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 2022, at 3,741. Woodland Park, NJ had the lowest, at 0. The median was 41 and the figure for New Jersey was 36,906. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest3,741Jersey City, NJ

Lowest0Woodland Park, NJ

Median41117 cities

New Jersey36,906History

Top 40 cities, 2022

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

Full ranking

Rank	Cities	2022 count	Change on 2021
1	Jersey City, NJ Estimated	3,741	+15.7%
2	Newark, NJ Estimated	1,748	+31.6%
3	Bayonne, NJ Estimated	693	+86.8%
4	West New York, NJ Estimated	470	-26.4%
5	Paterson, NJ Estimated	437	-34.3%
6	Roselle Park, NJ Estimated	400	-19.7%
7	Linden, NJ Estimated	390	+465.2%
8	Chatham, NJ Estimated	347	+2,378.6%
9	Clifton, NJ Estimated	329	+722.5%
10	Hackensack, NJ Estimated	293	+343.9%
11	Plainfield, NJ Estimated	273	-2.2%
12	Harrison, NJ Estimated	222	-55.8%
13	Fair Lawn, NJ Estimated	217	-2.3%
14	East Orange, NJ Estimated	207	-15.9%
15	Ocean City, NJ Estimated	205	-6%
16	Long Branch, NJ Estimated	199	-70.3%
17	Rahway, NJ Estimated	198	-2.5%
18	Bound Brook, NJ Estimated	189	-25.9%
19	Elizabeth, NJ Estimated	181	+96.7%
20	South Amboy, NJ Estimated	176	-29.3%
21	Roselle, NJ Estimated	167	-31.6%
22	Florham Park, NJ Estimated	154	-40.8%
23	Union City, NJ Estimated	138	+25.5%
24	Elmwood Park, NJ Estimated	137	-35.7%
25	Fort Lee, NJ Estimated	128	-28.1%
26	Atlantic City, NJ Estimated	123	-26.8%
27	Sayreville, NJ Estimated	119	+7.2%
28	Wood-Ridge, NJ Estimated	116	-30.5%
29	Cliffside Park, NJ Estimated	113	+94.8%
30	Passaic, NJ Estimated	101	-15.1%
31	Glassboro, NJ Estimated	91	-2.2%
32	Little Ferry, NJ Estimated	86	+1,620%
33	Morristown, NJ Estimated	84	-33.9%
34	Fairview, NJ Estimated	80	-47%
35	Franklin Lakes, NJ Estimated	79	-54.1%
35	Waldwick, NJ Estimated	79	+3.9%
37	River Edge, NJ Estimated	73	-13.1%
37	South Plainfield, NJ Estimated	73	-25.5%
39	Camden, NJ Estimated	70	+400%
39	Trenton, NJ Estimated	70	-4.1%
41	Ridgefield Park, NJ Estimated	69	-34.3%
42	Carteret, NJ Estimated	67	+252.6%
43	Bergenfield, NJ Estimated	66	+842.9%
44	Tenafly, NJ Estimated	64	-38.5%
45	Guttenberg, NJ Estimated	63	n/a
46	Rutherford, NJ Estimated	59	-22.4%
47	Hawthorne, NJ Estimated	55	+7.8%
47	Hoboken, NJ Estimated	55	-40.9%
47	Lindenwold, NJ Estimated	55	-36%
50	East Rutherford, NJ Estimated	54	+5,300%
51	New Brunswick, NJ Estimated	52	-69.2%
52	Dumont, NJ Estimated	51	-23.9%
53	Palisades Park, NJ Estimated	50	+38.9%
54	New Milford, NJ Estimated	48	-27.3%
55	Millville, NJ Estimated	47	-4.1%
56	Montvale, NJ Estimated	45	-80.7%
56	Vineland, NJ Estimated	45	-50%
58	Summit, NJ Estimated	43	+22.9%
59	Tinton Falls, NJ Estimated	41	-10.9%
60	Englewood, NJ Estimated	35	-41.7%
61	Paramus, NJ Estimated	33	-34%
62	Ridgefield, NJ Estimated	32	+14.3%
63	Red Bank, NJ Estimated	31	+675%
64	Totowa, NJ Estimated	30	n/a
65	Ridgewood, NJ Estimated	26	-13.3%
65	Westfield, NJ Estimated	26	-10.3%
67	Point Pleasant, NJ Estimated	25	-51%
67	Ramsey, NJ Estimated	25	+525%
67	South River, NJ Estimated	25	-7.4%
70	Middlesex, NJ Estimated	24	+33.3%
70	Ringwood, NJ Estimated	24	+26.3%
72	Somerville, NJ Estimated	21	-83.5%
73	Beachwood, NJ Estimated	20	-9.1%
74	Garfield, NJ Estimated	18	-79.8%
75	Edgewater, NJ Estimated	17	-60.5%
76	Eatontown, NJ Estimated	16	-5.9%
76	New Providence, NJ Estimated	16	+100%
78	Somers Point, NJ Estimated	15	+7.1%
