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Palm Beach County, FL

Residential building permits · 2015–2025

Housing units authorized (2025)
4,228
Construction valuation (2025)
$1,667,470,580
By structure type (2025)
1-unit 2,495 · 2-unit 118 · 3-4 112 · 5+ 1,503

Units authorized by year

YearUnitsValuation
20254,228$1,667,470,580
20244,089$1,838,946,690
20235,492$1,723,303,959
20226,090$2,121,072,244
20217,851$2,523,859,005
20207,499$2,212,909,573
20195,550$1,627,729,472
20184,518$1,312,556,429
20174,135$1,316,857,351
20165,320$1,272,494,482
20155,381$1,359,566,895

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.