2022 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 160,012,352 762 401 22 0 339
Bergen 604,493,215 3,953 1,585 318 104 1,946
Burlington 270,922,433 1,998 987 0 108 903
Camden 129,985,590 1,134 309 4 0 821
Cape May 336,665,637 838 593 162 36 47
Cumberland 16,578,404 120 115 0 0 5
Essex 458,651,616 3,470 362 278 54 2,776
Gloucester 123,441,797 827 779 4 0 44  
Hudson 1,305,723,969 6,056 355 146 110 5,445
Hunterdon 60,588,861 483 135 0 0 348
Mercer 49,738,788 643 165 0 7 471
Middlesex 294,554,293 2,474 769 26 20 1,659
Monmouth 473,143,325 2,394 1,609 24 46 715
Morris 382,431,896 2,163 843 12 47 1,261
Ocean 680,397,780 3,791 2,988 120 53 630
Passaic 96,040,724 1,186 225 2 24 935
Salem 17,675,964 96 91 0 0 5
Somerset 125,564,593 907 311 6 27 563
Sussex 44,926,800 226 98 0 28 100  
Union 470,360,735 3,147 237 100 25 2,785
Warren 37,921,449 306 227 8 4 67
New Jersey 6,139,820,221 36,974 13,184 1,232 693 21,865
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 2023