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Palo Alto County, IA

Residential building permits · 2015–2025

Housing units authorized (2025)
6
Construction valuation (2025)
$2,090,703
By structure type (2025)
1-unit 4 · 2-unit 2 · 3-4 0 · 5+ 0

Units authorized by year

YearUnitsValuation
20256$2,090,703
202410$3,305,650
202317$3,915,058
202220$6,687,000
20212$450,000
202010$2,405,000
20196$1,431,000
20181$155,000
20176$2,294,000
20165$1,250,000
20156$1,554,000

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.