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Contra Costa County, CA

Residential building permits · 2015–2025

Housing units authorized (2025)
1,163
Construction valuation (2025)
$420,628,294
By structure type (2025)
1-unit 970 · 2-unit 6 · 3-4 9 · 5+ 178

Units authorized by year

YearUnitsValuation
20251,163$420,628,294
20242,155$627,203,579
20232,033$642,471,898
20221,794$501,218,742
20213,901$825,986,542
20202,803$694,891,661
20192,687$678,831,890
20182,907$773,678,526
20171,984$620,207,080
20162,921$749,611,815
20152,610$743,451,981

The Census Building Permits Survey counts new privately-owned housing units authorized by building permits — a leading indicator of housing supply. "1-unit" is single-family; "5+ units" is larger multifamily. Figures are imputation-adjusted to cover permit offices that did not report.

Source: Census Building Permits Survey. License: CC0 1.0.