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Hancock County, WV

Residential building permits · 2015–2025

Housing units authorized (2025)
14
Construction valuation (2025)
$4,465,000
By structure type (2025)
1-unit 14 · 2-unit 0 · 3-4 0 · 5+ 0

Units authorized by year

YearUnitsValuation
202514$4,465,000
202415$4,574,000
202312$3,781,000
202222$4,916,000
202118$4,821,656
202016$3,569,500
201916$3,457,000
201815$3,608,600
201715$3,488,662
201614$4,112,000
201527$5,135,800

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.