2018-2019 Residential Building Permit Data

This is a summary of Single-Family and Multi-Family building permits issued last year and this year, through the most current month available, in counties in the Northern California regions.

Single-Family Permits*

County:	Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year to Date	YTD Change
Alameda	2019	144	123	132	266	154	130	94	156	87	102	166	342	1,896	132
Alameda	2018	59	112	208	323	176	138	147	132	139	170	90	70	1,764	132
Contra Costa	2019	105	136	108	171	143	176	149	141	98	93	103	149	1,572	-93
Contra Costa	2018	88	171	201	113	177	146	151	156	149	78	142	93	1,665	-93
Marin	2019	6	5	10	10	14	18	16	11	15	12	8	5	130	9
Marin	2018	13	15	5	15	11	9	8	9	7	4	10	15	121	9
Monterey	2019	45	35	34	29	52	39	45	50	82	28	38	96	573	-44
Monterey	2018	42	77	49	51	60	31	39	53	64	89	32	30	617	-44
San Benito	2019	40	46	42	2	48	64	50	55	33	105	60	82	627	101
San Benito	2018	30	20	49	85	81	84	33	15	27	61	27	14	526	101
San Francisco	2019	0	0	2	2	1	7	12	44	9	21	20	17	135	38
San Francisco	2018	14	3	7	7	7	0	10	0	9	4	30	6	97	38
San Mateo	2019	29	36	41	37	39	36	38	68	34	28	71	32	489	5
San Mateo	2018	38	31	41	27	38	23	130	38	29	40	28	21	484	5
Santa Clara	2019	180	79	145	218	162	157	163	155	145	203	130	123	1,860	126
Santa Clara	2018	210	167	179	163	160	129	107	152	128	107	153	79	1,734	126
Santa Cruz	2019	21	13	39	32	11	9	19	11	9	9	23	1	197	27
Santa Cruz	2018	17	13	13	16	10	19	14	21	16	13	10	8	170	27
Solano	2019	40	49	151	70	131	102	87	151	72	83	46	152	1,134	236
Solano	2018	31	68	120	53	123	74	58	79	32	134	59	67	898	236
Sonoma	2019	170	117	167	117	183	206	138	145	117	79	125	158	1,722	-1,530
Sonoma	2018	67	84	206	227	363	320	394	551	300	333	229	178	3,252	-1,530
Bay Area Subtotal	2019	780	639	871	954	938	944	811	987	701	763	790	1,157	10,335	-993
Bay Area Subtotal	2018	609	761	1,078	1,080	1,206	973	1,091	1,206	900	1,033	810	581	11,328	-993
El Dorado	2019	43	24	63	53	62	43	33	56	55	76	43	84	635	46
El Dorado	2018	54	55	37	45	55	16	59	64	49	66	52	37	589	46
Placer	2019	115	162	150	125	210	209	210	131	167	271	167	163	2,080	116
Placer	2018	202	114	214	160	196	190	210	136	138	192	132	80	1,964	116
Sacramento	2019	231	233	414	356	376	393	276	325	293	419	385	276	3,977	386
Sacramento	2018	275	184	372	269	337	478	331	320	229	292	280	224	3,591	386
Sutter	2019	8	13	3	25	8	12	2	9	6	5	5	15	111	11
Sutter	2018	7	5	6	6	3	15	2	5	8	4	1	38	100	11
Yolo	2019	61	33	30	99	58	69	112	45	55	39	73	42	716	316
Yolo	2018	19	3	15	25	16	30	34	72	75	39	46	26	400	316
Yuba	2019	19	19	24	67	61	51	74	50	50	85	65	20	585	184
Yuba	2018	10	62	24	31	56	28	36	33	30	40	32	19	401	184
Sacramento Subtotal	2019	477	984	684	726	775	777	707	616	626	899	738	600	8,609	1,564
Sacramento Subtotal	2018	567	423	668	536	663	757	672	630	529	633	543	424	7,045	1,564
Fresno	2019	199	171	251	230	259	196	307	265	215	176	264	253	2,786	269
Fresno	2018	188	182	276	225	184	158	363	251	183	216	151	140	2,517	269
Madera	2019	39	30	30	44	57	57	56	80	53	88	81	103	718	214
Madera	2018	38	50	62	48	56	42	38	31	24	59	18	38	504	214
Merced	2019	69	61	82	85	120	85	130	20	94	44	80	103	973	-234
Merced	2018	97	99	126	128	185	119	64	66	79	88	73	83	1,207	-234
San Joaquin	2019	139	148	249	184	233	248	158	134	276	207	228	169	2,373	-422
San Joaquin	2018	146	183	201	267	298	288	268	239	395	259	133	118	2,795	-422
Stanislaus	2019	19	34	53	44	49	61	37	38	53	29	55	59	531	-139
Stanislaus	2018	60	69	36	76	78	63	58	70	24	57	43	36	670	-139
Tulare	2019	94	91	135	130	148	117	136	218	104	132	157	150	1,612	446
Tulare	2018	106	56	112	108	120	96	105	119	90	110	98	46	1,166	446
Valley Subtotal	2019	559	535	800	717	866	764	824	755	795	676	865	837	8,993	134
Valley Subtotal	2018	635	639	813	852	921	766	896	776	795	789	516	461	8,859	134
Napa	2019	10	14	17	19	28	11	18	13	13	18	41	2	204	-135
Napa	2018	13	20	20	40	35	29	33	55	22	37	20	15	339	-135
Totals	2019	1,826	1,672	2,372	2,416	2,607	2,496	2,360	2,371	2,135	2,352	2,434	2,596	27,637	66
Totals	2018	1,824	1,843	2,579	2,508	2,825	2,525	2,692	2,667	2,246	2,492	1,889	1,481	27,571	66

