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Fairfax (Independent City), VA

Residential building permits · 2015–2025

Housing units authorized (2025)
89
Construction valuation (2025)
$20,719,531
By structure type (2025)
1-unit 89 · 2-unit 0 · 3-4 0 · 5+ 0

Units authorized by year

YearUnitsValuation
202589$20,719,531
202471$12,571,660
202326$6,969,522
202222$9,193,447
202112$4,340,000
202010$3,382,000
201912$3,835,000
201817$3,293,104
201764$9,725,000
2016274$22,466,518
201530$10,232,000

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.