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Kootenai County, ID

Name: Building Permits — Kootenai County, ID
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Residential building permits · 2015–2025

Housing units authorized (2025): 1,705
Construction valuation (2025): $546,511,502
By structure type (2025): 1-unit 1,217 · 2-unit 62 · 3-4 15 · 5+ 411

Units authorized by year

Year	Units	Valuation
2025	1,705	$546,511,502
2024	1,587	$529,940,765
2023	2,043	$625,242,482
2022	2,039	$599,296,904
2021	2,426	$538,556,541
2020	2,929	$561,941,100
2019	2,526	$482,031,413
2018	2,210	$451,559,351
2017	1,778	$367,427,377
2016	1,666	$315,989,732
2015	1,414	$278,541,207

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.