# Counties in Vermont by housing units authorized by building permits, 2025

All 14 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `building_permit_units`
- Unit: count
- Definition: Annual number of new privately owned housing units authorized by building permits, from the US Census Bureau Building Permits Survey.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey: final annual county estimates of new privately owned housing units authorized, including imputation (https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/County/co2025a.txt)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-10
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Building Permits Survey: final annual county estimates of new privately owned housing units authorized, including imputation. https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/County/co2025a.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-10.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/building-permit-housing-units/vermont-counties
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/building-permit-housing-units/vermont-counties.csv

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Chittenden County | 1,026 |
| 2 | Franklin County | 209 |
| 3 | Addison County | 165 |
| 4 | Washington County | 156 |
| 5 | Lamoille County | 155 |
| 6 | Windham County | 120 |
| 7 | Windsor County | 119 |
| 8 | Rutland County | 89 |
| 9 | Caledonia County | 79 |
| 10 | Bennington County | 56 |
| 11 | Orange County | 46 |
| 12 | Orleans County | 41 |
| 13 | Grand Isle County | 23 |
| 14 | Essex County | 10 |