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Holmes County growth

12 new homes permitted in 2025

Census Building Permits Survey, 2025

New homes permitted in Holmes County

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

New housing units permitted in Holmes County
PeriodNew homesIn single-family homes
Jan–Sep 202699
Jan–Sep 2025115
20251212
202477
2023211
202244
202144
202099
201911
  • Sep 20261
  • Aug 20261
  • Jul 20261
  • Jun 20262
  • May 20261
  • Apr 20261
  • Mar 20261
  • Feb 20260
  • Jan 20261
  • Dec 20251
  • Nov 20250
  • Oct 20251

New homes permitted each month, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

People in Holmes County

  • Population44,970Census Population Estimates · July 1, 2025
  • Change since 2020+731 (+1.7%)July 1, 2020 to July 1, 2025 · Census Population Estimates
  • New homes per 1,000 residents0.32025 permits per 1,000 people on July 1, 2025 · Census
  • Median household income$76,1402020-2024 · Census ACS 5-year, ±$3,960

Jobs in Holmes County

  • Jobs in the county21,972Annual average 2025, all industries, by place of work · BLS QCEW
  • Change since 2020+2,367 (+12.1%)2020 to 2025 annual averages · BLS QCEW
  • Average weekly wage$1,0862025, all industries · BLS QCEW

Home values in Holmes 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+48%2020 to 2025 · FHFA House Price Index

Land in Holmes County

Our own figures from the county roll and the county's recorded sales.

Recorded land sales by quarter in Holmes County
QuarterLand salesMedian an acre, 1 acre or moreMedian lot, under 1 acre
Q3 20269Too few salesToo few sales
Q2 202610Too few salesToo few sales
Q1 20269Too few salesToo few sales
Q4 202514$37,692Too few sales

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.

Land

Groundwork's map of the county roll and the county's own recorded sales: the same figures, gates and dates as the county page.

Data edition

Figures as of Oct 27, 2026. Area figures, not any one parcel's.