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Somerset County, NJ

Residential building permits · 2015–2025

Housing units authorized (2025)
763
Construction valuation (2025)
$129,561,778
By structure type (2025)
1-unit 267 · 2-unit 0 · 3-4 0 · 5+ 496

Units authorized by year

YearUnitsValuation
2025763$129,561,778
2024635$121,112,023
2023577$100,339,960
2022907$125,564,593
20211,261$140,243,386
20201,913$202,531,340
20191,708$149,084,290
20181,309$149,697,586
2017730$114,222,049
2016995$133,372,108
20151,551$155,205,072

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.