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Howard County, MD

Residential building permits · 2015–2025

Housing units authorized (2025)
728
Construction valuation (2025)
$255,539,591
By structure type (2025)
1-unit 329 · 2-unit 20 · 3-4 0 · 5+ 379

Units authorized by year

YearUnitsValuation
2025728$255,539,591
2024881$202,006,293
2023798$169,094,178
2022571$154,523,860
20211,735$232,034,313
20201,062$194,827,172
2019779$180,051,215
20182,046$355,090,574
20171,219$239,658,547
20162,154$378,712,629
20151,593$281,456,877

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.