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Alexandria (Independent City), VA

Residential building permits · 2015–2025

Housing units authorized (2025)
17
Construction valuation (2025)
$5,565,716
By structure type (2025)
1-unit 17 · 2-unit 0 · 3-4 0 · 5+ 0

Units authorized by year

YearUnitsValuation
202517$5,565,716
202425$9,990,000
2023121$18,835,699
20221,490$236,485,837
2021200$41,568,052
2020107$40,575,327
201965$16,653,280
2018112$21,577,400
2017149$33,029,355
2016621$84,899,813
2015193$42,764,312

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.