Housing units authorized by building permits in Cambridge, MA

Housing units authorized by building permits in Cambridge, MA was 59 in 2025, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 87.9% from 2024. That is the 20th highest of 57 cities in 2025.

2025, count59 Estimated

Change on 2024-87.9%

Rank20th of 57Cities in Massachusetts ranked

Series high9952013

Series low112009

Next release: Friday, 4 June 2027, estimated by Invokely from past publication dates (medium confidence), not announced by the publisher. Release calendar

Housing units authorized by building permits in Cambridge, MA, 2007 to 2025

count. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-05-14.

All 19 values

Period	count
2025	59 Estimated
2024	489 Estimated
2023	121 Estimated
2022	543 Estimated
2021	661 Estimated
2020	546 Estimated
2019	635 Estimated
2018	674 Estimated
2017	307 Estimated
2016	192 Estimated
2015	535 Estimated
2014	285 Estimated
2013	995 Estimated
2012	392 Estimated
2011	34 Estimated
2010	38 Estimated
2009	11 Estimated
2008	36 Estimated
2007	611 Estimated

Compared with Massachusetts and United States

Place	2025
Cambridge, MA	59
Massachusetts	12,477
United States	1,431,616

Rankings

US states by housing units authorized by building permits 51 places
US cities by housing units authorized by building permits 3087 places
Cities in Massachusetts by housing units authorized by building permits 57 places

Definition

Number of new privately owned housing units authorized by building permits in the year or month, from the US Census Bureau Building Permits Survey. Annual totals for the nation, states and counties; monthly counts for the nation and states.

Counts housing units, not buildings, starts, completions or sales. Monthly counts are not seasonally adjusted and do not add up exactly to the annual total, which includes later corrections; the national seasonally adjusted annual rate in the monthly New Residential Construction release is a different measure.

How to cite

U.S. Census Bureau. Building Permits Survey: final annual estimates of new privately owned housing units authorized by permit-issuing place, including imputation. https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/Northeast%20Region/ne2025a.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). Building Permits Survey: final annual estimates of new privately owned housing units authorized by permit-issuing place, including imputation (Housing units authorized by building permits, Cambridge, MA, 2007 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/Northeast%20Region/ne2025a.txt

MLA 9

Building Permits Survey: final annual estimates of new privately owned housing units authorized by permit-issuing place, including imputation, Housing units authorized by building permits, Cambridge, MA, 2007 to 2025. U.S. Census Bureau, 14 May 2026, https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/Northeast%20Region/ne2025a.txt. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/building-permit-housing-units/cambridge-ma. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. Building Permits Survey: final annual estimates of new privately owned housing units authorized by permit-issuing place, including imputation. Housing units authorized by building permits, Cambridge, MA, 2007 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/Northeast%20Region/ne2025a.txt. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/building-permit-housing-units/cambridge-ma.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2026) Building Permits Survey: final annual estimates of new privately owned housing units authorized by permit-issuing place, including imputation, Housing units authorized by building permits, Cambridge, MA, 2007 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/Northeast%20Region/ne2025a.txt, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/building-permit-housing-units/cambridge-ma (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
  title = {{Building Permits Survey: final annual estimates of new privately owned housing units authorized by permit-issuing place, including imputation: Housing units authorized by building permits, Cambridge, MA, 2007 to 2025}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/Northeast%20Region/ne2025a.txt},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/building-permit-housing-units/cambridge-ma. Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. Building Permits Survey: final annual estimates of new privately owned housing units authorized by permit-issuing place, including imputation. https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/Northeast\%20Region/ne2025a.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

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What is the housing units authorized by building permits in Cambridge, MA?

Housing units authorized by building permits in Cambridge, MA was 59 in 2025, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 87.9% from 2024. That is the 20th highest of 57 cities in 2025.

Where does this figure come from?

U.S. Census Bureau. Building Permits Survey: final annual estimates of new privately owned housing units authorized by permit-issuing place, including imputation. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest housing units authorized by building permits in Cambridge, MA?

995 in 2013, the highest value since 2007 in this series.

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