2019-2020 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	2020	106	89	108	62	62	77	100	138	75	160	95	81	1,153	-743
Alameda	2019	144	123	132	266	154	130	94	156	87	102	166	342	1,896	-743
Contra Costa	2020	131	164	67	21	72	159	123	103	151	205	168	161	1,525	-47
Contra Costa	2019	105	136	108	171	143	176	149	141	98	93	103	149	1,572	-47
Marin	2020	7	6	4	0	1	15	10	6	12	7	15	13	96	-34
Marin	2019	6	5	10	10	14	18	16	11	15	12	8	5	130	-34
Monterey	2020	17	23	12	11	26	28	48	46	66	26	24	34	361	-212
Monterey	2019	45	35	34	29	52	39	45	50	82	28	38	96	573	-212
San Benito	2020	47	24	22	14	47	44	44	81	60	37	35	84	539	-88
San Benito	2019	40	46	42	2	48	64	50	55	33	105	60	82	627	-88
San Francisco	2020	11	2	2	0	3	6	17	5	4	5	8	2	65	-70
San Francisco	2019	0	0	2	2	1	7	12	44	9	21	20	17	135	-70
San Mateo	2020	47	12	18	12	31	49	58	33	50	86	110	42	548	59
San Mateo	2019	29	36	41	37	39	36	38	68	34	28	71	32	489	59
Santa Clara	2020	139	136	118	6	64	136	135	128	112	111	132	112	1,329	-531
Santa Clara	2019	180	79	145	218	162	157	163	155	145	203	130	123	1,860	-531
Santa Cruz	2020	13	11	13	7	8	8	24	15	11	19	9	13	151	-32
Santa Cruz	2019	21	13	39	32	11	9	19	11	9	9	9	1	183	-32
Solano	2020	74	63	71	41	44	107	97	69	160	72	85	98	981	-153
Solano	2019	40	49	151	70	131	102	87	151	72	83	46	152	1,134	-153
Sonoma	2020	123	101	52	61	98	98	111	75	81	74	109	55	1,038	-684
Sonoma	2019	170	117	167	117	183	206	138	145	117	79	125	158	1,722	-684
Bay Area Subtotal	2020	715	631	487	235	456	727	767	699	782	802	790	695	7,786	-2,549
Bay Area Subtotal	2019	780	639	871	954	938	944	811	987	701	763	790	1,157	10,335	-2,549
El Dorado	2020	45	42	25	54	43	62	73	40	69	96	28	72	649	14
El Dorado	2019	43	24	63	53	62	43	33	56	55	76	43	84	635	14
Placer	2020	182	134	173	130	96	203	269	315	346	239	229	236	2,552	472
Placer	2019	115	162	150	125	210	209	210	131	167	271	167	163	2,080	472
Sacramento	2020	296	347	279	111	163	309	321	298	360	389	261	454	3,588	-390
Sacramento	2019	231	233	414	357	376	393	276	325	293	419	385	276	3,978	-390
Sutter	2020	8	3	8	0	5	3	8	10	19	15	5	3	87	-24
Sutter	2019	8	13	3	25	8	12	2	9	6	5	5	15	111	-24
Yolo	2020	75	32	26	24	11	77	47	38	53	80	19	57	539	-146
Yolo	2019	61	33	30	99	58	69	112	45	55	39	42	42	685	-146
Yuba	2020	71	37	26	1	0	0	0	41	42	66	42	0	326	-214
Yuba	2019	19	19	24	67	61	51	74	50	50	85	20	20	540	-214
Sacramento Subtotal	2020	677	595	537	320	318	654	718	742	889	885	584	822	7,741	-364
Sacramento Subtotal	2019	477	484	684	726	775	777	707	616	626	895	738	600	8,105	-364
Fresno	2020	306	156	105	129	142	216	323	319	263	256	173	359	2,747	-39
Fresno	2019	199	171	251	230	259	196	307	265	215	176	264	253	2,786	-39
Madera	2020	110	28	19	39	73	58	76	102	58	68	28	61	720	2
Madera	2019	39	30	30	44	57	57	56	80	53	88	81	103	718	2
Merced	2020	12	128	135	64	35	100	77	55	189	119	125	105	1,144	171
Merced	2019	69	61	82	85	120	85	130	20	94	44	80	103	973	171
San Joaquin	2020	126	153	101	85	145	323	199	324	275	369	608	135	2,843	470
San Joaquin	2019	139	148	249	184	233	248	158	134	276	207	228	169	2,373	470
Stanislaus	2020	40	67	58	32	41	39	68	47	77	50	45	82	646	111
Stanislaus	2019	19	34	53	44	49	61	37	38	53	29	59	59	535	111
Tulare	2020	180	52	80	83	70	148	168	115	84	96	84	189	1,349	-256
Tulare	2019	94	91	135	130	148	117	136	218	104	132	150	150	1,605	-256
Valley Subtotal	2020	774	584	498	432	506	884	911	961	946	958	1,063	931	9,448	435
Valley Subtotal	2019	559	535	800	717	866	764	824	755	795	676	885	837	9,013	435
Napa	2020	15	37	2	7	18	18	9	20	15	23	32	31	227	23
Napa	2019	10	14	17	19	28	11	18	13	13	18	41	2	204	23
Totals	2020	2,181	1,847	1,524	994	1,298	2,283	2,405	2,423	2,630	2,668	2,469	2,479	25,201	-2,436
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	-2,436

