2016 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 129,262,632 1,083 336 8 8 731
Bergen 656,798,184 3,144 1,057 186 15 1,886
Burlington 113,371,754 825 603 6 4 212
Camden 73,559,729 553 224 26 0 303
Cape May 190,565,269 642 479 132 21 10
Cumberland 14,349,841 134 114 0 0 20
Essex 241,666,350 2,386 370 70 70 1,876
Gloucester 78,167,865 727 461 6 4 256  
Hudson 754,861,787 4,164 338 118 76 3,632
Hunterdon 46,649,932 355 122 4 0 229
Mercer 81,894,231 711 175 32 53 451
Middlesex 243,009,624 2,351 886 44 10 1,411
Monmouth 307,001,585 1,933 867 50 13 1,003
Morris 267,672,836 1,695 556 0 0 1,139
Ocean 426,098,048 2,628 1,913 18 3 694
Passaic 54,492,855 397 136 14 3 244
Salem 7,772,708 50 50 0 0 0
Somerset 133,372,108 995 370 2 0 623
Sussex 33,167,736 169 95 4 0 70  
Union 150,422,523 1,594 370 152 7 1,065
Warren 24,531,416 257 104 0 0 153
New Jersey 4,028,689,013 26,793 9,626 872 287 16,008
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, July  2017