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	Year to Date	YTD Change
Alameda	2019	144	123	132	266	154	130	94	156	1,199	-96
Alameda	2018	59	112	208	323	176	138	147	132	1,295	-96
Contra Costa	2019	105	136	108	171	143	176	149	141	1,129	-74
Contra Costa	2018	88	171	201	113	177	146	151	156	1,203	-74
Marin	2019	6	5	10	10	14	18	16	11	90	5
Marin	2018	13	15	5	15	11	9	8	9	85	5
Monterey	2019	45	35	34	29	52	39	45	50	329	-73
Monterey	2018	42	77	49	51	60	31	39	53	402	-73
San Benito	2019	40	46	42	2	48	64	50	55	347	-50
San Benito	2018	30	20	49	85	81	84	33	15	397	-50
San Francisco	2019	0	0	2	2	1	7	12	44	68	20
San Francisco	2018	14	3	7	7	7	0	10	0	48	20
San Mateo	2019	29	36	41	37	39	36	38	67	323	-43
San Mateo	2018	38	31	41	27	38	23	130	38	366	-43
Santa Clara	2019	180	79	145	218	162	157	163	155	1,259	-8
Santa Clara	2018	210	167	179	163	160	129	107	152	1,267	-8
Santa Cruz	2019	21	13	39	32	11	9	19	11	155	32
Santa Cruz	2018	17	13	13	16	10	19	14	21	123	32
Solano	2019	40	49	151	70	131	102	87	151	781	175
Solano	2018	31	68	120	53	123	74	58	79	606	175
Sonoma	2019	170	117	167	117	183	206	138	145	1,243	-969
Sonoma	2018	67	84	206	227	363	320	394	551	2,212	-969
Bay Area Subtotal	2019	780	639	871	954	938	944	811	986	6,923	-1,081
Bay Area Subtotal	2018	609	761	1,078	1,080	1,206	973	1,091	1,206	8,004	-1,081
El Dorado	2019	43	24	63	53	62	43	33	56	377	-8
El Dorado	2018	54	55	37	45	55	16	59	64	385	-8
Placer	2019	115	162	150	125	210	209	210	131	1,312	-110
Placer	2018	202	114	214	160	196	190	210	136	1,422	-110
Sacramento	2019	231	233	414	356	376	393	276	325	2,604	38
Sacramento	2018	275	184	372	269	337	478	331	320	2,566	38
Sutter	2019	8	13	3	25	8	12	2	9	80	31
Sutter	2018	7	5	6	6	3	15	2	5	49	31
Yolo	2019	61	33	30	99	58	69	112	45	507	293
Yolo	2018	19	3	15	25	16	30	34	72	214	293
Yuba	2019	19	19	24	67	61	51	74	50	365	85
Yuba	2018	10	62	24	31	56	28	36	33	280	85
Sacramento Subtotal	2019	477	984	684	726	775	777	707	616	5,746	830
Sacramento Subtotal	2018	567	423	668	536	663	757	672	630	4,916	830
Fresno	2019	155	171	185	184	259	196	307	265	1,722	-105
Fresno	2018	188	182	276	225	184	158	363	251	1,827	-105
Madera	2019	39	30	30	44	57	57	56	80	393	28
Madera	2018	38	50	62	48	56	42	38	31	365	28
Merced	2019	69	61	82	85	120	85	130	20	652	-232
Merced	2018	97	99	126	128	185	119	64	66	884	-232
San Joaquin	2019	139	148	249	184	233	248	158	134	1,493	-397
San Joaquin	2018	146	183	201	267	298	288	268	239	1,890	-397
Stanislaus	2019	19	34	53	44	49	61	37	38	335	-175
Stanislaus	2018	60	69	36	76	78	63	58	70	510	-175
Tulare	2019	94	91	135	130	148	117	136	218	1,069	247
Tulare	2018	106	56	112	108	120	96	105	119	822	247
Valley Subtotal	2019	515	535	734	671	866	764	824	755	5,664	-634
Valley Subtotal	2018	635	639	813	852	921	766	896	776	6,298	-634
Napa	2019	10	14	17	19	28	11	18	13	130	-115
Napa	2018	13	20	20	40	35	29	33	55	245	-115
Totals	2019	1,782	1,672	2,306	2,370	2,607	2,496	2,360	2,370	17,963	-1,500
Totals	2018	1,824	1,843	2,579	2,508	2,825	2,525	2,692	2,667	19,463	-1,500

