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Houghton County, MI

Residential building permits · 2015–2025

Housing units authorized (2025)
170
Construction valuation (2025)
$39,662,469
By structure type (2025)
1-unit 119 · 2-unit 14 · 3-4 4 · 5+ 33

Units authorized by year

YearUnitsValuation
2025170$39,662,469
2024111$27,569,488
2023118$31,882,182
2022110$24,072,259
2021169$22,303,123
202053$9,468,000
201955$9,618,950
201858$11,661,790
2017193$17,091,000
201644$7,267,454
201544$8,248,400

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.