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Jefferson County, WV

Residential building permits · 2015–2025

Housing units authorized (2025)
1,324
Construction valuation (2025)
$303,537,230
By structure type (2025)
1-unit 1,213 · 2-unit 0 · 3-4 12 · 5+ 99

Units authorized by year

YearUnitsValuation
20251,324$303,537,230
2024990$233,672,256
20231,007$161,071,722
2022528$116,430,897
2021689$156,616,126
2020288$70,022,400
2019197$52,877,352
2018217$57,478,134
2017274$68,339,413
2016159$42,962,140
2015304$57,797,250

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.