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Mecklenburg County

Mecklenburg County · Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC · North Carolina

Permits through August 2026Yearly permits since 1995Mecklenburg County index 1975–2025
FHFA house price index for Mecklenburg County, which contains Mecklenburg County, 1975 to 2025Recession 1973–75Recession 1980Recession 1981–82Recession 1990–91Recession 2001Recession 2007–09Recession 202005001,0001,50019801990200020102020United States2025: 1,234
Mecklenburg County (100 = first year)United States, rebased to the same startNBER recession
House prices are indexed by county, not by city: this is Mecklenburg County's FHFA index, with the national index rebased to the same start.

Census Bureau notes: building permit figures cover new privately owned housing units authorised by permit-issuing places; permits do not mean the units were started or completed, and places that report less often than monthly are imputed in monthly totals. FHFA notes: The FHFA HPI is a broad measure of the movement of single-family house prices. The FHFA HPI is a weighted, repeat-sales index, meaning that it measures average price changes in repeat sales or refinancings on the same properties.

Mecklenburg County, North Carolina (Mecklenburg County), authorised 4,703 housing units through building permits in the 12 months to August 2026, −51.6% on the previous 12 months.

848 of those units were single-family houses (18%), 18 were in two- to four-unit buildings and 3,837 in buildings of five or more units.

Since 1995 the place has authorised 319,886 units, with the busiest year 2023 (14,435 units). Mecklenburg County's FHFA house price index rose +129.3% over the ten years to 2025.

4,703units permitted, 12 months to August 2026−51.6% on the previous 12 months
848single-family units18% of the total
3,837units in 5+ unit buildings82% of the total
—units per 1,000 residentsMecklenburg County 3.8 · North Carolina 7.8

Permits by month and structure type

Housing units authorised in Mecklenburg County by month, latest 24 months05001,0001,500Sep 2024: 1,077 units (510 single-family, 567 in multi-unit buildings)Sep 2024Oct 2024: 793 units (578 single-family, 215 in multi-unit buildings)Nov 2024: 872 units (534 single-family, 338 in multi-unit buildings)Dec 2024: 1,023 units (444 single-family, 579 in multi-unit buildings)Dec 2024Jan 2025: 1,346 units (485 single-family, 861 in multi-unit buildings)Feb 2025: 932 units (496 single-family, 436 in multi-unit buildings)Mar 2025: 1,005 units (515 single-family, 490 in multi-unit buildings)Mar 2025Apr 2025: 634 units (586 single-family, 48 in multi-unit buildings)May 2025: 409 units (403 single-family, 6 in multi-unit buildings)Jun 2025: 628 units (281 single-family, 347 in multi-unit buildings)Jun 2025Jul 2025: 425 units (291 single-family, 134 in multi-unit buildings)Aug 2025: 573 units (175 single-family, 398 in multi-unit buildings)Sep 2025: 419 units (215 single-family, 204 in multi-unit buildings)Sep 2025Oct 2025: 598 units (117 single-family, 481 in multi-unit buildings)Nov 2025: 443 units (103 single-family, 340 in multi-unit buildings)Dec 2025: 84 units (80 single-family, 4 in multi-unit buildings)Dec 2025Jan 2026: 289 units (73 single-family, 216 in multi-unit buildings)Feb 2026: 677 units (45 single-family, 632 in multi-unit buildings)Mar 2026: 690 units (72 single-family, 618 in multi-unit buildings)Mar 2026Apr 2026: 849 units (34 single-family, 815 in multi-unit buildings)May 2026: 328 units (23 single-family, 305 in multi-unit buildings)Jun 2026: 65 units (65 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)Jun 2026Jul 2026: 10 units (10 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)Aug 2026: 251 units (11 single-family, 240 in multi-unit buildings)

Housing units authorised in Mecklenburg County by month, latest 24 monthssingle-family2+ unit buildings

Units, 12 months to August 2026Mecklenburg CountyMecklenburg CountyNorth CarolinaUnited States
All housing units4,7034,70387,8531,418,086
Single-family (1 unit)848 (18%)848 (18%)61,266 (70%)888,241 (63%)
2 units14141,29234,814
3–4 units4432117,298
5 or more units3,837 (82%)3,837 (82%)24,974 (28%)477,733 (34%)
Units per 1,000 residents—3.87.84.1
Change on previous 12 months−51.6%−51.6%+2.0%−0.1%

