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Simpson County

Housing permits · Kentucky

Simpson County (unincorporated), KY building permits: new housing

136 new housing units permitted in the 12 months to September 2026, -60% on the year before, with $27M of construction value.

136
Housing units, last 12 months-60% vs. prior 12: $27M
Construction value: 37%
In 5+ unit buildings50 units: 14.2
Units per 1,000 residentspop. 9,589

New housing units permitted per month

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Franklin310

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Simpson County446
Franklin KY446
Kentucky13,851

In 5+ unit buildings All new housing units

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October 2024	19 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
November 2024	9 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
December 2024	1 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
January 2025	18 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
February 2025	13 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
March 2025	102 units	80 in 5+ unit buildings
April 2025	108 units	88 in 5+ unit buildings
May 2025	13 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
June 2025	17 units	5 in 5+ unit buildings
July 2025	18 units	5 in 5+ unit buildings
August 2025	22 units	5 in 5+ unit buildings
October 2025	14 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
November 2025	3 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
December 2025	1 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
January 2026	1 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
February 2026	13 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
March 2026	15 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
April 2026	3 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
May 2026	18 units	5 in 5+ unit buildings
June 2026	3 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
July 2026	27 units	17 in 5+ unit buildings
August 2026	1 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
September 2026	37 units	28 in 5+ unit buildings

By building size

Last 12 months. Value is the construction cost reported on the permits.

Building size	Buildings	Units	Value
Single-family	82	82	$19.2M
2 units	2	4	$497K
3–4 units	0	0	—
5+ units	5	50	$7.4M

By year

Year	Housing units	In 5+ unit buildings	Value
2025	308	178	$53.3M
2024	204	31	$40.2M
2023	129	24	$26.5M

Key facts

Simpson County (unincorporated), KY permitted 136 new privately owned housing units in the 12 months to September 2026, worth $27,048,269 in construction value.
That is -60% compared with the 12 months before (340 units).
82 were single-family homes and 50 were in apartment buildings with 5 or more units (5 buildings).
The average single-family home permitted was valued at $234,010.
In September 2026, the latest month published, 37 units were permitted.
It ranked #27 of 179 permit-issuing places in Kentucky by housing units permitted in the period.
In 2025, the full year, 308 units were permitted ($53.3M).

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, data through September 2026. New privately owned housing units authorized by building permits, including the Bureau’s estimates for places that didn’t report; commercial buildings and renovations are not counted. How we use it

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