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Penobscot County, ME

Residential building permits · 2015–2025

Housing units authorized (2025)
486
Construction valuation (2025)
$106,144,008
By structure type (2025)
1-unit 316 · 2-unit 36 · 3-4 43 · 5+ 91

Units authorized by year

YearUnitsValuation
2025486$106,144,008
2024450$103,637,297
2023404$82,320,250
2022415$92,732,444
2021368$77,352,833
2020337$62,913,421
2019266$47,964,770
2018261$46,343,848
2017304$56,272,530
2016271$49,775,247
2015555$74,118,250

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.