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Santa Clara County, CA

Residential building permits · 2015–2025

Housing units authorized (2025)
5,323
Construction valuation (2025)
$1,250,845,806
By structure type (2025)
1-unit 1,795 · 2-unit 26 · 3-4 19 · 5+ 3,483

Units authorized by year

YearUnitsValuation
20255,323$1,250,845,806
20243,834$1,147,827,681
20235,834$1,484,256,334
20229,074$2,047,548,777
20214,044$1,070,071,047
20205,357$1,011,536,845
20195,496$1,301,592,338
20188,191$1,849,046,157
20177,968$1,734,780,409
20165,709$1,176,448,150
20155,570$1,322,181,022

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.