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Multnomah County, OR

Residential building permits · 2015–2025

Housing units authorized (2025)
1,594
Construction valuation (2025)
$405,207,616
By structure type (2025)
1-unit 992 · 2-unit 50 · 3-4 12 · 5+ 540

Units authorized by year

YearUnitsValuation
20251,594$405,207,616
20242,040$548,500,399
20233,607$772,028,077
20222,734$466,910,297
20213,547$727,389,149
20202,709$429,290,857
20196,098$926,362,991
20186,238$973,770,946
20177,055$1,099,607,123
20165,092$748,869,121
20154,832$768,440,296

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.