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Pierce County, WA

Residential building permits · 2015–2025

Housing units authorized (2025)
3,782
Construction valuation (2025)
$919,110,739
By structure type (2025)
1-unit 1,717 · 2-unit 118 · 3-4 182 · 5+ 1,765

Units authorized by year

YearUnitsValuation
20253,782$919,110,739
20243,207$842,361,252
20233,135$789,154,654
20224,730$1,050,546,693
20216,072$1,339,951,957
20204,922$1,111,475,452
20194,272$994,866,645
20185,449$1,131,705,720
20174,968$1,159,171,225
20163,865$907,634,769
20152,897$731,310,729

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.