June 2024 had 36 permits for $9.5 million
According to Putnam County Mayor Randy Porter, June construction in Putnam County continued to be strong as the county had 43 permits worth “almost $10 million in construction.”
24 of those were for new single-family homes,” according to Porter.
“In comparison, June 2024 had 36 permits for $9.5 million with 26 of those being new single-family homes,” said Porter. “June permits generated $35,035 in fees, which operates the Building Codes Department.”
On a Fiscal Year basis (July-June) for 2024-205, the county had 406 permits for $99.8 million compared to 2023-2024, which had 397 permits $86.9 million.
“2024-2025 set a record for the largest dollar amount of construction with the $99.8 million. The previous record was 2021-2022, which had $89.4 million,” according to Porter.
These numbers are for Putnam County only and do not include any of the four cities.
Here are the numbers for prior years as a comparison:
| 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | ||||
| Permits | Total Amount | Permits | Total Amount | Permits | Total Amount | |
| January | 20 | 4,990,900 | 22 | 3,886,300 | 24 | 5,493,600 |
| February | 37 | 6,653,700 | 34 | 8,245,155 | 38 | 10,202,716 |
| March | 34 | 8,705,474 | 25 | 7,056,360 | 54 | 16,349,883 |
| April | 35 | 6,924,500 | 42 | 8,903,850 | 33 | 8,311,168 |
| May | 40 | 7,075,300 | 33 | 7,391,000 | 30 | 5,877,860 |
| June | 36 | 5,922,400 | 36 | 9,476,800 | 43 | 9,989,300 |
| July | 36 | 8,456,000 | 40 | 7,740,700 | ||
| August | 38 | 7,570,900 | 28 | 3,905,000 | ||
| September | 37 | 6,171,496 | 28 | 6,478,045 | ||
| October | 47 | 9,429,590 | 36 | 14,411,700 | ||
| November | 23 | 4,487,600 | 30 | 5,612,310 | ||
| December | 25 | 5,829,000 | 22 | 5,397,000 | ||
| TOTALS | 408 | 82,216,860 | 376 | 88,504,220 | 217 | 56,224,527 |
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