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Fayette County, KY

Residential building permits · 2015–2025

Housing units authorized (2025)
1,052
Construction valuation (2025)
$165,394,474
By structure type (2025)
1-unit 507 · 2-unit 0 · 3-4 0 · 5+ 545

Units authorized by year

YearUnitsValuation
20251,052$165,394,474
20241,036$162,232,165
20231,398$214,654,792
20221,731$253,947,853
20211,655$260,248,967
20201,437$224,452,820
20191,383$217,838,504
20181,789$183,118,664
20171,348$164,720,252
20161,365$165,708,867
20151,342$137,581,798

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.