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Waukesha County, WI

Residential building permits · 2015–2025

Housing units authorized (2025)
1,178
Construction valuation (2025)
$619,525,396
By structure type (2025)
1-unit 963 · 2-unit 134 · 3-4 7 · 5+ 74

Units authorized by year

YearUnitsValuation
20251,178$619,525,396
20241,917$777,614,061
20231,087$447,878,684
20221,372$504,280,787
20211,792$602,193,645
20201,201$408,768,711
2019980$354,686,442
20181,580$440,276,878
20171,234$379,510,826
20161,306$369,267,686
20151,165$303,465,414

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.