Cities in New Jersey by housing units authorized by building permits

Jersey City, NJ had the highest housing units authorized by building permits of 117 cities in 2015, at 2,658. Woodbury, NJ had the lowest, at 0. The median was 33 and the figure for New Jersey was 30,560. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest2,658Jersey City, NJ

Lowest0Woodbury, NJ

Median33117 cities

New Jersey30,560History

Top 40 cities, 2015

count. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Cities	2015 count	Change on 2014
1	Jersey City, NJ Estimated	2,658	+21.9%
2	New Brunswick, NJ Estimated	1,033	+41.9%
3	Hoboken, NJ Estimated	743	+56.4%
4	Secaucus, NJ Estimated	657	+4%
5	West New York, NJ Estimated	385	+563.8%
6	New Providence, NJ Estimated	380	-24.5%
7	Princeton, NJ Estimated	379	+1,795%
8	Carteret, NJ Estimated	363	+72.9%
9	Pleasantville, NJ Estimated	360	+45.7%
10	Glassboro, NJ Estimated	342	+402.9%
11	Linden, NJ Estimated	341	+9.3%
12	Bound Brook, NJ Estimated	324	+22.3%
13	Harrison, NJ Estimated	309	-34%
14	Newark, NJ Estimated	275	-45.8%
15	Camden, NJ Estimated	249	-63.8%
16	Lindenwold, NJ Estimated	248	+74.6%
17	Metuchen, NJ Estimated	227	+1,094.7%
18	East Rutherford, NJ Estimated	225	+16%
19	Ocean City, NJ Estimated	216	-14.6%
20	Morristown, NJ Estimated	209	-1.4%
21	Woodland Park, NJ Estimated	192	+60%
22	Bayonne, NJ Estimated	188	-2.6%
22	Elizabeth, NJ Estimated	188	-16.1%
24	Edgewater, NJ Estimated	161	-2.4%
25	Hackensack, NJ Estimated	154	+29.4%
26	Hackettstown, NJ Estimated	152	+42.1%
27	Sayreville, NJ Estimated	149	+776.5%
28	Wood-Ridge, NJ Estimated	142	-39.8%
29	South Plainfield, NJ Estimated	123	+15%
30	Somerville, NJ Estimated	119	+5,850%
31	Rahway, NJ Estimated	117	-4.9%
32	Fort Lee, NJ Estimated	116	+123.1%
33	Perth Amboy, NJ Estimated	114	+2,180%
34	Cliffside Park, NJ Estimated	101	-35.7%
35	Collingswood, NJ Estimated	95	+48.4%
36	Fairview, NJ Estimated	94	-6%
36	Long Branch, NJ Estimated	94	-32.4%
36	Union City, NJ Estimated	94	+118.6%
39	Westfield, NJ Estimated	90	+25%
40	Palisades Park, NJ Estimated	86	-16.5%
41	Highland Park, NJ Estimated	83	+29.7%
42	Clifton, NJ Estimated	79	-34.7%
43	Passaic, NJ Estimated	77	+108.1%
44	Vineland, NJ Estimated	75	+5.6%
45	Fair Lawn, NJ Estimated	71	+7.6%
46	Eatontown, NJ Estimated	63	+21.2%
47	Elmwood Park, NJ Estimated	59	+9.3%
48	Atlantic City, NJ Estimated	55	-51.8%
48	Burlington, NJ Estimated	55	+1.9%
50	Garfield, NJ Estimated	50	-61.2%
51	Madison, NJ Estimated	44	-8.3%
52	Englewood, NJ Estimated	43	-92.1%
52	Middlesex, NJ Estimated	43	n/a
52	Wanaque, NJ Estimated	43	+437.5%
55	Trenton, NJ Estimated	40	+300%
56	East Orange, NJ Estimated	37	+54.2%
56	Point Pleasant, NJ Estimated	37	-70.2%
58	Wallington, NJ Estimated	34	0%
59	Totowa, NJ Estimated	33	+120%
59	Waldwick, NJ Estimated	33	-10.8%
61	Paramus, NJ Estimated	28	+64.7%
62	Freehold, NJ Estimated	27	+125%
62	Millville, NJ Estimated	27	+42.1%
64	Bergenfield, NJ Estimated	23	+187.5%
64	Florham Park, NJ Estimated	23	-14.8%
64	Paterson, NJ Estimated	23	-84.4%
67	Franklin Lakes, NJ Estimated	22	+37.5%
67	Ridgewood, NJ Estimated	22	+10%
69	Guttenberg, NJ Estimated	21	+16.7%
69	Roselle Park, NJ Estimated	21	0%
71	Glen Rock, NJ Estimated	20	-35.5%
71	Ridgefield, NJ Estimated	20	-13%
71	South Amboy, NJ Estimated	20	n/a
74	Hammonton, NJ Estimated	18	+200%
74	Kinnelon, NJ Estimated	18	+5.9%
74	Summit, NJ Estimated	18	+5.9%
77	Chatham, NJ Estimated	17	+41.7%
77	Haddonfield, NJ Estimated	17	-5.6%
77	Ramsey, NJ Estimated	17	-5.6%
80	North Plainfield, NJ Estimated	16	n/a
81	Pompton Lakes, NJ Estimated	15	+66.7%
81	Ringwood, NJ Estimated	15	+15.4%
83	Bridgeton, NJ Estimated	14	0%
84	Hopatcong, NJ Estimated	13	0%
84	Lodi, NJ Estimated	13	+62.5%
86	New Milford, NJ Estimated	12	-14.3%
86	Phillipsburg, NJ Estimated	12	0%
88	Montvale, NJ Estimated	10	-16.7%
88	River Edge, NJ Estimated	10	-16.7%
90	Red Bank, NJ Estimated	9	-90.5%
90	Tenafly, NJ Estimated	9	-10%
90	Westwood, NJ Estimated	9	+80%
93	Asbury Park, NJ Estimated	8	+60%
93	North Arlington, NJ Estimated	8	+100%
93	Somers Point, NJ Estimated	8	-42.9%
96	Dover, NJ Estimated	7	n/a
97	Plainfield, NJ Estimated	6	+100%
98	Beachwood, NJ Estimated	5	-28.6%
98	South River, NJ Estimated	5	+25%
100	Oakland, NJ Estimated	4	+100%
101	Hasbrouck Heights, NJ Estimated	3	-25%
101	Hillsdale, NJ Estimated	3	n/a
101	Maywood, NJ Estimated	3	-50%
101	Ridgefield Park, NJ Estimated	3	-40%
105	Bellmawr, NJ Estimated	2	n/a
105	Manville, NJ Estimated	2	-66.7%
105	Pine Hill, NJ Estimated	2	-98.9%
105	Roselle, NJ Estimated	2	n/a
105	Rutherford, NJ Estimated	2	n/a
110	Tinton Falls, NJ Estimated	1	-50%
111	Dumont, NJ Estimated	0	-100%
111	Gloucester City, NJ Estimated	0	n/a
111	Hawthorne, NJ Estimated	0	n/a
111	Kearny, NJ Estimated	0	-100%
111	Lincoln Park, NJ Estimated	0	n/a
111	Little Ferry, NJ Estimated	0	-100%
111	Woodbury, NJ Estimated	0	-100%

