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High Point

Housing permits · North Carolina

High Point, NC building permits: new housing

553 new housing units permitted in the 12 months to September 2026, +153% on the year before, with $75.6M of construction value.

553
Housing units, last 12 months+153% vs. prior 12: $75.6M
Construction value: 60%
In 5+ unit buildings332 units: 5.1
Units per 1,000 residentspop. 107,930

New housing units permitted per month

Nearby places

Greensboro2,064
Randolph County Unincorporated Area721
Guilford County Unincorporated Area632
Rockingham County Unincorporated Area241
Asheboro71
Eden63

Also see

Guilford County3,249
Greensboro-High Point NC4,383
North Carolina86,843

In 5+ unit buildings All new housing units

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October 2024	19 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
November 2024	15 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
December 2024	13 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
January 2025	15 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
February 2025	24 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
March 2025	8 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
April 2025	11 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
May 2025	16 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
June 2025	77 units	60 in 5+ unit buildings
July 2025	13 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
August 2025	8 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
October 2025	10 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
November 2025	10 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
December 2025	20 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
January 2026	117 units	101 in 5+ unit buildings
February 2026	115 units	97 in 5+ unit buildings
March 2026	131 units	111 in 5+ unit buildings
April 2026	24 units	9 in 5+ unit buildings
May 2026	20 units	7 in 5+ unit buildings
June 2026	24 units	7 in 5+ unit buildings
July 2026	13 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
August 2026	29 units	0 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	211	211	$47.2M
2 units	5	10	$976K
3–4 units	0	0	—
5+ units	9	332	$27.4M

By year

Year	Housing units	In 5+ unit buildings	Value
2025	229	60	$36.5M
2024	1,310	1,065	$137M
2023	477	42	$101M

Key facts

High Point, NC permitted 553 new privately owned housing units in the 12 months to September 2026, worth $75,565,805 in construction value.
That is +153% compared with the 12 months before (219 units).
211 were single-family homes and 332 were in apartment buildings with 5 or more units (9 buildings).
The average single-family home permitted was valued at $223,475.
In September 2026, the latest month published, 40 units were permitted.
It ranked #42 of 227 permit-issuing places in North Carolina by housing units permitted in the period.
In 2025, the full year, 229 units were permitted ($36.5M).

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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