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Jefferson County, KY

Residential building permits · 2015–2025

Housing units authorized (2025)
3,001
Construction valuation (2025)
$650,726,385
By structure type (2025)
1-unit 1,126 · 2-unit 34 · 3-4 24 · 5+ 1,817

Units authorized by year

YearUnitsValuation
20253,001$650,726,385
20242,863$533,393,382
20233,713$667,393,092
20222,811$947,291,865
20211,917$362,802,273
20201,264$259,620,627
20193,435$589,957,487
20183,318$668,077,554
20173,324$485,327,938
20162,852$338,061,522
20152,080$288,448,221

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.