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Kershaw County growth

509 new homes permitted in 2025

Census Building Permits Survey, 2025

New homes permitted in Kershaw County

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

New housing units permitted in Kershaw County
PeriodNew homesIn single-family homes
Jan–Sep 2026274274
Jan–Sep 2025441388
2025509456
2024474368
2023661550
2022413385
2021753753
2020494486
2019318318
  • Sep 202641
  • Aug 202616
  • Jul 202631
  • Jun 202621
  • May 202659
  • Apr 202636
  • Mar 202616
  • Feb 202629
  • Jan 202621
  • Dec 202513
  • Nov 202522
  • Oct 202538

New homes permitted each month, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

People in Kershaw County

  • Population73,166Census Population Estimates · July 1, 2025
  • Change since 2020+7,576 (+11.6%)July 1, 2020 to July 1, 2025 · Census Population Estimates
  • New homes per 1,000 residents7.02025 permits per 1,000 people on July 1, 2025 · Census
  • Median household income$68,2312020-2024 · Census ACS 5-year, ±$3,174

Jobs in Kershaw County

  • Jobs in the county18,585Annual average 2025, all industries, by place of work · BLS QCEW
  • Change since 2020+1,779 (+10.6%)2020 to 2025 annual averages · BLS QCEW
  • Average weekly wage$9762025, all industries · BLS QCEW

Home values in Kershaw 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+56%2020 to 2025 · FHFA House Price Index

Growth in nearby counties

Chesterfield CountyDarlington CountyFairfield CountyLancaster CountyLee CountyRichland CountySumter 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.