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Portsmouth (Independent City), VA

Residential building permits · 2015–2025

Housing units authorized (2025)
179
Construction valuation (2025)
$23,974,990
By structure type (2025)
1-unit 125 · 2-unit 0 · 3-4 4 · 5+ 50

Units authorized by year

YearUnitsValuation
2025179$23,974,990
2024300$32,066,098
202373$10,267,090
2022106$14,113,961
2021196$23,736,991
2020280$31,675,332
201993$9,878,600
2018137$17,057,797
2017158$19,541,200
2016124$15,134,772
201594$12,830,273

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.