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Virginia Beach (Independent Ci, VA

Residential building permits · 2015–2025

Housing units authorized (2025)
436
Construction valuation (2025)
$113,049,553
By structure type (2025)
1-unit 266 · 2-unit 0 · 3-4 0 · 5+ 170

Units authorized by year

YearUnitsValuation
2025436$113,049,553
2024666$142,435,041
2023542$106,926,539
20221,197$157,168,826
2021463$137,486,305
2020938$147,854,720
20191,350$153,825,513
2018779$119,041,224
20171,523$198,524,538
20161,583$219,498,398
20151,493$175,889,132

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.