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Fairfax County, VA

Residential building permits · 2015–2025

Housing units authorized (2025)
2,862
Construction valuation (2025)
$490,387,800
By structure type (2025)
1-unit 740 · 2-unit 0 · 3-4 0 · 5+ 2,122

Units authorized by year

YearUnitsValuation
20252,862$490,387,800
20242,861$497,832,451
20233,248$466,553,009
20221,987$393,640,702
20212,105$398,170,946
20201,605$270,825,764
20192,138$339,996,894
20181,557$314,132,262
20171,964$271,501,053
20162,670$375,044,468
20152,721$292,417,542

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.