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Oakland County, MI

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

Housing units authorized (2025): 2,023
Construction valuation (2025): $806,647,292
By structure type (2025): 1-unit 1,730 · 2-unit 0 · 3-4 57 · 5+ 236

Units authorized by year

Year	Units	Valuation
2025	2,023	$806,647,292
2024	2,886	$996,375,177
2023	2,328	$786,242,032
2022	2,329	$972,252,909
2021	3,164	$784,373,737
2020	2,475	$638,505,928
2019	2,842	$698,513,696
2018	2,642	$751,898,266
2017	3,707	$902,669,714
2016	3,196	$792,106,087
2015	2,645	$685,279,298

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.