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Petersburg (Independent City), VA

Residential building permits · 2015–2025

Housing units authorized (2025)
95
Construction valuation (2025)
$14,077,951
By structure type (2025)
1-unit 95 · 2-unit 0 · 3-4 0 · 5+ 0

Units authorized by year

YearUnitsValuation
202595$14,077,951
2024135$30,775,538
202324$2,931,442
2022118$12,221,785
2021116$11,693,929
202063$7,660,854
201910$1,350,216
201813$1,203,794
20173$193,750
201677$3,768,207
201585$4,631,262

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.