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Westmoreland County, PA

Residential building permits · 2015–2025

Housing units authorized (2025)
421
Construction valuation (2025)
$139,483,558
By structure type (2025)
1-unit 397 · 2-unit 4 · 3-4 20 · 5+ 0

Units authorized by year

YearUnitsValuation
2025421$139,483,558
2024414$133,151,577
2023358$108,264,589
2022408$122,424,003
2021679$149,123,522
2020534$122,247,038
2019530$110,895,079
2018284$72,411,668
2017385$102,857,804
2016328$86,015,710
2015393$97,383,765

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.