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Walton County, FL

Name: Building Permits — Walton County, FL
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Residential building permits · 2015–2025

Housing units authorized (2025): 2,399
Construction valuation (2025): $1,159,056,347
By structure type (2025): 1-unit 1,427 · 2-unit 18 · 3-4 0 · 5+ 954

Units authorized by year

Year	Units	Valuation
2025	2,399	$1,159,056,347
2024	2,883	$1,254,272,872
2023	2,794	$1,204,339,141
2022	2,648	$1,313,422,397
2021	2,541	$1,094,511,287
2020	1,762	$708,516,351
2019	2,648	$793,128,059
2018	1,525	$624,816,447
2017	1,272	$555,577,271
2016	1,692	$621,715,512
2015	1,325	$504,313,946

The Census Building Permits Survey counts new privately-owned housing units authorized by building permits — a leading indicator of housing supply. "1-unit" is single-family; "5+ units" is larger multifamily. Figures are imputation-adjusted to cover permit offices that did not report.

Source: Census Building Permits Survey. License: CC0 1.0.