2023 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 121,823,130 383 299 44 0 40
Bergen 572,760,262 3,395 1,380 236 114 1,665
Burlington 201,622,818 1,676 1,074 8 125 469
Camden 131,870,849 943 313 2 7 621
Cape May 269,510,860 803 548 160 75 20
Cumberland 14,699,207 103 103 0 0 0
Essex 585,247,426 3,781 273 312 76 3,120
Gloucester 132,443,188 940 889 6 0 45
Hudson 682,260,544 5,312 444 196 147 4,525
Hunterdon 40,828,769 310 133 6 4 167
Mercer 127,033,665 969 402 8 0 559
Middlesex 298,194,761 2,335 745 18 22 1,550
Monmouth 525,867,201 2,525 1,962 6 53 504
Morris 281,414,584 1,479 708 8 30 733
Ocean 679,166,836 4,006 2,885 270 3 848
Passaic 72,333,979 784 196 20 15 553
Salem 16,932,749 61 61 0 0 0
Somerset 100,339,960 577 323 4 22 228
Sussex 15,107,763 94 65 6 23 0  
Union 216,688,808 1,962 221 96 12 1,633
Warren 74,366,459 402 204 0 0 198
New Jersey 5,160,513,818 32,840 13,228 1,406 728 17,478
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, May 2024