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Housing units authorized by building permits in Watsonville, CA

Housing units authorized by building permits in Watsonville, CA was 57 in 2025, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 23% from 2024. That is the 214th highest of 369 cities in 2025.

2025, count57 Estimated
Change on 2024-23%
Rank214th of 369Cities in California ranked
Series high2322007
Series low402011

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

05010015020025020072010201320162019202220252007: 232 count2008: 67 count2009: 41 count2010: 41 count2011: 40 count2012: 54 count2013: 73 count2014: 71 count2015: 78 count2016: 93 count2017: 106 count2018: 107 count2019: 110 count2020: 117 count2021: 144 count2022: 131 count2023: 69 count2024: 74 count2025: 57 count
count. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-05-14.
All 19 values
Periodcount
202557 Estimated
202474 Estimated
202369 Estimated
2022131 Estimated
2021144 Estimated
2020117 Estimated
2019110 Estimated
2018107 Estimated
2017106 Estimated
201693 Estimated
201578 Estimated
201471 Estimated
201373 Estimated
201254 Estimated
201140 Estimated
201041 Estimated
200941 Estimated
200867 Estimated
2007232 Estimated

Compared with California and United States

Place2025
Watsonville, CA57
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, Watsonville, 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, Watsonville, 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/watsonville-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, Watsonville, 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/watsonville-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, Watsonville, 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/watsonville-ca (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Housing units authorized by building permits in Watsonville, CA was 57 in 2025, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 23% from 2024. That is the 214th 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 Watsonville, CA?

232 in 2007, the highest value since 2007 in this series.

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