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Berkeley County growth

2,299 new homes permitted in 2025

Census Building Permits Survey, 2025

New homes permitted in Berkeley County

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

New housing units permitted in Berkeley County
PeriodNew homesIn single-family homes
Jan–Sep 20262,3951,882
Jan–Sep 20251,7941,407
20252,2991,802
20243,1692,573
20232,9042,131
20223,2362,035
20213,1211,989
20202,9671,892
20192,2811,605
  • Sep 2026233
  • Aug 2026228
  • Jul 2026269
  • Jun 2026298
  • May 2026245
  • Apr 2026302
  • Mar 2026323
  • Feb 2026233
  • Jan 2026194
  • Dec 2025155
  • Nov 2025165
  • Oct 2025185

New homes permitted each month, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

People in Berkeley County

  • Population274,666Census Population Estimates · July 1, 2025
  • Change since 2020+43,188 (+18.7%)July 1, 2020 to July 1, 2025 · Census Population Estimates
  • New homes per 1,000 residents8.42025 permits per 1,000 people on July 1, 2025 · Census
  • Median household income$84,3582020-2024 · Census ACS 5-year, ±$2,255

Jobs in Berkeley County

  • Jobs in the county70,252Annual average 2025, all industries, by place of work · BLS QCEW
  • Change since 2020+15,237 (+27.7%)2020 to 2025 annual averages · BLS QCEW
  • Average weekly wage$1,3502025, all industries · BLS QCEW

Home values in Berkeley 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+57%2020 to 2025 · FHFA House Price Index

Growth in nearby counties

Charleston CountyClarendon CountyDorchester CountyGeorgetown CountyOrangeburg CountyWilliamsburg County

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South Carolina growth by countyThe data (CSV, JSON)Berkeley 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.