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Ottawa County, MI

Residential building permits · 2015–2025

Housing units authorized (2025)
1,411
Construction valuation (2025)
$414,571,488
By structure type (2025)
1-unit 868 · 2-unit 6 · 3-4 55 · 5+ 482

Units authorized by year

YearUnitsValuation
20251,411$414,571,488
20241,235$361,862,271
20231,333$399,113,506
20221,568$454,248,844
20211,560$445,461,968
20201,636$355,841,999
20191,376$329,067,946
20181,149$303,471,498
20171,875$328,909,866
20161,633$336,546,086
20151,572$267,700,092

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.