Multi-Family Permits**

County:	Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year to Date	YTD Change
Alameda	2019	384	79	552	520	185	638	25	512	126	564	37	434	4,056	-2,091
Alameda	2018	733	634	700	1,088	745	485	590	500	134	161	102	275	6,147	-2,091
Contra Costa	2019	45	376	4	0	282	0	0	0	0	0	424	98	1,229	68
Contra Costa	2018	72	0	269	0	207	42	271	69	58	71	102	0	1,161	68
Marin	2019	78	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	86	-16
Marin	2018	48	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	54	0	102	-16
Monterey	2019	6	0	0	18	42	4	8	7	13	6	12	0	116	-6
Monterey	2018	6	5	47	24	8	4	6	3	6	8	5	0	122	-6
San Benito	2019	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	-49
San Benito	2018	2	0	49	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	51	-49
San Francisco	2019	627	204	148	363	145	496	96	397	151	321	146	114	3,208	-1,959
San Francisco	2018	12	360	28	12	339	347	252	634	175	657	358	1,993	5,167	-1,959
San Mateo	2019	225	0	150	117	217	18	2	8	0	194	21	109	1,061	24
San Mateo	2018	66	268	2	64	0	374	8	168	76	11	0	0	1,037	24
Santa Clara	2019	646	190	218	161	50	311	380	399	34	425	194	339	3,347	-2,599
Santa Clara	2018	304	684	442	309	979	191	582	292	228	430	454	1,051	5,946	-2,599
Santa Cruz	2019	13	0	0	63	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	76	-50
Santa Cruz	2018	4	8	0	43	0	21	0	0	0	25	25	0	126	-50
Solano	2019	0	0	56	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	56	-84
Solano	2018	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	140	0	0	140	-84
Sonoma	2019	124	4	33	39	31	25	210	30	330	0	166	64	1,056	-1
Sonoma	2018	37	24	38	150	148	141	21	2	21	144	107	224	1,057	-1
Bay Area Subtotal	2019	2,148	855	1,161	1,281	960	1,492	721	1,353	654	1,510	1,000	1,158	14,293	-6,763
Bay Area Subtotal	2018	1,284	1,983	1,575	1,690	2,426	1,605	1,730	1,668	698	1,647	1,207	3,543	21,056	-6,763
El Dorado	2019	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	16	0	18	14
El Dorado	2018	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	4	14
Placer	2019	0	0	67	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	71	52
Placer	2018	0	0	0	0	6	3	0	0	10	0	0	0	19	52
Sacramento	2019	211	115	16	184	35	50	775	21	14	315	89	183	2,008	688
Sacramento	2018	231	14	138	0	421	115	116	82	91	88	24	0	1,320	688
Sutter	2019	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	24	24
Sutter	2018	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24
Yolo	2019	0	0	40	0	0	56	0	0	0	0	66	130	292	-97
Yolo	2018	0	0	39	0	0	0	69	0	160	47	74	0	389	-97
Yuba	2019	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	4
Yuba	2018	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	4
Sacramento Subtotal	2019	211	115	123	184	43	106	775	47	18	315	171	313	2,421	685
Sacramento Subtotal	2018	231	14	177	0	429	118	187	82	261	137	98	2	1,736	685
Fresno	2019	0	3	0	0	2	2	7	5	14	178	84	237	532	310
Fresno	2018	16	80	120	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	222	310
Madera	2019	0	0	0	0	0	42	0	0	0	0	0	2	44	44
Madera	2018	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	44
Merced	2019	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-8
Merced	2018	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	8	-8
San Joaquin	2019	0	2	0	8	100	0	168	0	108	2	57	16	461	-132
San Joaquin	2018	0	0	12	0	8	304	203	0	26	8	0	32	593	-132
Stanislaus	2019	0	0	0	5	56	2	0	0	0	0	101	0	164	154
Stanislaus	2018	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	10	154
Tulare	2019	2	6	0	8	18	0	41	42	40	4	10	248	419	-28
Tulare	2018	66	10	64	140	8	18	2	4	0	2	3	130	447	-28
Valley Subtotal	2019	2	11	2	21	176	46	216	47	162	184	252	503	1,622	342
Valley Subtotal	2018	82	90	198	140	22	322	205	6	30	12	3	170	1,280	342
Napa	2019	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	9	0	17	-717
Napa	2018	0	12	50	320	175	10	145	0	0	22	0	0	734	-717
Totals	2019	2,361	981	1,286	1,486	1,179	1,644	1,701	1,447	834	2,017	1,432	1,974	18,342	-6,464
Totals	2018	1,597	2,099	2,000	2,150	3,052	2,055	2,267	1,756	989	1,818	1,308	3,715	24,806	-6,464

Notes
* Single-Family Housing includes detached, semi-detached, rowhouse and townhouse units. Rowhouses and townhouses are included when an unbroken ground-to-roof party or firewall separates each unit from the adjacent unit. Condominiums are included in single-family when they are of zero-lot-line or zero-property-line construction; when units are separated by an air space; or, when an unbroken ground-to-roof party or firewall separates units. Data from March of 2012 forward is supplied by the California Homebuilding Foundation; data prior to that date supplied by the CIRB.
** Multi-Family Housing includes duplexes, 3-4 unit structures and apartment-type structures with five units or more. Multi-Family housing also includes condominium units in structures of more than one living unit that do not meet the herein single-family housing definition.

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