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Riverside County, CA

Name: Building Permits — Riverside County, CA
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Residential building permits · 2015–2025

Housing units authorized (2025): 9,697
Construction valuation (2025): $2,704,556,553
By structure type (2025): 1-unit 6,399 · 2-unit 124 · 3-4 108 · 5+ 3,066

Units authorized by year

Year	Units	Valuation
2025	9,697	$2,704,556,553
2024	9,598	$2,537,533,503
2023	12,953	$3,115,883,277
2022	10,284	$2,625,277,937
2021	9,264	$2,452,582,823
2020	10,103	$2,491,107,534
2019	8,992	$2,175,732,329
2018	9,232	$2,347,550,856
2017	8,001	$1,899,242,308
2016	6,996	$1,625,971,844
2015	6,158	$1,348,829,251

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.