Other periods

About this ranking

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.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

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/ne2015a.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2016). Building Permits Survey: final annual estimates of new privately owned housing units authorized by permit-issuing place, including imputation (Cities in New Jersey by housing units authorized by building permits, 2015) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/Northeast%20Region/ne2015a.txt

MLA 9

Building Permits Survey: final annual estimates of new privately owned housing units authorized by permit-issuing place, including imputation, Cities in New Jersey by housing units authorized by building permits, 2015. U.S. Census Bureau, 30 Sept. 2016, https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/Northeast%20Region/ne2015a.txt. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/building-permit-housing-units/new-jersey-cities?period=2015. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2016. Building Permits Survey: final annual estimates of new privately owned housing units authorized by permit-issuing place, including imputation. Cities in New Jersey by housing units authorized by building permits, 2015. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/Northeast%20Region/ne2015a.txt. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/building-permit-housing-units/new-jersey-cities?period=2015.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2016) Building Permits Survey: final annual estimates of new privately owned housing units authorized by permit-issuing place, including imputation, Cities in New Jersey by housing units authorized by building permits, 2015 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/Northeast%20Region/ne2015a.txt, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/building-permit-housing-units/new-jersey-cities?period=2015 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{census_cities_in_new_jersey_2015,
  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
  title = {{Building Permits Survey: final annual estimates of new privately owned housing units authorized by permit-issuing place, including imputation: Cities in New Jersey by housing units authorized by building permits, 2015}},
  year = {2016},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/Northeast%20Region/ne2015a.txt},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/building-permit-housing-units/new-jersey-cities?period=2015. Publisher attribution: 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/ne2015a.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

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Which city has the highest housing units authorized by building permits?

Jersey City, NJ, with 2,658 in 2015, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which city has the lowest housing units authorized by building permits?

Woodbury, NJ, with 0 in 2015.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey: final annual estimates of new privately owned housing units authorized by permit-issuing place, including imputation. Retrieved 2026-10-12.