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Aiken County, SC

Name: Building Permits — Aiken County, SC
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Residential building permits · 2015–2025

Housing units authorized (2025): 1,959
Construction valuation (2025): $610,186,488
By structure type (2025): 1-unit 1,634 · 2-unit 2 · 3-4 0 · 5+ 323

Units authorized by year

Year	Units	Valuation
2025	1,959	$610,186,488
2024	2,500	$696,369,975
2023	1,472	$459,739,076
2022	1,719	$446,884,061
2021	1,644	$412,647,762
2020	1,145	$264,762,701
2019	928	$207,894,632
2018	879	$188,620,849
2017	1,146	$207,718,421
2016	887	$179,228,947
2015	683	$148,128,801

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.