Federal Data Hub › Census Building Permits · JSON

Black Hawk County, IA

Name: Building Permits — Black Hawk County, IA
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Residential building permits · 2015–2025

Housing units authorized (2025): 488
Construction valuation (2025): $98,519,499
By structure type (2025): 1-unit 165 · 2-unit 36 · 3-4 4 · 5+ 283

Units authorized by year

Year	Units	Valuation
2025	488	$98,519,499
2024	289	$74,648,153
2023	420	$87,615,804
2022	204	$50,789,102
2021	138	$52,890,774
2020	268	$62,134,256
2019	381	$100,876,971
2018	227	$53,124,461
2017	569	$65,728,399
2016	422	$68,677,164
2015	300	$50,259,385

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.