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Unincorporated Jackson County, OR building permits

Data through July 2026 · updated 20 Oct 2026

7,317 building permits were issued in unincorporated Jackson County from August 2024 to July 2026, about 3,658 a year. Electrical permits lead with 2,568, then HVAC (2,042) and solar (1,003). 85% were for homes. The county's file doesn't name contractors, so we can't rank, compare or profile firms here: these pages show what was built and when.

7,317permits issued
3,658a year
85%for homes
95%finished (Aug 2024–Jul 2025 permits)
Jul 2026records through

What gets built here

Electrical

2,568permits
1,301last 12 mo on file

HVAC

2,042permits
1,041last 12 mo on file

Solar

1,003permits
420last 12 mo on file

Plumbing

501permits
240last 12 mo on file

New homes

429permits
215last 12 mo on file

What this page can and can't show

  • ✓Permits the county issued, by kind of work and month.
  • ✓Which permits finished, are still open or expired.
  • ✓What the job was declared at on the permit.
  • Who did the work. The county's file doesn't name contractors, so we can't rank, compare or profile firms here.
  • How long a permit takes to final. The file has too few final dates.
  • Where, by ZIP code. The file carries no usable ZIP code.
  • Street addresses or owners. We publish counts and permit rows without them.

Permits issued by Jackson County's own Building Safety office, which serves unincorporated Jackson County: White City, Applegate, Ruch, Prospect, Trail and the rural valleys. Medford runs its own building department and has its own pages on this site; Ashland, Central Point and the other cities that run their own building departments are not in this file.

Hiring someone here?

The permit file can't tell you who does good work. Ask for the contractor's license number and look it up at the Oregon Construction Contractors Board license search, then ask the county whether they pulled the permit for your job.

How to check a contractor's license in Oregon →

Permits by kind of work

Permits issued August 2024 through July 2026, every kind of work with 100 or more. Last 12 months on file is Aug 2025–Jul 2026. Homes is the share issued as residential permits.

Kind of workPermitsShareLast 12 mo
Electrical2,56835%1,301
HVAC2,04228%1,041
Solar1,00314%420
Plumbing5017%240
New homes4296%215
Garages, sheds & shade structures1853%84
Additions1472%73
Other2654%110

Fewer than 100 permits, so no row: remodels & repairs (77), pools & spas (53), ADUs & casitas (24), roofing (20), fences & walls (2), demolition (1).

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Jackson County permit statistics →Jackson County, Oregon building permit search: how to look up permits on a property →

Before you start a project

All guides →

Guides for Jackson County

Local permit rules and lookups, each with Jackson County's own permit numbers.

Nearby permit data

Permit data for other places in the Rogue Valley. Each permit office keeps its own file, so the numbers are not added together.

Medford, OR

How these numbers are made

Source: Jackson County GIS, Property/Permits_Building (building permits), read 20 Oct 2026. We count permits issued August 2024 through July 2026; denied and withdrawn permits are left out.

Permits issued by Jackson County's own Building Safety office, which serves unincorporated Jackson County: White City, Applegate, Ruch, Prospect, Trail and the rural valleys. Medford runs its own building department and has its own pages on this site; Ashland, Central Point and the other cities that run their own building departments are not in this file.

  • The county's file names no contractor, so there are no contractor lists, rankings or firm pages for this county.
  • The file has no issue date. Permits are counted by the month the application came in, and only once the county issued them; applications still in review are left out. The window ends in July 2026 so that recent applications have had time to be issued.
  • The file records the date of a permit's last status change, not a separate final inspection date, so we show how many permits finished but not how long they took.
  • Each trade on a job gets its own permit: a new house usually has a structural or dwelling permit plus separate electrical, mechanical and plumbing permits.
  • The value is the estimated cost on the permit. Electrical and plumbing permits usually carry none.
  • Agricultural-exempt buildings, grading permits and the 2020 wildfire disaster-relief cases are not counted.
  • The file has no ZIP code for most permits, so there are no ZIP code pages.

Counts are permits, not jobs: one job can need several permits. Nobody paid to be on this page and nobody can. Sources and definitions →

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Contractor Records, "Unincorporated Jackson County, OR building permits", https://contractorrecords.com/jackson-county-or/, data through July 2026, from Jackson County Development Services, Building Safety building-permit records.

Link to a table: By kind of work · Browse the permits · Permits each month.

Download the tables (CSV): Permits by kind of work · Permits in the last 12 months on file.

Common questions

  • How many building permits does Jackson County issue a year?About 3,658 a year in unincorporated Jackson County: 7,317 permits issued August 2024 through July 2026, 3,585 of them in the last 12 months on file (to July 2026). That counts the permits the county issued, homes and commercial, not denied or withdrawn applications.
  • Can I find a contractor's permits in Jackson County?Not from this file: the county publishes its permits without the contractor's name, so we can't list or rank firms. Check a license at the Oregon Construction Contractors Board license search and ask the contractor for the permit number of a past job.
  • What do people build most in Jackson County?Electrical: 2,568 of the 7,317 permits (35%), then HVAC (2,042), solar (1,003), August 2024 through July 2026.
  • How do I look up a building permit in Jackson County?Filter the permit list on this page by month, kind of work to see what was issued. For one property's permits, search the county's own records by address or permit number; we don't publish addresses. How to look up a permit in Jackson County →
  • How many permits were issued in Jackson County last month?297 in July 2026, the last full month on file; 3,585 over the last 12 months on file (to July 2026).

Browse the permits

Browse 7,317 permits

Every permit in the file issued August 2024 through July 2026, newest first. Pick a month, a kind of work or a status. Each row is one permit: no street address, no names.

The list loads as you reach it (7,317 permits).

IssuedKind of workCounty permit typeStatus

Permits each month, the last 12 months on file

Permits issued each month and the kind of work with the most. A month opens its permits in the list above.

MonthPermitsTop kind of work
Jul 2026297HVAC (110)
Jun 2026284Electrical (105)
May 2026277Electrical (95)
Apr 2026284Electrical (118)
Mar 2026289Electrical (103)
Feb 2026286Electrical (94)
Jan 2026264Electrical (101)
Dec 2025283HVAC (103)
Nov 2025258Electrical (83)
Oct 2025364Electrical (135)
Sep 2025371Electrical (139)
Aug 2025328Electrical (124)

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