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Cleveland County, NC

Residential building permits · 2015–2025

Housing units authorized (2025)
555
Construction valuation (2025)
$118,516,917
By structure type (2025)
1-unit 396 · 2-unit 16 · 3-4 41 · 5+ 102

Units authorized by year

YearUnitsValuation
2025555$118,516,917
2024513$119,235,034
2023641$113,963,771
2022355$72,992,060
2021398$71,479,535
2020248$46,631,402
2019163$32,465,782
2018169$29,778,561
2017174$28,316,840
2016122$24,113,304
201560$12,014,073

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.