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Honolulu County, HI

Residential building permits · 2015–2025

Housing units authorized (2025)
1,446
Construction valuation (2025)
$465,000,547
By structure type (2025)
1-unit 607 · 2-unit 122 · 3-4 0 · 5+ 717

Units authorized by year

YearUnitsValuation
20251,446$465,000,547
20241,638$529,801,715
20231,851$573,891,394
20222,526$882,622,045
20211,438$468,350,350
20201,621$486,429,448
20192,279$641,219,446
20182,410$645,839,685
20171,968$504,266,148
20161,658$641,470,309
20153,833$914,917,529

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.