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Kane County, IL

Name: Building Permits — Kane County, IL
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Residential building permits · 2015–2025

Housing units authorized (2025): 1,629
Construction valuation (2025): $563,820,368
By structure type (2025): 1-unit 1,389 · 2-unit 40 · 3-4 39 · 5+ 161

Units authorized by year

Year	Units	Valuation
2025	1,629	$563,820,368
2024	2,132	$582,737,310
2023	2,149	$545,349,863
2022	1,411	$314,166,718
2021	1,333	$326,198,998
2020	1,272	$241,926,404
2019	1,231	$213,576,143
2018	1,891	$346,802,299
2017	1,986	$296,771,267
2016	1,596	$278,326,017
2015	1,471	$286,107,522

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.