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Morris County, NJ

Residential building permits · 2015–2025

Housing units authorized (2025)
1,324
Construction valuation (2025)
$321,373,450
By structure type (2025)
1-unit 810 · 2-unit 14 · 3-4 19 · 5+ 481

Units authorized by year

YearUnitsValuation
20251,324$321,373,450
20242,055$413,687,851
20231,479$281,414,584
20222,163$382,431,896
20212,127$355,076,269
20201,630$190,387,335
20191,527$207,114,604
20181,589$230,239,256
20171,648$237,322,106
20161,695$267,672,836
20152,262$243,863,613

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.