79	Madison, NJ Estimated	14	-63.2%
80	Hasbrouck Heights, NJ Estimated	13	-13.3%
80	Westwood, NJ Estimated	13	+8.3%
82	Manville, NJ Estimated	12	-58.6%
83	Glen Rock, NJ Estimated	11	+57.1%
83	Pleasantville, NJ Estimated	11	+37.5%
85	Hammonton, NJ Estimated	9	-35.7%
86	Haddonfield, NJ Estimated	8	-55.6%
86	Highland Park, NJ Estimated	8	+33.3%
86	Metuchen, NJ Estimated	8	-71.4%
86	North Plainfield, NJ Estimated	8	+33.3%
90	Secaucus, NJ Estimated	7	+40%
91	Hillsdale, NJ Estimated	6	-33.3%
91	Hopatcong, NJ Estimated	6	-14.3%
93	Asbury Park, NJ Estimated	5	-90%
93	Maywood, NJ Estimated	5	+25%
93	Oakland, NJ Estimated	5	+66.7%
96	Lodi, NJ Estimated	4	n/a
96	Perth Amboy, NJ Estimated	4	-96%
96	Woodbury, NJ Estimated	4	+33.3%
99	Phillipsburg, NJ Estimated	3	+50%
100	Freehold, NJ Estimated	2	+100%
100	Lincoln Park, NJ Estimated	2	-66.7%
100	Pine Hill, NJ Estimated	2	-33.3%
100	Wallington, NJ Estimated	2	n/a
104	Bellmawr, NJ Estimated	1	0%
104	Kinnelon, NJ Estimated	1	-90.9%
104	Pompton Lakes, NJ Estimated	1	-98.7%
107	Bridgeton, NJ Estimated	0	n/a
107	Burlington, NJ Estimated	0	n/a
107	Collingswood, NJ Estimated	0	n/a
107	Dover, NJ Estimated	0	-100%
107	Gloucester City, NJ Estimated	0	n/a
107	Hackettstown, NJ Estimated	0	-100%
107	Kearny, NJ Estimated	0	n/a
107	North Arlington, NJ Estimated	0	-100%
107	Princeton, NJ Estimated	0	n/a
107	Wanaque, NJ Estimated	0	-100%
107	Woodland Park, NJ Estimated	0	n/a

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/ne2022a.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2024). 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, 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/Northeast%20Region/ne2022a.txt

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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, 2022. U.S. Census Bureau, 2 Apr. 2024, https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/Northeast%20Region/ne2022a.txt. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/building-permit-housing-units/new-jersey-cities?period=2022. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2024. 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, 2022. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/Northeast%20Region/ne2022a.txt. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/building-permit-housing-units/new-jersey-cities?period=2022.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2024) 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, 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/Northeast%20Region/ne2022a.txt, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/building-permit-housing-units/new-jersey-cities?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  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, 2022}},
  year = {2024},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/Northeast%20Region/ne2022a.txt},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/building-permit-housing-units/new-jersey-cities?period=2022. 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/ne2022a.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

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

Jersey City, NJ, with 3,741 in 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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

Woodland Park, NJ, with 0 in 2022.

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.