Permits by year since 1995

Housing units authorised in Mecklenburg County by year, 1995–202505,00010,00015,0001995: 7,706 units (4,966 single-family, 2,740 in multi-unit buildings)19951996: 10,443 units (6,341 single-family, 4,102 in multi-unit buildings)1997: 10,318 units (6,931 single-family, 3,387 in multi-unit buildings)1998: 11,993 units (8,637 single-family, 3,356 in multi-unit buildings)1999: 14,014 units (9,754 single-family, 4,260 in multi-unit buildings)2000: 13,960 units (8,564 single-family, 5,396 in multi-unit buildings)20002001: 12,637 units (8,345 single-family, 4,292 in multi-unit buildings)2002: 10,606 units (8,357 single-family, 2,249 in multi-unit buildings)2003: 9,854 units (7,591 single-family, 2,263 in multi-unit buildings)2004: 11,906 units (8,463 single-family, 3,443 in multi-unit buildings)2005: 10,828 units (8,473 single-family, 2,355 in multi-unit buildings)20052006: 13,676 units (9,287 single-family, 4,389 in multi-unit buildings)2007: 11,417 units (6,857 single-family, 4,560 in multi-unit buildings)2008: 6,850 units (2,496 single-family, 4,354 in multi-unit buildings)2009: 3,044 units (1,315 single-family, 1,729 in multi-unit buildings)2010: 2,672 units (1,869 single-family, 803 in multi-unit buildings)20102011: 3,094 units (1,949 single-family, 1,145 in multi-unit buildings)2012: 8,012 units (3,200 single-family, 4,812 in multi-unit buildings)2013: 8,558 units (3,863 single-family, 4,695 in multi-unit buildings)2014: 9,340 units (3,896 single-family, 5,444 in multi-unit buildings)2015: 9,056 units (3,972 single-family, 5,084 in multi-unit buildings)20152016: 9,759 units (4,901 single-family, 4,858 in multi-unit buildings)2017: 11,216 units (5,127 single-family, 6,089 in multi-unit buildings)2018: 14,049 units (5,813 single-family, 8,236 in multi-unit buildings)2019: 12,429 units (5,433 single-family, 6,996 in multi-unit buildings)2020: 11,067 units (6,826 single-family, 4,241 in multi-unit buildings)20202021: 14,375 units (7,054 single-family, 7,321 in multi-unit buildings)2022: 13,107 units (6,344 single-family, 6,763 in multi-unit buildings)2023: 14,435 units (6,906 single-family, 7,529 in multi-unit buildings)2024: 11,969 units (6,496 single-family, 5,473 in multi-unit buildings)2025: 7,496 units (3,747 single-family, 3,749 in multi-unit buildings)2025

Housing units authorised in Mecklenburg County by year, 1995–2025single-family2+ unit buildings

319,886 units since 1995; the busiest year was 2023. Annual figures include units imputed for months a place did not report.

Home prices in Mecklenburg County

FHFA's index for Mecklenburg County rose +129.3% over the ten years to 2025 (+8.7% a year) and +2.4% in the latest year, against +106.6% and +2.5% for North Carolina. Full county page: decade table, peak-to-low declines, every ZIP code and every permit-issuing place in the county.

Questions and answers

How many homes are being built in Mecklenburg County, NC?

4,703 housing units were authorised by building permits in the 12 months to August 2026, against 9,717 in the previous 12 months.

What kind of housing is being permitted in Mecklenburg County?

848 single-family units, 14 in two-unit buildings, 4 in three- and four-unit buildings and 3,837 in buildings of five or more units.

How does Mecklenburg County compare with its county and state?

No population estimate is attached to this permit-issuing area, so a per-resident rate is not shown; Mecklenburg County runs at 3.8 units per 1,000 residents and North Carolina at 7.8.

How have home prices moved in Mecklenburg County?

FHFA's index for Mecklenburg County rose +129.3% over the ten years to 2025 and +2.4% in the latest year; the county page has the full series.

What does a permit count?

A housing unit authorised by a building permit for new privately owned residential construction, as reported to the Census Bureau Building Permits Survey by the permit-issuing office. Permits are not completions; some permitted units are never built, and places that report only annually are imputed in monthly figures.

Provenance

Permits: US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, place-level monthly and annual files through August 2026 (permit office 379000); county and state comparisons from the county and state files. Population: Census Bureau vintage 2025 estimates for incorporated places, matched on FIPS place code where the permit office is one. House price index: Federal Housing Finance Agency. Public domain. Corrections · Building Permits Survey.