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	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year to Date	YTD Change
Alameda	2021	152	110	292	177	98	161	81	93	85	75	125	103	1,552	399
Alameda	2020	106	89	108	62	62	77	100	138	75	160	95	81	1,153	399
Contra Costa	2021	209	252	204	243	191	135	115	186	171	199	145	178	2,228	703
Contra Costa	2020	131	164	67	21	72	159	123	103	151	205	168	161	1,525	703
Marin	2021	18	9	10	20	22	17	34	12	14	29	30	15	230	134
Marin	2020	7	6	4	0	1	15	10	6	12	7	15	13	96	134
Monterey	2021	17	30	33	59	40	26	56	36	48	51	34	33	463	102
Monterey	2020	17	23	12	11	26	28	48	46	66	26	24	34	361	102
San Benito	2021	52	26	39	52	82	54	62	15	21	10	27	16	456	-83
San Benito	2020	47	24	22	14	47	44	44	81	60	37	35	84	539	-83
San Francisco	2021	4	4	14	8	22	23	5	2	4	9	30	10	135	72
San Francisco	2020	11	2	2	0	3	6	17	5	4	5	8	0	63	72
San Mateo	2021	48	71	74	100	67	46	39	42	69	46	41	34	677	129
San Mateo	2020	47	12	18	12	31	49	58	33	50	86	110	42	548	129
Santa Clara	2021	111	145	149	180	126	139	162	167	100	183	143	172	1,777	448
Santa Clara	2020	139	136	118	6	64	136	135	128	112	111	132	112	1,329	448
Santa Cruz	2021	13	10	10	14	14	20	32	12	19	43	15	28	230	79
Santa Cruz	2020	13	11	13	7	8	8	24	15	11	19	9	13	151	79
Solano	2021	106	108	73	94	99	122	93	62	28	31	38	46	900	-81
Solano	2020	74	63	71	41	44	107	97	69	160	72	85	98	981	-81
Sonoma	2021	71	108	101	103	67	197	117	117	91	67	115	101	1,255	217
Sonoma	2020	123	101	52	61	98	98	111	75	81	74	109	55	1,038	217
Bay Area Subtotal	2021	801	873	999	1,050	828	940	796	744	650	743	743	736	9,903	2,117
Bay Area Subtotal	2020	715	631	487	235	456	727	767	699	782	802	790	695	7,786	2,117
El Dorado	2021	46	36	58	49	61	66	70	75	83	53	36	64	697	48
El Dorado	2020	45	42	25	54	43	62	73	40	69	96	28	72	649	48
Placer	2021	253	298	363	377	411	556	354	351	290	362	241	320	4,176	1,624
Placer	2020	182	134	173	130	96	203	269	315	346	239	229	236	2,552	1,624
Sacramento	2021	225	472	409	394	445	423	257	372	239	325	348	296	4,205	617
Sacramento	2020	296	347	279	111	163	309	321	298	360	389	261	454	3,588	617
Sutter	2021	2	16	11	4	0	5	6	18	0	3	6	1	72	-15
Sutter	2020	8	3	8	0	5	3	8	10	19	15	5	3	87	-15
Yolo	2021	27	64	53	49	54	58	21	32	39	20	25	30	472	-67
Yolo	2020	75	32	26	24	11	77	47	38	53	80	19	57	539	-67
Yuba	2021	2	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	34	76	46	38	220	-106
Yuba	2020	71	37	26	1	0	0	0	41	42	66	42	0	326	-106
Sacramento Subtotal	2021	555	910	894	873	971	1,108	708	848	685	839	702	749	9,842	2,131
Sacramento Subtotal	2020	677	595	537	320	318	654	718	742	889	855	584	822	7,711	2,131
Fresno	2021	186	285	298	473	230	352	402	125	155	277	146	150	3,079	332
Fresno	2020	306	156	105	129	142	216	323	319	263	256	173	359	2,747	332
Madera	2021	70	54	117	94	113	164	147	84	72	74	74	60	1,123	403
Madera	2020	110	28	19	39	73	58	76	102	58	68	28	61	720	403
Merced	2021	132	94	120	196	32	17	148	84	143	70	49	105	1,190	46
Merced	2020	12	128	135	64	35	100	77	55	189	119	125	105	1,144	46
San Joaquin	2021	134	292	281	301	291	311	308	213	345	232	201	715	3,624	781
San Joaquin	2020	126	153	101	85	145	323	199	324	275	369	608	135	2,843	781
Stanislaus	2021	42	61	87	101	33	49	54	69	35	47	44	46	668	22
Stanislaus	2020	40	67	58	32	41	39	68	47	77	50	45	82	646	22
Tulare	2021	109	87	119	84	63	169	102	109	87	91	55	176	1,251	-98
Tulare	2020	180	52	80	83	70	148	168	115	84	96	84	189	1,349	-98
Valley Subtotal	2021	673	873	1,022	1,249	762	1,062	1,161	684	837	791	569	1,252	10,935	1,486
Valley Subtotal	2020	774	584	498	432	506	884	911	962	946	958	1,063	931	9,449	1,486
Napa	2021	23	14	34	45	20	28	28	22	33	28	24	23	322	95
Napa	2020	15	37	2	7	18	18	9	20	15	23	32	31	227	95
Totals	2021	2,052	2,670	2,949	3,217	2,581	3,138	2,693	2,298	2,205	2,401	2,038	2,760	31,002	5,799
Totals	2020	2,181	1,847	1,524	994	1,298	2,283	2,405	2,423	2,632	2,668	2,469	2,479	25,203	5,799

