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Washoe County, NV

Residential building permits · 2015–2025

Housing units authorized (2025)
2,531
Construction valuation (2025)
$633,230,892
By structure type (2025)
1-unit 1,656 · 2-unit 36 · 3-4 26 · 5+ 813

Units authorized by year

YearUnitsValuation
20252,531$633,230,892
20244,085$878,425,414
20234,259$839,940,648
20225,792$1,052,243,262
20215,312$1,074,391,665
20204,489$947,203,166
20195,251$990,068,654
20184,437$864,825,209
20174,554$772,118,004
20163,588$669,087,344
20152,780$585,307,521

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.