Federal Data HubCensus Building Permits · JSON

Newport News (Independent City, VA

Residential building permits · 2015–2025

Housing units authorized (2025)
125
Construction valuation (2025)
$17,659,793
By structure type (2025)
1-unit 50 · 2-unit 40 · 3-4 3 · 5+ 32

Units authorized by year

YearUnitsValuation
2025125$17,659,793
20246$814,850
2023647$90,182,889
2022393$64,682,226
2021106$16,903,216
2020160$20,234,488
2019218$28,248,385
2018124$22,906,975
2017441$44,889,474
2016232$15,601,340
2015512$25,033,340

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.