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Roanoke (Independent City)

County housing permits · Virginia

Roanoke (Independent City), VA building permits: new housing

320 new housing units permitted in the 12 months to September 2026, +191% on the year before, with $47.7M of construction value.

320
Housing units, last 12 months+191% vs. prior 12: $47.7M
Construction value: 73%
In 5+ unit buildings233 units: #24
Rankof 132

New housing units permitted per month

Places in Roanoke (Independent City)

Roanoke320

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Virginia38,335

In 5+ unit buildings All new housing units

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October 2024	6 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
November 2024	7 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
December 2024	13 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
January 2025	7 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
February 2025	5 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
March 2025	16 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
April 2025	11 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
May 2025	9 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
June 2025	10 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
July 2025	11 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
August 2025	7 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
September 2025	8 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
October 2025	9 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
November 2025	6 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
December 2025	21 units	14 in 5+ unit buildings
January 2026	3 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
February 2026	8 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
March 2026	8 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
April 2026	58 units	50 in 5+ unit buildings
May 2026	45 units	38 in 5+ unit buildings
June 2026	48 units	38 in 5+ unit buildings
July 2026	36 units	28 in 5+ unit buildings
August 2026	49 units	42 in 5+ unit buildings
September 2026	29 units	23 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	83	83	$23.9M
2 units	2	4	$583K
3–4 units	0	0	—
5+ units	7	233	$23.2M

By year

Year	Housing units	In 5+ unit buildings	Value
2025	410	316	$60M
2024	113	0	$25.2M
2023	107	0	$21M

Key facts

Roanoke (Independent City), VA permitted 320 new privately owned housing units in the 12 months to September 2026, worth $47,746,900 in construction value.
That is +191% compared with the 12 months before (110 units).
83 were single-family homes and 233 were in apartment buildings with 5 or more units (7 buildings).
The average single-family home permitted was valued at $288,449.
In September 2026, the latest month published, 29 units were permitted.
It ranked #24 of 132 counties in Virginia by housing units permitted in the period.
In 2025, the full year, 410 units were permitted ($60M).

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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