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Whatcom County, WA

Residential building permits · 2015–2025

Housing units authorized (2025)
1,214
Construction valuation (2025)
$281,104,055
By structure type (2025)
1-unit 607 · 2-unit 64 · 3-4 47 · 5+ 496

Units authorized by year

YearUnitsValuation
20251,214$281,104,055
20241,190$295,350,989
2023894$207,474,080
20221,614$356,518,087
20211,871$358,796,325
20201,382$288,718,173
20191,821$346,789,244
20181,464$280,019,506
20171,256$253,223,800
20161,183$245,847,372
20151,144$219,960,783

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.