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Housing units authorized by building permits in Philadelphia, PA

Housing units authorized by building permits in Philadelphia, PA was 3,366 in 2025, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is up 13.6% from 2024. That is the 1st highest of 70 cities in 2025.

2025, count3,366 Estimated
Change on 2024+13.6%
Rank1st of 70Cities in Pennsylvania ranked
Series high25,2572021
Series low9472009

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Housing units authorized by building permits in Philadelphia, PA, 2007 to 2025

05,00010K15K20K25K30K20072010201320162019202220252007: 1,972 count2008: 1,701 count2009: 947 count2010: 984 count2011: 1,552 count2012: 2,175 count2013: 2,815 count2014: 3,973 count2015: 3,666 count2016: 3,175 count2017: 3,389 count2018: 3,239 count2019: 4,566 count2020: 5,665 count2021: 25,257 count2022: 3,223 count2023: 3,863 count2024: 2,962 count2025: 3,366 count
count. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-05-14.
All 19 values
Periodcount
20253,366 Estimated
20242,962 Estimated
20233,863 Estimated
20223,223 Estimated
202125,257 Estimated
20205,665 Estimated
20194,566 Estimated
20183,239 Estimated
20173,389 Estimated
20163,175 Estimated
20153,666 Estimated
20143,973 Estimated
20132,815 Estimated
20122,175 Estimated
20111,552 Estimated
2010984 Estimated
2009947 Estimated
20081,701 Estimated
20071,972 Estimated

Compared with Pennsylvania and United States

Place2025
Philadelphia, PA3,366
Pennsylvania25,709
United States1,431,616

Rankings

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, Philadelphia, PA, 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, Philadelphia, PA, 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/philadelphia-pa. 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, Philadelphia, PA, 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/philadelphia-pa.

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, Philadelphia, PA, 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/philadelphia-pa (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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What is the housing units authorized by building permits in Philadelphia, PA?

Housing units authorized by building permits in Philadelphia, PA was 3,366 in 2025, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is up 13.6% from 2024. That is the 1st highest of 70 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 Philadelphia, PA?

25,257 in 2021, the highest value since 2007 in this series.

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