Housing units authorized by building permits in Foley, AL
Housing units authorized by building permits in Foley, AL was 352 in 2025, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 70.4% from 2024. That is the 10th highest of 66 cities in 2025.
Housing units authorized by building permits in Foley, AL, 2007 to 2025
All 19 values
| Period | count |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 352 Estimated |
| 2024 | 1,189 Estimated |
| 2023 | 1,565 Estimated |
| 2022 | 579 Estimated |
| 2021 | 765 Estimated |
| 2020 | 751 Estimated |
| 2019 | 515 Estimated |
| 2018 | 746 Estimated |
| 2017 | 272 Estimated |
| 2016 | 265 Estimated |
| 2015 | 163 Estimated |
| 2014 | 172 Estimated |
| 2013 | 140 Estimated |
| 2012 | 115 Estimated |
| 2011 | 62 Estimated |
| 2010 | 55 Estimated |
| 2009 | 77 Estimated |
| 2008 | 119 Estimated |
| 2007 | 293 Estimated |
Compared with Alabama and United States
| Place | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Foley, AL | 352 |
| Alabama | 19,061 |
| United States | 1,431,616 |
Rankings
- US states by housing units authorized by building permits
- US cities by housing units authorized by building permits
- Cities in Alabama by housing units authorized by building permits
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/South%20Region/so2025a.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
Citation styles
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, Foley, AL, 2007 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/South%20Region/so2025a.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, Foley, AL, 2007 to 2025. U.S. Census Bureau, 14 May 2026, https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/South%20Region/so2025a.txt. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/building-permit-housing-units/foley-al. 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, Foley, AL, 2007 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/South%20Region/so2025a.txt. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/building-permit-housing-units/foley-al.
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, Foley, AL, 2007 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/South%20Region/so2025a.txt, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/building-permit-housing-units/foley-al (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
BibTeX
@misc{census_housing_units_authorized_by_2025,
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, Foley, AL, 2007 to 2025}},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {Data set},
url = {https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/South%20Region/so2025a.txt},
urldate = {2026-10-12},
note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/building-permit-housing-units/foley-al. 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/South\%20Region/so2025a.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}
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Questions
What is the housing units authorized by building permits in Foley, AL?
Housing units authorized by building permits in Foley, AL was 352 in 2025, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 70.4% from 2024. That is the 10th highest of 66 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 Foley, AL?
1,565 in 2023, the highest value since 2007 in this series.
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