Federal Data Hub › Census Building Permits · JSON

Adams County, PA

Name: Building Permits — Adams County, PA
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Residential building permits · 2015–2025

Housing units authorized (2025): 476
Construction valuation (2025): $174,571,469
By structure type (2025): 1-unit 476 · 2-unit 0 · 3-4 0 · 5+ 0

Units authorized by year

Year	Units	Valuation
2025	476	$174,571,469
2024	403	$135,442,780
2023	338	$84,252,715
2022	394	$125,535,907
2021	438	$127,474,741
2020	226	$48,233,172
2019	220	$67,924,630
2018	224	$49,539,759
2017	249	$50,929,131
2016	347	$79,899,533
2015	240	$50,501,209

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.