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James City County, VA

Residential building permits · 2015–2025

Housing units authorized (2025)
225
Construction valuation (2025)
$77,227,501
By structure type (2025)
1-unit 209 · 2-unit 16 · 3-4 0 · 5+ 0

Units authorized by year

YearUnitsValuation
2025225$77,227,501
2024358$107,038,867
2023597$109,370,787
2022283$116,540,827
2021349$96,481,832
2020374$99,546,856
2019311$79,236,727
2018454$107,218,234
2017508$107,985,277
2016455$110,175,068
2015457$112,441,423

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.