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Durham County, NC

Residential building permits · 2015–2025

Housing units authorized (2025)
4,772
Construction valuation (2025)
$1,437,353,070
By structure type (2025)
1-unit 2,790 · 2-unit 20 · 3-4 64 · 5+ 1,898

Units authorized by year

YearUnitsValuation
20254,772$1,437,353,070
20242,905$826,574,208
20234,819$1,107,803,488
20224,644$1,111,340,781
20213,518$817,047,152
20203,956$626,441,345
20193,945$684,636,948
20183,359$495,815,664
20173,084$461,080,257
20163,097$446,271,961
20153,060$356,927,901

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.