2021 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 194,033,702 804 556 2 6 240
Bergen 648,338,675 4,023 1,682 268 111 1,962
Burlington 260,837,900 2,119 1,027 4 0 1,088
Camden 89,504,808 908 273 6 3 626
Cape May 294,756,308 917 680 200 27 10
Cumberland 20,528,868 185 122 0 0 63
Essex 434,700,632 3,417 420 214 99 2,684
Gloucester 95,292,841 675 583 6 35 51  
Hudson 672,703,979 5,257 416 186 149 4,506
Hunterdon 94,461,202 688 171 14 7 496
Mercer 53,328,304 544 278 2 0 264
Middlesex 308,826,758 3,269 922 36 88 2,223
Monmouth 404,790,385 2,350 1,545 6 11 788
Morris 355,076,269 2,127 1,011 20 10 1,086
Ocean 704,528,642 3,758 3,075 96 8 579
Passaic 101,898,380 1,144 176 36 26 906
Salem 15,813,230 88 82 0 0 6
Somerset 140,243,386 1,261 360 6 38 857
Sussex 31,384,150 164 128 0 24 12  
Union 287,584,415 3,207 230 82 3 2,892
Warren 25,423,353 189 176 8 0 5
New Jersey 5,234,056,187 37,094 13,913 1,192 645 21,344
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 2022