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Housing permits · Virginia

Albemarle County (unincorporated), VA building permits: new housing

741 new housing units permitted in the 12 months to September 2026, +5% on the year before, with $230M of construction value.

741
Housing units, last 12 months+5% vs. prior 12: $230M
Construction value: 27%
In 5+ unit buildings199 units: 6.7
Units per 1,000 residentspop. 110,065

New housing units permitted per month

Nearby places

Greene County234
Fluvanna County173
Charlottesville120
Nelson County60

Also see

Albemarle County741
Charlottesville VA1,328
Virginia38,335

In 5+ unit buildings All new housing units

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October 2024	68 units	15 in 5+ unit buildings
November 2024	59 units	14 in 5+ unit buildings
December 2024	61 units	17 in 5+ unit buildings
January 2025	68 units	19 in 5+ unit buildings
February 2025	68 units	15 in 5+ unit buildings
March 2025	72 units	16 in 5+ unit buildings
April 2025	64 units	12 in 5+ unit buildings
May 2025	64 units	13 in 5+ unit buildings
June 2025	62 units	11 in 5+ unit buildings
July 2025	64 units	12 in 5+ unit buildings
August 2025	57 units	14 in 5+ unit buildings
October 2025	58 units	16 in 5+ unit buildings
November 2025	49 units	11 in 5+ unit buildings
December 2025	48 units	8 in 5+ unit buildings
January 2026	57 units	18 in 5+ unit buildings
February 2026	60 units	17 in 5+ unit buildings
March 2026	71 units	20 in 5+ unit buildings
April 2026	79 units	25 in 5+ unit buildings
May 2026	67 units	18 in 5+ unit buildings
June 2026	70 units	19 in 5+ unit buildings
July 2026	64 units	14 in 5+ unit buildings
August 2026	66 units	21 in 5+ unit buildings
September 2026	52 units	12 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	529	529	$204M
2 units	2	4	$240K
3–4 units	3	9	$713K
5+ units	16	199	$24.4M

By year

Year	Housing units	In 5+ unit buildings	Value
2025	729	159	$233M
2024	810	188	$256M
2023	820	242	$249M

Key facts

Albemarle County (unincorporated), VA permitted 741 new privately owned housing units in the 12 months to September 2026, worth $229,602,219 in construction value.
That is +5% compared with the 12 months before (707 units).
529 were single-family homes and 199 were in apartment buildings with 5 or more units (16 buildings).
The average single-family home permitted was valued at $386,019.
In September 2026, the latest month published, 52 units were permitted.
It ranked #10 of 159 permit-issuing places in Virginia by housing units permitted in the period.
In 2025, the full year, 729 units were permitted ($233M).

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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