2020 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 155,744,528 667 499 6 0 162
Bergen 529,851,515 3,380 1,175 256 47 1,902
Burlington 163,523,938 1,749 771 6 14 958
Camden 77,955,631 895 312 2 10 571
Cape May 243,196,086 675 474 172 19 10
Cumberland 46,102,838 179 179 0 0 0
Essex 333,174,899 2,705 421 306 120 1,858
Gloucester 89,664,656 709 634 2 0 73  
Hudson 950,776,205 6,950 235 132 142 6,441
Hunterdon 40,135,664 319 130 12 0 177
Mercer 115,256,126 832 220 0 25 587
Middlesex 317,013,525 2,757 789 18 72 1,878
Monmouth 453,840,765 2,638 1,282 2 24 1,330
Morris 190,387,335 1,630 964 8 36 622
Ocean 490,382,395 3,625 3,108 54 42 421
Passaic 106,880,169 1,314 113 24 6 1,171
Salem 6,885,646 35 35 0 0 0
Somerset 202,531,340 1,913 357 4 49 1,503
Sussex 36,122,696 220 208 0 12 0  
Union 213,740,610 2,650 232 224 18 2,176
Warren 33,271,860 304 151 10 0 143
New Jersey 4,796,438,427 36,146 12,289 1,238 636 21,983
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 2021