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Onslow County Unincorporated Area

Housing permits · North Carolina

Onslow County Unincorporated Area, NC building permits: new housing

1,291 new housing units permitted in the 12 months to September 2026, +22% on the year before, with $258M of construction value.

1,291
Housing units, last 12 months+22% vs. prior 12: $258M
Construction value: 0%
In 5+ unit buildings0 units: 10.9
Units per 1,000 residentspop. 118,387

New housing units permitted per month

Nearby places

Jacksonville570
Holly Ridge town72

Also see

Onslow County1,978
Jacksonville NC1,978
North Carolina86,843

In 5+ unit buildings All new housing units

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October 2024	92 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
November 2024	69 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
December 2024	66 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
January 2025	80 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
February 2025	85 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
March 2025	199 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
April 2025	138 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
May 2025	101 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
June 2025	97 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
July 2025	57 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
August 2025	77 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
October 2025	80 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
November 2025	70 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
December 2025	76 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
January 2026	108 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
February 2026	87 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
March 2026	97 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
April 2026	158 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
May 2026	106 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
June 2026	116 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
July 2026	166 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
August 2026	141 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
September 2026	86 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	1,249	1,249	$255M
2 units	21	42	$3.8M
3–4 units	0	0	—
5+ units	0	0	—

By year

Year	Housing units	In 5+ unit buildings	Value
2025	1,201	0	$234M
2024	1,030	0	$222M
2023	969	0	$192M

Key facts

Onslow County Unincorporated Area, NC permitted 1,291 new privately owned housing units in the 12 months to September 2026, worth $258,300,789 in construction value.
That is +22% compared with the 12 months before (1,061 units).
1,249 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 $203,766.
In September 2026, the latest month published, 86 units were permitted.
It ranked #19 of 227 permit-issuing places in North Carolina by housing units permitted in the period.
In 2025, the full year, 1,201 units were permitted ($234M).

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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