2015 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 112,217,951 710 351 6 0 353
Bergen 486,318,553 2,671 946 188 18 1,519
Burlington 116,796,822 892 539 32 0 321
Camden 88,893,886 1,040 283 38 0 719
Cape May 181,526,181 614 453 134 9 18
Cumberland 26,226,075 237 185 0 0 52
Essex 281,585,224 3,214 459 42 76 2,637
Gloucester 74,916,066 738 452 6 0 280  
Hudson 656,156,398 5,060 400 46 71 4,543
Hunterdon 51,511,247 425 151 2 0 272
Mercer 107,633,846 896 284 12 3 597
Middlesex 387,679,312 2,990 839 18 29 2,104
Monmouth 281,563,976 1,399 944 52 6 397
Morris 243,863,613 2,262 743 2 0 1,517
Ocean 483,403,697 2,621 2,237 52 29 303
Passaic 60,776,110 507 126 8 21 352
Salem 4,428,571 43 31 0 0 12
Somerset 155,205,072 1,551 422 14 0 1,115
Sussex 34,758,736 216 133 2 0 81  
Union 187,006,422 2,185 399 76 7 1,703
Warren 29,527,440 289 141 0 0 148
New Jersey 4,051,995,198 30,560 10,518 730 269 19,043
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, June 2016