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Buena Vista County, IA

Residential building permits · 2015–2025

Housing units authorized (2025)
16
Construction valuation (2025)
$5,274,703
By structure type (2025)
1-unit 14 · 2-unit 2 · 3-4 0 · 5+ 0

Units authorized by year

YearUnitsValuation
202516$5,274,703
2024172$37,993,000
202320$5,678,476
202282$10,205,765
2021117$13,870,735
202026$4,915,000
201914$2,640,001
201819$2,858,747
201712$2,069,620
20165$1,135,828
20157$1,985,384

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.