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Cumberland County growth

128 new homes permitted in 2025

Census Building Permits Survey, 2025

New homes permitted in Cumberland County

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

New housing units permitted in Cumberland County
PeriodNew homesIn single-family homes
Jan–Sep 20267258
Jan–Sep 20257575
2025128102
2024114114
2023428428
2022425425
2021477477
2020443443
2019405405
  • Sep 202614
  • Aug 20264
  • Jul 20268
  • Jun 20269
  • May 20269
  • Apr 202611
  • Mar 20267
  • Feb 20266
  • Jan 20264
  • Dec 20257
  • Nov 20256
  • Oct 202540

New homes permitted each month, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

People in Cumberland County

  • Population66,300Census Population Estimates · July 1, 2025
  • Change since 2020+4,919 (+8.0%)July 1, 2020 to July 1, 2025 · Census Population Estimates
  • New homes per 1,000 residents1.92025 permits per 1,000 people on July 1, 2025 · Census
  • Median household income$60,3752020-2024 · Census ACS 5-year, ±$3,059

Jobs in Cumberland County

  • Jobs in the county19,249Annual average 2025, all industries, by place of work · BLS QCEW
  • Change since 2020+2,179 (+12.8%)2020 to 2025 annual averages · BLS QCEW
  • Average weekly wage$9292025, all industries · BLS QCEW

Home values in Cumberland County

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

  • Home prices, 1 year+6%2024 to 2025 · FHFA House Price Index
  • Home prices, 5 years+79%2020 to 2025 · FHFA House Price Index

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.

Data edition

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