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Santa Cruz County, CA

Residential building permits · 2015–2025

Housing units authorized (2025)
470
Construction valuation (2025)
$87,754,137
By structure type (2025)
1-unit 163 · 2-unit 4 · 3-4 0 · 5+ 303

Units authorized by year

YearUnitsValuation
2025470$87,754,137
2024259$55,026,474
2023540$85,291,436
2022608$102,305,010
2021598$110,221,785
2020244$39,101,952
2019429$68,611,173
2018426$59,874,134
2017407$65,170,483
2016489$83,702,629
2015335$60,518,607

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.