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Bay County, FL

Name: Building Permits — Bay County, FL
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Residential building permits · 2015–2025

Housing units authorized (2025): 2,072
Construction valuation (2025): $676,952,263
By structure type (2025): 1-unit 1,685 · 2-unit 26 · 3-4 17 · 5+ 344

Units authorized by year

Year	Units	Valuation
2025	2,072	$676,952,263
2024	2,473	$784,995,469
2023	2,322	$740,158,836
2022	2,288	$803,728,966
2021	2,610	$683,169,406
2020	2,846	$473,591,513
2019	1,795	$381,608,020
2018	1,520	$334,206,350
2017	1,654	$305,013,438
2016	898	$217,009,037
2015	884	$223,171,528

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.