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Lexington County growth

2,006 new homes permitted in 2025

Census Building Permits Survey, 2025

New homes permitted in Lexington County

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

New housing units permitted in Lexington County
PeriodNew homesIn single-family homes
Jan–Sep 20261,5511,543
Jan–Sep 20251,5851,583
20252,0062,004
20241,7581,756
20231,8151,813
20221,8161,500
20212,6922,560
20202,3962,323
20192,3222,117
  • Sep 2026138
  • Aug 2026174
  • Jul 2026192
  • Jun 2026192
  • May 2026141
  • Apr 2026169
  • Mar 2026196
  • Feb 2026181
  • Jan 2026168
  • Dec 2025116
  • Nov 2025131
  • Oct 2025131

New homes permitted each month, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

People in Lexington County

  • Population317,588Census Population Estimates · July 1, 2025
  • Change since 2020+22,599 (+7.7%)July 1, 2020 to July 1, 2025 · Census Population Estimates
  • New homes per 1,000 residents6.32025 permits per 1,000 people on July 1, 2025 · Census
  • Median household income$77,4082020-2024 · Census ACS 5-year, ±$1,670

Jobs in Lexington County

  • Jobs in the county134,271Annual average 2025, all industries, by place of work · BLS QCEW
  • Change since 2020+15,244 (+12.8%)2020 to 2025 annual averages · BLS QCEW
  • Average weekly wage$1,1192025, all industries · BLS QCEW

Home values in Lexington 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+60%2020 to 2025 · FHFA House Price Index

Growth in nearby counties

Aiken CountyCalhoun CountyNewberry CountyOrangeburg CountyRichland CountySaluda County

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