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Johnston County
Johnston County Unincorporated Area

Housing permits · North Carolina

Johnston County Unincorporated Area, NC building permits: new housing

2,067 new housing units permitted in the 12 months to September 2026, -12% on the year before, with $649M of construction value.

2,067
Housing units, last 12 months-12% vs. prior 12: $649M
Construction value: 0%
In 5+ unit buildings0 units: 13.9
Units per 1,000 residentspop. 149,038

New housing units permitted per month

Nearby places

Raleigh4,734
Apex town1,683
Garner town1,182
Wendell town1,168
Knightdale town996
Morrisville town937
Wake Forest town904
Franklin County880
Rolesville town563
Fuquay-Varina town524

In 5+ unit buildings All new housing units

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October 2024	258 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
November 2024	168 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
December 2024	152 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
January 2025	171 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
February 2025	200 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
March 2025	221 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
April 2025	208 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
May 2025	191 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
June 2025	139 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
July 2025	111 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
August 2025	531 units	348 in 5+ unit buildings
October 2025	205 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
November 2025	180 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
December 2025	168 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
January 2026	192 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
February 2026	173 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
March 2026	177 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
April 2026	175 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
May 2026	216 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
June 2026	146 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
July 2026	149 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
August 2026	132 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
September 2026	154 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	2,067	2,067	$649M
2 units	0	0	—
3–4 units	0	0	—
5+ units	0	0	—

By year

Year	Housing units	In 5+ unit buildings	Value
2025	2,523	348	$738M
2024	2,235	0	$743M
2023	1,824	192	$397M

Key facts

Johnston County Unincorporated Area, NC permitted 2,067 new privately owned housing units in the 12 months to September 2026, worth $648,822,973 in construction value.
That is -12% compared with the 12 months before (2,350 units).
2,067 were single-family homes and 0 were in apartment buildings with 5 or more units (0 buildings).
The average single-family home permitted was valued at $313,896.
In September 2026, the latest month published, 154 units were permitted.
It ranked #9 of 227 permit-issuing places in North Carolina by housing units permitted in the period.
In 2025, the full year, 2,523 units were permitted ($738M).

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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Johnston County2,571
Raleigh-Cary NC17,874
North Carolina86,843