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Decatur County, IA

Residential building permits · 2015–2025

Housing units authorized (2025)
1
Construction valuation (2025)
$341,703
By structure type (2025)
1-unit 1 · 2-unit 0 · 3-4 0 · 5+ 0

Units authorized by year

YearUnitsValuation
20251$341,703
20242$641,300
20231$200,000
20221$273,303
20211$60,000
20203$713,231
20193$552,082
20181$10,000
20174$418,704
20160$0
20151$120,000

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.