Data through December 2024 · updated 23 Oct 2026
1,345 building permits issued in unincorporated Deschutes County, Sisters and La Pine, January 2023 through December 2024: about 672 a year. The biggest kind of work is new homes, with 488. 888 permits in the last 12 months on file (Jan 2024–Dec 2024), 94% more than the 457 in the 12 months before. 90% were permits for homes. The busiest month for permits is October.
What this file covers: This is the Assessor's copy of the permits that change a property's value: new homes and manufactured homes, additions, garages, shops and barns, remodels and demolitions. Electrical, plumbing and mechanical permits are not in it, and it holds no permits issued after December 2024.
Permits issued January 2023 through December 2024. Last 12 months on file is Jan 2024–Dec 2024; the 12 months before is Jan 2023–Dec 2023. Homes is the share issued as residential permits. Busiest month is the calendar month with the most permits on average.
| Kind of work | Permits | Share | Last 12 mo | 12 mo before | Change | Homes | Busiest month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New homes | 488 | 36% | 299 | 189 | +58% | 100% | October |
| Garages, sheds & shade structures | 300 | 22% | 216 | 84 | +157% | 100% | October |
| Additions | 176 | 13% | 115 | 61 | +89% | 100% | July |
| Remodels & repairs | 172 | 13% | 116 | 56 | +107% | 100% | September |
| Other | 114 | 8% | 70 | 44 | +59% | 0% | October |
Fewer than 100 permits, so no row: demolition (59), ADUs & casitas (18), pools & spas (16), solar (2).
Permits issued in each calendar year of the window. Per year scales a part year to 12 months.
| Year | Months | Permits | Per year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 12 | 457 | 457 |
| 2024 | 12 | 888 | 888 |
Permits issued each month, January 2023 through December 2024. The tallest bar is the busiest month on file.
| Month | Permits |
|---|---|
| Jan 2023 | 11 |
| Feb 2023 | 16 |
| Mar 2023 | 29 |
| Apr 2023 | 25 |
| May 2023 | 40 |
| Jun 2023 | 38 |
| Jul 2023 | 32 |
| Aug 2023 | 50 |
| Sep 2023 | 48 |
| Oct 2023 | 66 |
| Nov 2023 | 55 |
| Dec 2023 | 47 |
| Jan 2024 | 73 |
| Feb 2024 | 62 |
| Mar 2024 | 79 |
| Apr 2024 | 74 |
| May 2024 | 88 |
| Jun 2024 | 73 |
| Jul 2024 | 93 |
| Aug 2024 | 69 |
| Sep 2024 | 65 |
| Oct 2024 | 84 |
| Nov 2024 | 60 |
| Dec 2024 | 68 |
Permits by calendar month, 100 = an average month (the thin line), January 2023 through December 2024. Kinds of work do not all peak together. Each month is counted twice (once a year), so one unusual month still moves these numbers.
488 permits · busiest October, quietest February
300 permits · busiest October, quietest February
176 permits · busiest July, quietest April
172 permits · busiest September, quietest March
| Kind of work | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New homes | 66 | 59 | 106 | 89 | 125 | 101 | 133 | 123 | 86 | 140 | 89 | 84 |
| Garages, sheds & shade structures | 68 | 52 | 108 | 84 | 116 | 88 | 104 | 96 | 80 | 144 | 136 | 124 |
| Additions | 89 | 75 | 130 | 55 | 61 | 123 | 150 | 102 | 109 | 116 | 82 | 109 |
| Remodels & repairs | 70 | 98 | 28 | 133 | 119 | 91 | 56 | 84 | 147 | 133 | 119 | 126 |
How the county classed each permit. Other covers commercial buildings, signs, towers and similar work.
| Permit class | Permits | Share | Last 12 mo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes (residential) | 1,217 | 90% | 809 |
| Other | 128 | 10% | 79 |
Permits issued Jan 2023–Dec 2023, so each has had at least 12 months to reach a final. Finished means the county recorded a final inspection or marked it complete; expired means it lapsed without one.
| Status | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Finished | 273 | 59.7% |
| Still open | 100 | 21.9% |
| Expired | 84 | 18.4% |
From our cross-city data studies: the same measure, read the same way, for every city we cover.
Permit statistics for other places in Central Oregon. Each permit office keeps its own file, so the numbers are not added together.
Source: Deschutes County Assessor, Assessor_Permits map service (Master Permits and MasterPermits 2021 to 2024 layers), read 23 Oct 2026. We count permits issued January 2023 through December 2024; denied and withdrawn permits are left out.
Building permits Deschutes County Community Development issues (its own 247- permit numbers), for unincorporated Deschutes County and for the cities of Sisters and La Pine, where the county runs the building programme. Bend and Redmond run their own permit offices: their permits are in the same Assessor file but are not counted here.
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Contractor Records, "Unincorporated Deschutes County, Sisters and La Pine, OR building permit statistics", https://contractorrecords.com/deschutes-county/permit-statistics, data through December 2024, from Deschutes County Community Development building-permit records.Link to a table: By kind of work · By year · By month · When each kind of work is filed · Homes and everything else · How many get finished.
Download the tables (CSV): Permits by kind of work · Permits by year · Permits by month · Permits by calendar month (index) · Homes and other permits · Finished, open and expired.