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Housing units authorized by building permits in Virginia Beach, VA

Housing units authorized by building permits in Virginia Beach, VA was 436 in 2025, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 34.5% from 2024. That is the 5th highest of 36 cities in 2025.

2025, count436 Estimated
Change on 2024-34.5%
Rank5th of 36Cities in Virginia ranked
Series high1,6622013
Series low4362025

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Housing units authorized by building permits in Virginia Beach, VA, 2007 to 2025

2505007501,0001,2501,5001,75020072010201320162019202220252007: 1,096 count2008: 767 count2009: 1,229 count2010: 629 count2011: 1,479 count2012: 1,117 count2013: 1,662 count2014: 1,208 count2015: 1,493 count2016: 1,583 count2017: 1,523 count2018: 779 count2019: 1,350 count2020: 938 count2021: 463 count2022: 1,197 count2023: 542 count2024: 666 count2025: 436 count
count. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-05-14.
All 19 values
Periodcount
2025436 Estimated
2024666 Estimated
2023542 Estimated
20221,197 Estimated
2021463 Estimated
2020938 Estimated
20191,350 Estimated
2018779 Estimated
20171,523 Estimated
20161,583 Estimated
20151,493 Estimated
20141,208 Estimated
20131,662 Estimated
20121,117 Estimated
20111,479 Estimated
2010629 Estimated
20091,229 Estimated
2008767 Estimated
20071,096 Estimated

Compared with Virginia and United States

Place2025
Virginia Beach, VA436
Virginia33,094
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/South%20Region/so2025a.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, Virginia Beach, VA, 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, Virginia Beach, VA, 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/virginia-beach-va. 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, Virginia Beach, VA, 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/virginia-beach-va.

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, Virginia Beach, VA, 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/virginia-beach-va (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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What is the housing units authorized by building permits in Virginia Beach, VA?

Housing units authorized by building permits in Virginia Beach, VA was 436 in 2025, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 34.5% from 2024. That is the 5th highest of 36 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 Virginia Beach, VA?

1,662 in 2013, the highest value since 2007 in this series.

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