2016 Annual Residential Building Permits by County
Single- Two- 3-or 4- 5-or-More
Total Total Family Family Family Family
County Value Units Units Units Units Units
Atlantic 129,262,632 1,083 336 8 8 731
Bergen 656,798,184 3,144 1,057 186 15 1,886
Burlington 113,371,754 825 603 6 4 212
Camden 73,559,729 553 224 26 0 303
Cape May 190,565,269 642 479 132 21 10
Cumberland 14,349,841 134 114 0 0 20
Essex 241,666,350 2,386 370 70 70 1,876
Gloucester 78,167,865 727 461 6 4 256
Hudson 754,861,787 4,164 338 118 76 3,632
Hunterdon 46,649,932 355 122 4 0 229
Mercer 81,894,231 711 175 32 53 451
Middlesex 243,009,624 2,351 886 44 10 1,411
Monmouth 307,001,585 1,933 867 50 13 1,003
Morris 267,672,836 1,695 556 0 0 1,139
Ocean 426,098,048 2,628 1,913 18 3 694
Passaic 54,492,855 397 136 14 3 244
Salem 7,772,708 50 50 0 0 0
Somerset 133,372,108 995 370 2 0 623
Sussex 33,167,736 169 95 4 0 70
Union 150,422,523 1,594 370 152 7 1,065
Warren 24,531,416 257 104 0 0 153
New Jersey 4,028,689,013 26,793 9,626 872 287 16,008
This table is prepared from annualized building permit data.Due to differences in cutoff dates, annualized data���
may differ from annual averages derived from aggregated monthly data.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Manufacturing and Construction Division.
Prepared by: New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, July2017