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Cape May County, NJ

Residential building permits · 2015–2025

Housing units authorized (2025)
854
Construction valuation (2025)
$317,729,473
By structure type (2025)
1-unit 671 · 2-unit 110 · 3-4 53 · 5+ 20

Units authorized by year

YearUnitsValuation
2025854$317,729,473
2024895$357,530,259
2023803$269,510,860
2022838$336,670,186
2021917$294,756,308
2020675$243,196,086
2019863$269,334,050
2018643$214,574,888
2017809$236,489,863
2016642$190,565,269
2015614$181,526,181

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.