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Santa Barbara County, CA

Residential building permits · 2015–2025

Housing units authorized (2025)
1,371
Construction valuation (2025)
$342,914,661
By structure type (2025)
1-unit 433 · 2-unit 2 · 3-4 0 · 5+ 936

Units authorized by year

YearUnitsValuation
20251,371$342,914,661
2024750$302,191,235
2023471$105,791,583
20221,096$233,284,456
20211,152$170,755,002
20201,027$205,525,258
20191,175$278,138,320
2018928$204,861,530
20171,280$301,462,024
2016842$199,501,583
20151,082$299,793,032

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.