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Milwaukee County, WI

Residential building permits · 2015–2025

Housing units authorized (2025)
1,046
Construction valuation (2025)
$227,442,052
By structure type (2025)
1-unit 186 · 2-unit 14 · 3-4 0 · 5+ 846

Units authorized by year

YearUnitsValuation
20251,046$227,442,052
20241,005$219,666,756
20231,221$256,292,824
20221,037$238,305,278
2021371$89,710,514
2020749$145,158,606
2019548$97,463,363
20181,535$165,705,627
20171,579$153,740,864
20161,721$249,316,002
20151,269$184,361,522

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.