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Washington County growth

697 new homes permitted in 2025

Census Building Permits Survey, 2025

New homes permitted in Washington County

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

New housing units permitted in Washington County
PeriodNew homesIn single-family homes
Jan–Sep 2026526479
Jan–Sep 2025530495
2025697662
20241,155686
2023849570
2022823601
2021632579
2020880528
2019587432
  • Sep 202675
  • Aug 202652
  • Jul 202651
  • Jun 202631
  • May 202651
  • Apr 202659
  • Mar 202659
  • Feb 202639
  • Jan 2026100
  • Dec 202566
  • Nov 202545
  • Oct 202556

New homes permitted each month, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

People in Washington County

  • Population141,199Census Population Estimates · July 1, 2025
  • Change since 2020+7,988 (+6.0%)July 1, 2020 to July 1, 2025 · Census Population Estimates
  • New homes per 1,000 residents4.92025 permits per 1,000 people on July 1, 2025 · Census
  • Median household income$62,8092020-2024 · Census ACS 5-year, ±$3,232

Jobs in Washington County

  • Jobs in the county63,282Annual average 2025, all industries, by place of work · BLS QCEW
  • Change since 2020+4,021 (+6.8%)2020 to 2025 annual averages · BLS QCEW
  • Average weekly wage$1,1142025, all industries · BLS QCEW

Home values in Washington 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+70%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.

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.