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Kent County, MI

Name: Building Permits — Kent County, MI
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Residential building permits · 2015–2025

Housing units authorized (2025): 2,398
Construction valuation (2025): $781,380,324
By structure type (2025): 1-unit 1,242 · 2-unit 56 · 3-4 21 · 5+ 1,079

Units authorized by year

Year	Units	Valuation
2025	2,398	$781,380,324
2024	2,090	$612,106,851
2023	1,987	$555,048,269
2022	2,385	$556,592,476
2021	1,891	$489,348,427
2020	1,692	$445,802,091
2019	2,574	$481,901,812
2018	2,366	$520,956,420
2017	2,615	$538,331,050
2016	2,823	$517,319,650
2015	1,838	$455,037,592

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.