Multi-Family Permits**

County:	Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year to Date	YTD Change
Alameda	2021	154	56	601	619	246	525	272	321	159	383	174	603	4,113	1,503
Alameda	2020	64	30	118	627	554	36	238	428	245	57	80	133	2,610	1,503
Contra Costa	2021	215	134	312	98	43	33	33	55	413	219	92	48	1,695	452
Contra Costa	2020	2	3	153	2	366	0	118	13	0	32	520	34	1,243	452
Marin	2021	7	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	20
Marin	2020	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	20
Monterey	2021	0	30	0	2	80	31	5	0	129	19	0	0	296	101
Monterey	2020	0	47	0	0	49	33	4	0	32	30	0	0	195	101
San Benito	2021	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-8
San Benito	2020	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	8	-8
San Francisco	2021	525	8	11	327	211	137	97	578	181	34	478	229	2,816	689
San Francisco	2020	490	460	4	63	355	264	204	19	78	41	0	149	2,127	689
San Mateo	2021	0	19	31	12	250	37	55	12	153	14	24	7	614	175
San Mateo	2020	10	72	0	25	10	6	0	149	122	2	33	10	439	175
Santa Clara	2021	29	96	28	765	427	426	257	318	27	152	27	589	3,141	898
Santa Clara	2020	82	182	182	130	0	162	743	351	40	102	124	145	2,243	898
Santa Cruz	2021	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	7
Santa Cruz	2020	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	7
Solano	2021	44	0	0	0	0	220	0	0	2	81	0	0	347	-369
Solano	2020	0	245	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	471	716	-369
Sonoma	2021	101	2	0	103	24	111	239	0	44	7	378	258	1,267	489
Sonoma	2020	63	4	0	0	41	0	0	0	96	265	218	91	778	489
Bay Area Subtotal	2021	1,090	345	983	1,926	1,297	1,520	958	1,284	1,108	909	1,173	1,734	14,327	3,957
Bay Area Subtotal	2020	719	1,043	457	847	1,375	501	1,315	960	613	529	975	1,036	10,370	3,957
El Dorado	2021	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-7
El Dorado	2020	2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	-7
Placer	2021	0	0	10	0	12	0	0	0	0	32	12	0	66	-474
Placer	2020	41	234	45	0	0	60	98	56	0	2	4	0	540	-474
Sacramento	2021	76	0	288	324	62	317	4	233	8	266	148	540	2,266	-602
Sacramento	2020	181	43	123	11	657	599	14	90	317	63	169	601	2,868	-602
Sutter	2021	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	32	0	0	34	34
Sutter	2020	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	34
Yolo	2021	6	0	0	161	10	11	39	0	285	0	26	0	538	35
Yolo	2020	0	232	180	0	85	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	503	35
Yuba	2021	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	-6
Yuba	2020	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	6	0	0	0	10	-6
Sacramento Subtotal	2021	82	0	298	485	86	328	43	233	293	330	186	544	2,908	-1,020
Sacramento Subtotal	2020	224	509	350	11	742	664	118	148	323	65	173	601	3,928	-1,020
Fresno	2021	0	0	2	54	77	91	4	2	0	15	103	36	384	-269
Fresno	2020	2	59	216	20	40	102	0	0	212	2	0	0	653	-269
Madera	2021	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	34	0	34	-76
Madera	2020	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	56	0	52	0	0	110	-76
Merced	2021	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	-393
Merced	2020	0	3	0	72	0	0	0	108	0	0	5	209	397	-393
San Joaquin	2021	4	12	10	0	82	15	1	0	1	22	29	0	176	-69
San Joaquin	2020	28	44	0	0	7	102	18	10	0	24	2	10	245	-69
Stanislaus	2021	20	0	0	4	56	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	80	-30
Stanislaus	2020	0	0	0	0	2	0	7	30	2	0	62	7	110	-30
Tulare	2021	62	24	38	24	0	0	29	0	0	82	4	8	271	-261
Tulare	2020	45	6	42	4	7	10	8	0	402	2	0	6	532	-261
Valley Subtotal	2021	90	36	50	82	215	106	34	2	1	119	170	44	949	-1,098
Valley Subtotal	2020	75	112	258	98	56	214	33	204	616	80	69	232	2,047	-1,098
Napa	2021	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	5	0	75	0	0	86	86
Napa	2020	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	86
Totals	2021	1,262	381	1,331	2,519	1,598	1,954	1,035	1,524	1,402	1,433	1,529	2,322	18,290	1,945
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	1,945

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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