Multi-Family Permits**

County:	Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year to Date	YTD Change
Alameda	2020	64	30	118	627	554	36	238	428	245	57	80	133	2,610	-1,446
Alameda	2019	384	79	552	520	185	638	25	512	126	564	37	434	4,056	-1,446
Contra Costa	2020	2	3	153	2	366	0	118	13	0	32	520	34	1,243	14
Contra Costa	2019	45	376	4	0	282	0	0	0	0	0	424	98	1,229	14
Marin	2020	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	-95
Marin	2019	78	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	12	0	98	-95
Monterey	2020	0	47	0	0	49	33	4	0	32	30	0	0	195	79
Monterey	2019	6	0	0	18	42	4	8	7	13	6	12	0	116	79
San Benito	2020	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2
San Benito	2019	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	-2
San Francisco	2020	490	460	4	63	355	264	204	19	78	41	8	149	2,135	-927
San Francisco	2019	627	204	148	363	145	496	96	397	151	321	0	114	3,062	-927
San Mateo	2020	10	72	0	25	10	6	0	149	122	2	110	10	516	-545
San Mateo	2019	225	0	150	117	217	18	2	8	0	194	21	109	1,061	-545
Santa Clara	2020	82	182	182	130	0	162	743	351	40	102	124	145	2,243	-1,093
Santa Clara	2019	646	190	218	161	50	311	369	399	34	425	194	339	3,336	-1,093
Santa Cruz	2020	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	-68
Santa Cruz	2019	13	0	0	63	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	76	-68
Solano	2020	0	245	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	471	716	660
Solano	2019	0	0	56	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	56	660
Sonoma	2020	63	4	0	0	41	0	0	0	96	265	218	91	778	-278
Sonoma	2019	124	4	33	39	31	25	210	30	330	0	166	64	1,056	-278
Bay Area Subtotal	2020	719	1,043	457	847	1,375	501	1,315	960	613	529	975	1,036	10,370	-3,912
Bay Area Subtotal	2019	2,148	855	1,161	1,281	960	1,492	710	1,353	654	1,510	1,000	1,158	14,282	-3,912
El Dorado	2020	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	2	0	0	16	0	23	21
El Dorado	2019	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	21
Placer	2020	41	234	45	0	0	60	98	56	0	2	4	0	540	406
Placer	2019	0	0	67	0	0	0	0	0	4	63	0	0	134	406
Sacramento	2020	181	43	123	11	657	599	14	90	317	63	169	601	2,868	860
Sacramento	2019	211	115	16	184	35	50	775	21	14	315	89	183	2,008	860
Sutter	2020	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-24
Sutter	2019	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	24	-24
Yolo	2020	0	232	180	0	85	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	503	211
Yolo	2019	0	0	40	0	0	56	0	0	0	0	66	130	292	211
Yuba	2020	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	6	0	0	0	10	2
Yuba	2019	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	2
Sacramento Subtotal	2020	224	509	350	11	742	664	118	148	323	65	173	601	3,928	1,525
Sacramento Subtotal	2019	211	115	123	184	43	106	775	47	0	315	171	313	2,403	1,525
Fresno	2020	2	59	216	20	40	102	0	0	212	2	0	0	653	122
Fresno	2019	0	3	0	0	2	1	7	5	14	178	84	237	531	122
Madera	2020	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	56	0	52	0	0	110	66
Madera	2019	0	0	0	0	0	42	0	0	0	0	0	2	44	66
Merced	2020	0	3	0	72	0	0	0	108	0	0	5	209	397	397
Merced	2019	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	397
San Joaquin	2020	28	44	0	0	7	102	18	10	0	24	2	10	245	-216
San Joaquin	2019	0	2	0	8	100	0	168	0	108	2	57	16	461	-216
Stanislaus	2020	0	0	0	0	2	0	7	30	2	0	62	7	110	-56
Stanislaus	2019	0	0	2	5	56	2	0	0	0	0	101	0	166	-56
Tulare	2020	45	6	42	4	7	10	8	0	402	2	0	6	532	113
Tulare	2019	2	6	0	8	18	0	41	42	40	4	10	248	419	113
Valley Subtotal	2020	73	55	258	98	56	214	33	204	616	80	69	232	1,988	366
Valley Subtotal	2019	2	11	2	21	176	46	216	47	162	184	252	503	1,622	366
Napa	2020	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-17
Napa	2019	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	9	0	17	-17
Totals	2020	1,018	1,664	1,065	956	2,173	1,379	1,466	1,312	1,552	674	1,217	1,869	16,345	-1,997
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	-1,997

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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