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Edgefield County growth

194 new homes permitted in 2025

Census Building Permits Survey, 2025

New homes permitted in Edgefield County

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

New housing units permitted in Edgefield County
PeriodNew homesIn single-family homes
Jan–Sep 2026156152
Jan–Sep 2025151143
2025194186
2024181177
2023238227
2022237237
2021194194
2020219219
2019164164
  • Sep 20265
  • Aug 202635
  • Jul 202613
  • Jun 202625
  • May 202621
  • Apr 202620
  • Mar 20266
  • Feb 202613
  • Jan 202618
  • Dec 202521
  • Nov 20255
  • Oct 202517

New homes permitted each month, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

People in Edgefield County

  • Population29,808Census Population Estimates · July 1, 2025
  • Change since 2020+4,134 (+16.1%)July 1, 2020 to July 1, 2025 · Census Population Estimates
  • New homes per 1,000 residents6.52025 permits per 1,000 people on July 1, 2025 · Census
  • Median household income$73,0292020-2024 · Census ACS 5-year, ±$6,942

Jobs in Edgefield County

  • Jobs in the county6,119Annual average 2025, all industries, by place of work · BLS QCEW
  • Change since 2020+964 (+18.7%)2020 to 2025 annual averages · BLS QCEW
  • Average weekly wage$1,0432025, all industries · BLS QCEW

Home values in Edgefield County

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

  • Home prices, 1 year+14%2024 to 2025 · FHFA House Price Index
  • Home prices, 5 years+68%2020 to 2025 · FHFA House Price Index

Growth in nearby counties

Aiken CountyGreenwood CountyMcCormick CountySaluda 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.