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Richmond (Independent City), VA

Name: Building Permits — Richmond (Independent City), VA
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Residential building permits · 2015–2025

Housing units authorized (2025): 2,681
Construction valuation (2025): $395,140,509
By structure type (2025): 1-unit 368 · 2-unit 44 · 3-4 17 · 5+ 2,252

Units authorized by year

Year	Units	Valuation
2025	2,681	$395,140,509
2024	2,540	$312,428,593
2023	2,283	$231,538,817
2022	2,649	$293,456,391
2021	1,067	$149,312,792
2020	1,023	$108,841,553
2019	1,240	$128,720,671
2018	563	$80,046,318
2017	1,317	$122,714,571
2016	510	$72,307,515
2015	523	$52,933,431

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.