2018 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 131,881,062 833 349 2 0 482
Bergen 453,011,755 2,849 838 174 27 1,810
Burlington 139,734,944 1,268 591 0 33 644
Camden 70,833,479 765 265 2 0 498
Cape May 214,574,888 643 449 148 12 34
Cumberland 7,331,677 74 70 0 4 0
Essex 230,233,139 2,053 413 82 62 1,496
Gloucester 83,635,177 640 543 6 0 91
Hudson 892,520,314 4,617 1,065 188 268 3,096
Hunterdon 59,515,540 621 205 6 0 410
Mercer 54,986,755 501 180 12 36 273
Middlesex 429,195,758 2,737 767 16 10 1,944
Monmouth 345,298,115 1,897 868 4 10 1,015
Morris 230,239,256 1,589 771 6 22 790
Ocean 442,359,742 2,283 2,003 46 3 231
Passaic 57,403,101 624 135 46 12 431
Salem 9,459,597 63 63 0 0 0
Somerset 149,697,586 1,309 290 4 63 952
Sussex 19,665,103 156 88 24 0 44
Union 182,343,138 2,312 305 142 24 1,841
Warren 16,511,099 108 90 0 0 18
New Jersey 4,220,431,225 27,942 10,348 908 586 16,100
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, July 2019