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Henderson County

County housing permits · North Carolina

Henderson County, NC building permits: new housing

1,035 new housing units permitted in the 12 months to September 2026, -10% on the year before, with $358M of construction value.

1,035
Housing units, last 12 months-10% vs. prior 12: $358M
Construction value: 46%
In 5+ unit buildings471 units: #23
Rankof 100

New housing units permitted per month

Places in Henderson County

Henderson County1,035

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North Carolina86,843

In 5+ unit buildings All new housing units

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October 2024	68 units	5 in 5+ unit buildings
November 2024	56 units	5 in 5+ unit buildings
December 2024	60 units	5 in 5+ unit buildings
January 2025	68 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
February 2025	44 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
March 2025	67 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
April 2025	127 units	40 in 5+ unit buildings
May 2025	159 units	84 in 5+ unit buildings
June 2025	57 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
July 2025	57 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
August 2025	69 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
September 2025	316 units	270 in 5+ unit buildings
October 2025	110 units	53 in 5+ unit buildings
November 2025	47 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
December 2025	38 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
January 2026	27 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
February 2026	94 units	60 in 5+ unit buildings
March 2026	65 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
April 2026	216 units	166 in 5+ unit buildings
May 2026	48 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
June 2026	59 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
July 2026	56 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
August 2026	235 units	192 in 5+ unit buildings
September 2026	40 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	564	564	$300M
2 units	0	0	—
3–4 units	0	0	—
5+ units	19	471	$58.4M

By year

Year	Housing units	In 5+ unit buildings	Value
2025	1,093	407	$370M
2024	1,610	622	$468M
2023	775	43	$313M

Key facts

Henderson County, NC permitted 1,035 new privately owned housing units in the 12 months to September 2026, worth $358,031,940 in construction value.
That is -10% compared with the 12 months before (1,148 units).
564 were single-family homes and 471 were in apartment buildings with 5 or more units (19 buildings).
The average single-family home permitted was valued at $531,312.
In September 2026, the latest month published, 40 units were permitted.
It ranked #23 of 100 counties in North Carolina by housing units permitted in the period.
In 2025, the full year, 1,093 units were permitted ($370M).

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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