Federal Data Hub › Census Building Permits · JSON

Madison County, NC

Name: Building Permits — Madison County, NC
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Residential building permits · 2015–2025

Housing units authorized (2025): 117
Construction valuation (2025): $33,786,635
By structure type (2025): 1-unit 117 · 2-unit 0 · 3-4 0 · 5+ 0

Units authorized by year

Year	Units	Valuation
2025	117	$33,786,635
2024	155	$43,934,972
2023	283	$78,140,596
2022	138	$39,110,247
2021	159	$49,705,032
2020	95	$22,147,255
2019	105	$22,497,590
2018	103	$22,069,065
2017	91	$19,497,911
2016	79	$22,569,258
2015	73	$20,864,814

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.