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Essex County
Salem

Housing permits · Massachusetts

Salem, MA building permits: new housing

108 new housing units permitted in the 12 months to September 2026, +227% on the year before, with $25.7M of construction value.

108
Housing units, last 12 months+227% vs. prior 12: $25.7M
Construction value: 67%
In 5+ unit buildings72 units: 2.5
Units per 1,000 residentspop. 43,581

New housing units permitted per month

Nearby places

Boston2,028
Lexington town546
Concord town456
Cambridge396
Londonderry town338
Plymouth town319
Norwood town291
Hampton town275
Lowell263
Quincy248
Saugus town

In 5+ unit buildings All new housing units

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October 2024	2 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
November 2024	1 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
December 2024	1 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
January 2025	6 units	5 in 5+ unit buildings
February 2025	0 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
March 2025	1 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
April 2025	6 units	5 in 5+ unit buildings
May 2025	6 units	5 in 5+ unit buildings
June 2025	1 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
July 2025	6 units	5 in 5+ unit buildings
August 2025	1 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
September 2025	2 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
October 2025	5 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
November 2025	0 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
December 2025	0 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
January 2026	0 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
February 2026	1 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
March 2026	18 units	9 in 5+ unit buildings
April 2026	50 units	43 in 5+ unit buildings
May 2026	7 units	5 in 5+ unit buildings
June 2026	2 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
July 2026	7 units	5 in 5+ unit buildings
August 2026	10 units	5 in 5+ unit buildings
September 2026	8 units	5 in 5+ unit buildings

By building size

Last 12 months. Value is the construction cost reported on the permits.

Building size	Buildings	Units	Value
Single-family	27	27	$8.9M
2 units	3	6	$952K
3–4 units	1	3	$560K
5+ units	6	72	$15.3M

By year

Year	Housing units	In 5+ unit buildings	Value
2025	82	55	$22.7M
2024	35	24	$8.8M
2023	15	5	$4.3M

Key facts

Salem, MA permitted 108 new privately owned housing units in the 12 months to September 2026, worth $25,721,510 in construction value.
That is +227% compared with the 12 months before (33 units).
27 were single-family homes and 72 were in apartment buildings with 5 or more units (6 buildings).
The average single-family home permitted was valued at $329,329.
In September 2026, the latest month published, 8 units were permitted.
It ranked #25 of 351 permit-issuing places in Massachusetts by housing units permitted in the period.
In 2025, the full year, 82 units were permitted ($22.7M).

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, data through September 2026. New privately owned housing units authorized by building permits, including the Bureau’s estimates for places that didn’t report; commercial buildings and renovations are not counted. How we use it

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Essex County1,231
Boston-Cambridge-Newton MA-NH11,442
Massachusetts13,711