 202615
  • Dec 202525
  • Nov 202515
  • Oct 202517

New homes permitted each month, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

People in Wilson County

  • Population81,150Census Population Estimates · July 1, 2025
  • Change since 2020+1,334 (+1.7%)July 1, 2020 to July 1, 2025 · Census Population Estimates
  • New homes per 1,000 residents5.12025 permits per 1,000 people on July 1, 2025 · Census
  • Median household income$56,4232020-2024 · Census ACS 5-year, ±$3,380

Jobs in Wilson County

  • Jobs in the county34,906Annual average 2025, all industries, by place of work · BLS QCEW
  • Change since 2020−34 (−0.1%)2020 to 2025 annual averages · BLS QCEW
  • Average weekly wage$1,0582025, all industries · BLS QCEW

Home values in Wilson County

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

  • Home prices, 1 year+2%2024 to 2025 · FHFA House Price Index
  • Home prices, 5 years+65%2020 to 2025 · FHFA House Price Index

Growth in nearby counties

Edgecombe CountyGreene CountyJohnston CountyNash CountyPitt CountyWayne 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.