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Buncombe County Unincorporated Area

Housing permits · North Carolina

Buncombe County Unincorporated Area, NC building permits: new housing

2,376 new housing units permitted in the 12 months to September 2026, +68% on the year before, with $592M of construction value.

2,376
Housing units, last 12 months+68% vs. prior 12: $592M
Construction value: 69%
In 5+ unit buildings1,630 units: 15.9
Units per 1,000 residentspop. 149,281

New housing units permitted per month

Nearby places

Henderson County1,035
Asheville798
Madison County151
Black Mountain town88

Also see

Buncombe County3,262
Asheville NC4,448
North Carolina86,843

In 5+ unit buildings All new housing units

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October 2024	170 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
November 2024	48 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
December 2024	197 units	156 in 5+ unit buildings
January 2025	169 units	120 in 5+ unit buildings
February 2025	63 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
March 2025	66 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
April 2025	56 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
May 2025	57 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
June 2025	206 units	116 in 5+ unit buildings
July 2025	175 units	118 in 5+ unit buildings
August 2025	209 units	154 in 5+ unit buildings
October 2025	42 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
November 2025	37 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
December 2025	57 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
January 2026	50 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
February 2026	40 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
March 2026	976 units	914 in 5+ unit buildings
April 2026	324 units	238 in 5+ unit buildings
May 2026	123 units	56 in 5+ unit buildings
June 2026	134 units	56 in 5+ unit buildings
July 2026	433 units	366 in 5+ unit buildings
August 2026	99 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
September 2026	61 units	0 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	746	746	$364M
2 units	0	0	—
3–4 units	0	0	—
5+ units	46	1,630	$228M

By year

Year	Housing units	In 5+ unit buildings	Value
2025	1,235	564	$497M
2024	2,765	1,741	$714M
2023	2,097	1,098	$603M

Key facts

Buncombe County Unincorporated Area, NC permitted 2,376 new privately owned housing units in the 12 months to September 2026, worth $592,251,215 in construction value.
That is +68% compared with the 12 months before (1,416 units).
746 were single-family homes and 1,630 were in apartment buildings with 5 or more units (46 buildings).
The average single-family home permitted was valued at $487,638.
In September 2026, the latest month published, 61 units were permitted.
It ranked #5 of 227 permit-issuing places in North Carolina by housing units permitted in the period.
In 2025, the full year, 1,235 units were permitted ($497M).

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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