Housing units authorized by building permits in Grand Rapids, MI

Housing units authorized by building permits in Grand Rapids, MI was 801 in 2025, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 6.8% from 2024. That is the 2nd highest of 85 cities in 2025.

2025, count801 Estimated

Change on 2024-6.8%

Rank2nd of 85Cities in Michigan ranked

Series high1,3982016

Series low182010

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 Grand Rapids, MI, 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	801 Estimated
2024	859 Estimated
2023	495 Estimated
2022	234 Estimated
2021	286 Estimated
2020	305 Estimated
2019	336 Estimated
2018	814 Estimated
2017	878 Estimated
2016	1,398 Estimated
2015	455 Estimated
2014	203 Estimated
2013	155 Estimated
2012	219 Estimated
2011	59 Estimated
2010	18 Estimated
2009	30 Estimated
2008	43 Estimated
2007	215 Estimated

Compared with Michigan and United States

Place	2025
Grand Rapids, MI	801
Michigan	23,075
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 Michigan by housing units authorized by building permits 87 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.

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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/Midwest%20Region/mw2025a.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, Grand Rapids, MI, 2007 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/Midwest%20Region/mw2025a.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, Grand Rapids, MI, 2007 to 2025. U.S. Census Bureau, 14 May 2026, https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/Midwest%20Region/mw2025a.txt. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/building-permit-housing-units/grand-rapids-mi. 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, Grand Rapids, MI, 2007 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/Midwest%20Region/mw2025a.txt. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/building-permit-housing-units/grand-rapids-mi.

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, Grand Rapids, MI, 2007 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/Midwest%20Region/mw2025a.txt, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/building-permit-housing-units/grand-rapids-mi (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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What is the housing units authorized by building permits in Grand Rapids, MI?

Housing units authorized by building permits in Grand Rapids, MI was 801 in 2025, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 6.8% from 2024. That is the 2nd highest of 85 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 Grand Rapids, MI?

1,398 in 2016, the highest value since 2007 in this series.

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