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Onslow County, NC

Residential building permits · 2015–2025

Housing units authorized (2025)
1,372
Construction valuation (2025)
$298,503,340
By structure type (2025)
1-unit 1,318 · 2-unit 34 · 3-4 0 · 5+ 20

Units authorized by year

YearUnitsValuation
20251,372$298,503,340
20241,246$297,401,974
20231,419$289,308,550
20221,322$280,813,799
20211,597$295,039,335
20201,435$215,040,483
20191,331$195,119,737
20181,036$153,308,056
20171,005$136,734,948
2016803$109,645,536
2015894$113,726,048

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.