Multi-Family Permits**

County:	Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Year to Date	YTD Change
Alameda	2019	384	79	552	520	185	638	25	512	2,895	-2,580
Alameda	2018	733	634	700	1,088	745	485	590	500	5,475	-2,580
Contra Costa	2019	45	376	4	0	282	0	0	0	707	-223
Contra Costa	2018	72	0	269	0	207	42	271	69	930	-223
Marin	2019	78	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	86	38
Marin	2018	48	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	48	38
Monterey	2019	6	0	0	18	42	4	8	7	85	-18
Monterey	2018	6	5	47	24	8	4	6	3	103	-18
San Benito	2019	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	-49
San Benito	2018	2	0	49	0	0	0	0	0	51	-49
San Francisco	2019	627	204	148	363	145	496	96	397	2,476	492
San Francisco	2018	12	360	28	12	339	347	252	634	1,984	492
San Mateo	2019	225	0	150	117	217	18	2	29	758	-192
San Mateo	2018	66	268	2	64	0	374	8	168	950	-192
Santa Clara	2019	646	190	218	161	50	311	380	399	2,355	-1,428
Santa Clara	2018	304	684	442	309	979	191	582	292	3,783	-1,428
Santa Cruz	2019	13	0	0	63	0	0	0	0	76	0
Santa Cruz	2018	4	8	0	43	0	21	0	0	76	0
Solano	2019	0	0	56	0	0	0	0	0	56	56
Solano	2018	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	56
Sonoma	2019	124	4	33	39	31	25	210	30	496	-65
Sonoma	2018	37	24	38	150	148	141	21	2	561	-65
Bay Area Subtotal	2019	2,148	855	1,161	1,281	960	1,492	721	1,374	9,992	-3,969
Bay Area Subtotal	2018	1,284	1,983	1,575	1,690	2,426	1,605	1,730	1,668	13,961	-3,969
El Dorado	2019	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2
El Dorado	2018	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Placer	2019	0	0	67	0	0	0	0	0	67	58
Placer	2018	0	0	0	0	6	3	0	0	9	58
Sacramento	2019	211	115	16	184	35	50	775	21	1,407	290
Sacramento	2018	231	14	138	0	421	115	116	82	1,117	290
Sutter	2019	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	24	24
Sutter	2018	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24
Yolo	2019	0	0	40	0	0	56	0	0	96	-12
Yolo	2018	0	0	39	0	0	0	69	0	108	-12
Yuba	2019	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	8	4
Yuba	2018	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	4	4
Sacramento Subtotal	2019	211	115	123	184	43	106	775	47	1,604	366
Sacramento Subtotal	2018	231	14	177	0	429	118	187	82	1,238	366
Fresno	2019	60	3	90	48	2	2	12	5	222	6
Fresno	2018	16	80	120	0	0	0	0	0	216	6
Madera	2019	0	0	0	0	0	42	0	0	42	42
Madera	2018	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	42
Merced	2019	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-6
Merced	2018	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	6	-6
San Joaquin	2019	0	2	0	8	100	0	168	0	278	-249
San Joaquin	2018	0	0	12	0	8	304	203	0	527	-249
Stanislaus	2019	0	0	0	5	56	2	0	0	63	59
Stanislaus	2018	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	4	59
Tulare	2019	2	6	0	8	18	0	41	42	117	-195
Tulare	2018	66	10	64	140	8	18	2	4	312	-195
Valley Subtotal	2019	62	11	92	69	176	46	221	47	724	-341
Valley Subtotal	2018	82	90	198	140	22	322	205	6	1,065	-341
Napa	2019	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-712
Napa	2018	0	12	50	320	175	10	145	0	712	-712
Totals	2019	2,421	981	1,376	1,534	1,179	1,644	1,706	1,468	12,309	-4,667
Totals	2018	1,597	2,099	2,000	2,150	3,052	2,055	2,267	1,756	16,976	-4,667

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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