[01] What This Profile Means
The fastest-growing counties in the country — exurban Sun Belt markets with population growth above 2% per year, explosive building permit activity, and broad-based job and wage growth. These markets are absorbing migration from more expensive coastal regions and converting agricultural and undeveloped land into residential subdivisions.
Population growth above 2%, building permits per capita above 5/1000, job growth above 2%, wage growth above 5%.
[02] Typical Profile
Average values across the 43 counties in this profile.
[03] Largest Counties in This Profile
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POP 528,251 BTI 11
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POP 389,781 BTI 50
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POP 343,727 BTI 32
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POP 286,528 BTI 32
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POP 268,567 BTI 13
[04] All 43 Counties in This Profile
Sorted by BoomTown Index score. Click any county for its full profile.
[05] Other Market Profiles
Market profiles describe each county's housing-market character, derived empirically from 24 housing, labor, and demographic features across 987 U.S. counties using hierarchical clustering. Counties whose BoomTown Score diverges sharply from a profile's typical range are moved to Idiosyncratic Markets and get a custom narrative instead. Read the methodology →