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Cumberland County, ME

Residential building permits · 2015–2025

Housing units authorized (2025)
1,756
Construction valuation (2025)
$572,325,867
By structure type (2025)
1-unit 881 · 2-unit 96 · 3-4 18 · 5+ 761

Units authorized by year

YearUnitsValuation
20251,756$572,325,867
20241,385$441,557,054
20231,547$440,286,046
20221,990$516,460,240
20211,944$532,826,163
20201,624$406,000,352
20191,817$403,056,597
20181,401$308,273,996
20171,404$277,463,308
20161,366$248,996,495
20151,157$225,594,016

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.