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Housing units authorized by building permits in Santa Monica, CA

Housing units authorized by building permits in Santa Monica, CA was 460 in 2025, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is up 10% from 2024. That is the 40th highest of 369 cities in 2025.

2025, count460 Estimated
Change on 2024+10%
Rank40th of 369Cities in California ranked
Series high6582023
Series low422013

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Housing units authorized by building permits in Santa Monica, CA, 2007 to 2025

020040060080020072010201320162019202220252007: 633 count2008: 201 count2009: 104 count2010: 302 count2011: 395 count2012: 346 count2013: 42 count2014: 228 count2015: 66 count2016: 61 count2017: 101 count2018: 88 count2019: 97 count2020: 153 count2021: 185 count2022: 173 count2023: 658 count2024: 418 count2025: 460 count
count. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-05-14.
All 19 values
Periodcount
2025460 Estimated
2024418 Estimated
2023658 Estimated
2022173 Estimated
2021185 Estimated
2020153 Estimated
201997 Estimated
201888 Estimated
2017101 Estimated
201661 Estimated
201566 Estimated
2014228 Estimated
201342 Estimated
2012346 Estimated
2011395 Estimated
2010302 Estimated
2009104 Estimated
2008201 Estimated
2007633 Estimated

Compared with California and United States

Place2025
Santa Monica, CA460
California103,856
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/West%20Region/we2025a.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, Santa Monica, CA, 2007 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/West%20Region/we2025a.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, Santa Monica, CA, 2007 to 2025. U.S. Census Bureau, 14 May 2026, https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/West%20Region/we2025a.txt. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/building-permit-housing-units/santa-monica-ca. 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, Santa Monica, CA, 2007 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/West%20Region/we2025a.txt. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/building-permit-housing-units/santa-monica-ca.

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, Santa Monica, CA, 2007 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/West%20Region/we2025a.txt, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/building-permit-housing-units/santa-monica-ca (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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What is the housing units authorized by building permits in Santa Monica, CA?

Housing units authorized by building permits in Santa Monica, CA was 460 in 2025, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is up 10% from 2024. That is the 40th highest of 369 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 Santa Monica, CA?

658 in 2023, the highest value since 2007 in this series.

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