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Union County, NC

Name: Building Permits — Union County, NC
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Residential building permits · 2015–2025

Housing units authorized (2025): 2,707
Construction valuation (2025): $635,013,646
By structure type (2025): 1-unit 2,387 · 2-unit 0 · 3-4 0 · 5+ 320

Units authorized by year

Year	Units	Valuation
2025	2,707	$635,013,646
2024	2,334	$536,490,288
2023	2,309	$549,407,491
2022	2,355	$525,995,859
2021	2,773	$585,677,256
2020	2,354	$469,193,315
2019	1,623	$359,233,042
2018	1,634	$363,432,767
2017	1,537	$354,173,120
2016	1,572	$356,213,611
2015	1,396	$285,198,165

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.