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Housing units authorized by building permits in Pittsburgh, PA

Housing units authorized by building permits in Pittsburgh, PA was 1,984 in 2025, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is up 19.2% from 2024. That is the 2nd highest of 70 cities in 2025.

2025, count1,984 Estimated
Change on 2024+19.2%
Rank2nd of 70Cities in Pennsylvania ranked
Series high2,5122023
Series low1002013

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

05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,00020072010201320162019202220252007: 117 count2008: 185 count2009: 118 count2010: 147 count2011: 284 count2012: 137 count2013: 100 count2014: 338 count2015: 1,270 count2016: 436 count2017: 476 count2018: 643 count2019: 660 count2020: 620 count2021: 815 count2022: 2,028 count2023: 2,512 count2024: 1,664 count2025: 1,984 count
count. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-05-14.
All 19 values
Periodcount
20251,984 Estimated
20241,664 Estimated
20232,512 Estimated
20222,028 Estimated
2021815 Estimated
2020620 Estimated
2019660 Estimated
2018643 Estimated
2017476 Estimated
2016436 Estimated
20151,270 Estimated
2014338 Estimated
2013100 Estimated
2012137 Estimated
2011284 Estimated
2010147 Estimated
2009118 Estimated
2008185 Estimated
2007117 Estimated

Compared with Pennsylvania and United States

Place2025
Pittsburgh, PA1,984
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, Pittsburgh, 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, Pittsburgh, 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/pittsburgh-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, Pittsburgh, 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/pittsburgh-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, Pittsburgh, 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/pittsburgh-pa (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Housing units authorized by building permits in Pittsburgh, PA was 1,984 in 2025, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is up 19.2% from 2024. That is the 2nd 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 Pittsburgh, PA?

2,512 in 2023, the highest value since 2007 in this series.

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