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Hamilton County growth

1,162 new homes permitted in 2025

Census Building Permits Survey, 2025

New homes permitted in Hamilton County

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

New housing units permitted in Hamilton County
PeriodNew homesIn single-family homes
Jan–Sep 20261,447505
Jan–Sep 2025902484
20251,162648
2024822566
20231,229534
20221,436615
20211,922742
20201,739709
20191,780732
  • Sep 2026293
  • Aug 202650
  • Jul 2026166
  • Jun 202667
  • May 2026208
  • Apr 202693
  • Mar 202669
  • Feb 202664
  • Jan 2026278
  • Dec 202575
  • Nov 2025213
  • Oct 2025120

New homes permitted each month, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

People in Hamilton County

  • Population838,418Census Population Estimates · July 1, 2025
  • Change since 2020+8,006 (+1.0%)July 1, 2020 to July 1, 2025 · Census Population Estimates
  • New homes per 1,000 residents1.42025 permits per 1,000 people on July 1, 2025 · Census
  • Median household income$72,4702020-2024 · Census ACS 5-year, ±$1,214

Jobs in Hamilton County

  • Jobs in the county514,266Annual average 2025, all industries, by place of work · BLS QCEW
  • Change since 2020+26,575 (+5.4%)2020 to 2025 annual averages · BLS QCEW
  • Average weekly wage$1,5182025, all industries · BLS QCEW

Home values in Hamilton 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+54%2020 to 2025 · FHFA House Price Index

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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.