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Why This is Important

Certificates of occupancy are issued for completed renovations or new construction. Newly completed residential COs indicate recent investment in real estate and lead to increased property values. Overall, this reflects improvement to a neighborhood's housing stock, but it may also indicate areas where population is increasing as new housing becomes available. Areas with significant investment and significant low income and renting populations may be vulnerable to displacement.

About the Data

COs included here are the following types: residential, single family, townhouse, condominium, duplex, manufactured homes, and mixed-use residential. The count of these per neighborhood or blockgroup is divided by the area in square miles within the City/County Inspections districts.

Note: In June, 2021, DataWorks NC made a slight change in methodology for computing this metric which may lead to minor differences in the metric value when comparing with data generated by the Compass prior to June 2021.

Source: Durham City/County Inspections Department

Additional Resources

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Durham Office of Economic and Workforce DevelopmentAssisting cultural development, increasing Durham's tax base, preparing our workforce, promoting long-term growth, and providing technical and financial business assistance.
Durham City/County InspectionsThe City-County Inspections Department administers and enforces the North Carolina State Building Code and the zoning ordinances for both the City and County of Durham.
Durham Development TrackerAn interactive GIS site for searching annexations, zoning changes, and development activity throughout Durham County.
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Data Distribution, 2020

Residential Certificates of Occupancy per Sq Mile

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