2020-2021 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	Year to Date	YTD Change
Alameda	2021	144	110	292	177	98	161	81	1,063	459
Alameda	2020	106	89	108	62	62	77	100	604	459
Contra Costa	2021	205	250	201	243	191	135	115	1,340	603
Contra Costa	2020	131	164	67	21	72	159	123	737	603
Marin	2021	18	9	10	20	22	17	34	130	87
Marin	2020	7	6	4	0	1	15	10	43	87
Monterey	2021	17	30	33	59	40	26	56	261	96
Monterey	2020	17	23	12	11	26	28	48	165	96
San Benito	2021	52	26	39	52	82	54	62	367	125
San Benito	2020	47	24	22	14	47	44	44	242	125
San Francisco	2021	4	4	14	8	22	23	5	80	39
San Francisco	2020	11	2	2	0	3	6	17	41	39
San Mateo	2021	48	71	74	102	67	46	39	447	220
San Mateo	2020	47	12	18	12	31	49	58	227	220
Santa Clara	2021	111	145	149	180	126	139	162	1,012	278
Santa Clara	2020	139	136	118	6	64	136	135	734	278
Santa Cruz	2021	12	10	10	14	14	18	27	105	21
Santa Cruz	2020	13	11	13	7	8	8	24	84	21
Solano	2021	106	108	73	94	99	122	93	695	198
Solano	2020	74	63	71	41	44	107	97	497	198
Sonoma	2021	66	108	100	103	66	197	117	757	113
Sonoma	2020	123	101	52	61	98	98	111	644	113
Bay Area Subtotal	2021	783	871	995	1,052	827	938	791	6,257	2,239
Bay Area Subtotal	2020	715	631	487	235	456	727	767	4,018	2,239
El Dorado	2021	46	36	58	49	61	66	70	386	42
El Dorado	2020	45	42	25	54	43	62	73	344	42
Placer	2021	253	298	363	377	411	556	354	2,612	1,425
Placer	2020	182	134	173	130	96	203	269	1,187	1,425
Sacramento	2021	225	472	409	394	445	423	257	2,625	799
Sacramento	2020	296	347	279	111	163	309	321	1,826	799
Sutter	2021	2	16	11	4	0	5	6	44	9
Sutter	2020	8	3	8	0	5	3	8	35	9
Yolo	2021	27	57	53	49	54	58	21	319	27
Yolo	2020	75	32	26	24	11	77	47	292	27
Yuba	2021	2	24	0	0	0	0	0	26	-109
Yuba	2020	71	37	26	1	0	0	0	135	-109
Sacramento Subtotal	2021	555	903	894	873	971	1,108	708	6,012	2,193
Sacramento Subtotal	2020	677	595	537	320	318	654	718	3,819	2,193
Fresno	2021	186	285	298	473	230	352	402	2,226	849
Fresno	2020	306	156	105	129	142	216	323	1,377	849
Madera	2021	70	54	117	94	113	164	147	759	356
Madera	2020	110	28	19	39	73	58	76	403	356
Merced	2021	132	94	120	196	32	17	148	739	188
Merced	2020	12	128	135	64	35	100	77	551	188
San Joaquin	2021	141	214	281	301	291	291	306	1,825	693
San Joaquin	2020	126	153	101	85	145	323	199	1,132	693
Stanislaus	2021	42	46	87	101	33	45	44	398	53
Stanislaus	2020	40	67	58	32	41	39	68	345	53
Tulare	2021	109	87	119	84	63	169	102	733	-48
Tulare	2020	180	52	80	83	70	148	168	781	-48
Valley Subtotal	2021	680	780	1,022	1,249	762	1,038	1,149	6,680	2,091
Valley Subtotal	2020	774	584	498	432	506	884	911	4,589	2,091
Napa	2021	23	14	34	43	20	28	28	190	84
Napa	2020	15	37	2	7	18	18	9	106	84
Totals	2021	2,041	2,568	2,945	3,217	2,570	3,112	2,676	19,129	6,597
Totals	2020	2,181	1,847	1,524	994	1,298	2,283	2,405	12,532	6,597

Multi-Family Permits**

County:	Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Year to Date	YTD Change
Alameda	2021	154	56	601	619	246	525	272	2,473	806
Alameda	2020	64	30	118	627	554	36	238	1,667	806
Contra Costa	2021	215	134	312	98	43	33	33	868	224
Contra Costa	2020	2	3	153	2	366	0	118	644	224
Marin	2021	7	0	0	0	16	0	0	23	23
Marin	2020	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23
Monterey	2021	0	30	0	2	80	31	5	148	15
Monterey	2020	0	47	0	0	49	33	4	133	15
San Benito	2021	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-8
San Benito	2020	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	8	-8
San Francisco	2021	525	8	11	327	211	137	97	1,316	-524
San Francisco	2020	490	460	4	63	355	264	204	1,840	-524
San Mateo	2021	0	19	31	12	250	37	55	404	281
San Mateo	2020	10	72	0	25	10	6	0	123	281
Santa Clara	2021	29	96	28	765	427	426	257	2,028	547
Santa Clara	2020	82	182	182	130	0	162	743	1,481	547
Santa Cruz	2021	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	-5
Santa Cruz	2020	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	-5
Solano	2021	44	0	0	0	0	220	0	264	19
Solano	2020	0	245	0	0	0	0	0	245	19
Sonoma	2021	101	2	0	103	24	111	239	580	472
Sonoma	2020	63	4	0	0	41	0	0	108	472
Bay Area Subtotal	2021	1,078	345	983	1,926	1,297	1,520	958	8,107	1,850
Bay Area Subtotal	2020	719	1,043	457	847	1,375	501	1,315	6,257	1,850
El Dorado	2021	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-7
El Dorado	2020	2	0	0	0	0	5	0	7	-7
Placer	2021	0	0	10	0	12	0	0	22	-456
Placer	2020	41	234	45	0	0	60	98	478	-456
Sacramento	2021	76	0	288	324	62	317	4	1,071	-557
Sacramento	2020	181	43	123	11	657	599	14	1,628	-557
Sutter	2021	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	2
Sutter	2020	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Yolo	2021	6	0	0	161	10	11	39	227	-276
Yolo	2020	0	232	180	0	85	0	6	503	-276
Yuba	2021	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2
Yuba	2020	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	-2
Sacramento Subtotal	2021	82	0	298	485	86	328	43	1,322	-1,296
Sacramento Subtotal	2020	224	509	350	11	742	664	118	2,618	-1,296
Fresno	2021	0	0	2	54	77	91	0	224	-215
Fresno	2020	2	59	216	20	40	102	0	439	-215
Madera	2021	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2
Madera	2020	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	-2
Merced	2021	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	-71
Merced	2020	0	3	0	72	0	0	0	75	-71
San Joaquin	2021	7	12	10	0	82	1	26	138	-61
San Joaquin	2020	28	44	0	0	7	102	18	199	-61
Stanislaus	2021	20	0	0	4	56	0	0	80	71
Stanislaus	2020	0	0	0	0	2	0	7	9	71
Tulare	2021	62	24	38	24	0	0	29	177	55
Tulare	2020	45	6	42	4	7	10	8	122	55
Valley Subtotal	2021	93	36	50	82	215	92	55	623	-223
Valley Subtotal	2020	75	112	258	98	56	214	33	846	-223
Napa	2021	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	6	6
Napa	2020	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
Totals	2021	1,253	381	1,331	2,499	1,598	1,940	1,056	10,058	337
Totals	2020	1,018	1,664	1,065	956	2,173	1,379	1,466	9,721	337

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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