Federal Data HubCensus Building Permits · JSON

San Francisco County, CA

Residential building permits · 2015–2025

Housing units authorized (2025)
1,444
Construction valuation (2025)
$287,619,446
By structure type (2025)
1-unit 20 · 2-unit 14 · 3-4 16 · 5+ 1,394

Units authorized by year

YearUnitsValuation
20251,444$287,619,446
2024770$433,848,285
20231,136$485,823,681
20222,014$640,253,908
20212,519$819,406,693
20202,004$786,073,953
20193,200$913,794,290
20185,178$1,001,631,939
20174,034$1,214,057,643
20164,087$1,144,466,873
20153,665$1,041,273,009

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.