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Wake County, NC

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

Housing units authorized (2025): 13,806
Construction valuation (2025): $3,454,293,198
By structure type (2025): 1-unit 8,392 · 2-unit 226 · 3-4 4 · 5+ 5,184

Units authorized by year

Year	Units	Valuation
2025	13,806	$3,454,293,198
2024	15,248	$3,486,854,033
2023	17,389	$3,721,634,692
2022	18,471	$3,606,316,082
2021	16,988	$3,550,728,173
2020	12,598	$2,665,544,157
2019	9,751	$1,972,290,123
2018	12,664	$2,318,720,441
2017	11,335	$2,147,746,045
2016	11,050	$2,025,573,990
2015	10,089	$1,764,681,648

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.