# Cities in New Jersey by single-family housing units authorized by building permits, 2025

All 117 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `building_permit_single_family_units`
- Unit: count
- Definition: Annual number of new privately owned housing units in 1-unit structures (detached and attached single-family homes) authorized by building permits, from the US Census Bureau Building Permits Survey.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey: final annual estimates of new privately owned housing units in 1-unit structures authorized by permit-issuing place, including imputation (https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/Northeast%20Region/ne2025a.txt)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Building Permits Survey: final annual estimates of new privately owned housing units in 1-unit structures authorized by permit-issuing place, including imputation. https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/Northeast%20Region/ne2025a.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/single-family-building-permits/new-jersey-cities

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Jersey City, NJ | 184 |
| 2 | Paramus, NJ | 98 |
| 3 | Ocean City, NJ | 92 |
| 4 | Point Pleasant, NJ | 91 |
| 5 | Wood-Ridge, NJ | 85 |
| 6 | Vineland, NJ | 77 |
| 7 | Tinton Falls, NJ | 66 |
| 8 | Tenafly, NJ | 56 |
| 9 | Asbury Park, NJ | 49 |
| 10 | Florham Park, NJ | 46 |
| 11 | Hammonton, NJ | 39 |
| 12 | Fair Lawn, NJ | 37 |
| 12 | Fort Lee, NJ | 37 |
| 14 | Somers Point, NJ | 34 |
| 15 | Long Branch, NJ | 33 |
| 15 | Oakland, NJ | 33 |
| 17 | South River, NJ | 29 |
| 18 | South Plainfield, NJ | 26 |
| 19 | New Brunswick, NJ | 24 |
| 19 | Palisades Park, NJ | 24 |
| 19 | Rahway, NJ | 24 |
| 22 | Ringwood, NJ | 23 |
| 23 | Atlantic City, NJ | 22 |
| 23 | Bayonne, NJ | 22 |
| 23 | Glen Rock, NJ | 22 |
| 23 | Passaic, NJ | 22 |
| 27 | Harrison, NJ | 21 |
| 28 | Franklin Lakes, NJ | 20 |
| 28 | Morristown, NJ | 20 |
| 28 | Ridgewood, NJ | 20 |
| 28 | Summit, NJ | 20 |
| 32 | Millville, NJ | 19 |
| 33 | Cliffside Park, NJ | 18 |
| 33 | Madison, NJ | 18 |
| 35 | New Milford, NJ | 16 |
| 36 | Manville, NJ | 15 |
| 36 | Ramsey, NJ | 15 |
| 38 | Clifton, NJ | 14 |
| 38 | Eatontown, NJ | 14 |
| 38 | Glassboro, NJ | 14 |
| 38 | Hasbrouck Heights, NJ | 14 |
| 38 | Ridgefield, NJ | 14 |
| 43 | Linden, NJ | 13 |
| 44 | Bound Brook, NJ | 12 |
| 44 | River Edge, NJ | 12 |
| 46 | Hoboken, NJ | 11 |
| 46 | New Providence, NJ | 11 |
| 46 | Westwood, NJ | 11 |
| 49 | Bergenfield, NJ | 10 |
| 49 | Englewood, NJ | 10 |
| 49 | Ridgefield Park, NJ | 10 |
| 49 | Roselle, NJ | 10 |
| 53 | Hillsdale, NJ | 8 |
| 53 | Hopatcong, NJ | 8 |
| 53 | Newark, NJ | 8 |
| 56 | Beachwood, NJ | 6 |
| 56 | Metuchen, NJ | 6 |
| 56 | North Arlington, NJ | 6 |
| 59 | Burlington, NJ | 5 |
| 59 | Chatham, NJ | 5 |
| 59 | East Orange, NJ | 5 |
| 59 | Phillipsburg, NJ | 5 |
| 59 | Pompton Lakes, NJ | 5 |
| 59 | Roselle Park, NJ | 5 |
| 59 | Sayreville, NJ | 5 |
| 59 | Somerville, NJ | 5 |
| 67 | Carteret, NJ | 4 |
| 67 | Gloucester City, NJ | 4 |
| 67 | Plainfield, NJ | 4 |
| 67 | Trenton, NJ | 4 |
| 67 | Westfield, NJ | 4 |
| 72 | Dumont, NJ | 3 |
| 72 | Elizabeth, NJ | 3 |
| 72 | Freehold, NJ | 3 |
| 72 | Pine Hill, NJ | 3 |
| 72 | Secaucus, NJ | 3 |
| 72 | Wallington, NJ | 3 |
| 78 | Garfield, NJ | 2 |
| 78 | Highland Park, NJ | 2 |
| 78 | Lincoln Park, NJ | 2 |
| 78 | Montvale, NJ | 2 |
| 78 | Paterson, NJ | 2 |
| 78 | Pleasantville, NJ | 2 |
| 78 | Red Bank, NJ | 2 |
| 78 | Rutherford, NJ | 2 |
| 78 | South Amboy, NJ | 2 |
| 78 | Waldwick, NJ | 2 |
| 88 | Bellmawr, NJ | 1 |
| 88 | Bridgeton, NJ | 1 |
| 88 | Collingswood, NJ | 1 |
| 88 | Dover, NJ | 1 |
| 88 | Edgewater, NJ | 1 |
| 88 | Elmwood Park, NJ | 1 |
| 88 | Fairview, NJ | 1 |
| 88 | Lindenwold, NJ | 1 |
| 88 | Perth Amboy, NJ | 1 |
| 88 | Totowa, NJ | 1 |
| 88 | Union City, NJ | 1 |
| 88 | Wanaque, NJ | 1 |
| 88 | Woodland Park, NJ | 1 |
| 101 | Camden, NJ | 0 |
| 101 | East Rutherford, NJ | 0 |
| 101 | Guttenberg, NJ | 0 |
| 101 | Hackensack, NJ | 0 |
| 101 | Hackettstown, NJ | 0 |
| 101 | Haddonfield, NJ | 0 |
| 101 | Hawthorne, NJ | 0 |
| 101 | Kearny, NJ | 0 |
| 101 | Kinnelon, NJ | 0 |
| 101 | Little Ferry, NJ | 0 |
| 101 | Lodi, NJ | 0 |
| 101 | Maywood, NJ | 0 |
| 101 | Middlesex, NJ | 0 |
| 101 | North Plainfield, NJ | 0 |
| 101 | Princeton, NJ | 0 |
| 101 | West New York, NJ | 0 |
| 101 | Woodbury, NJ | 0 |