Housing Report — New Housing Units Built
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New housing units built remained higher than 2008-2019 units built, but were lower than numbers seen in 2020 through 2022 due to fewer new apartment units. A total of 18,335 units were built from 2014 to 2023, significantly less than the 21,978 new housing units built from 2004-2013.
| Year | Total New Housing Units |
Percent Change |
Comulative New Housing |
Percent Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 3,168 | N/A | 3,168 | N/A |
| 2001 | 3,980 | 26% | 7,148 | 125.6% |
| 2002 | 3,656 | -8% | 10,804 | 51.1% |
| 2003 | 3,284 | -10% | 14,088 | 30.4% |
| 2004 | 3,710 | 13% | 17,798 | 26.3% |
| 2005 | 3,629 | -2% | 21,427 | 20.4% |
| 2006 | 3,227 | -11% | 24,654 | 15.1% |
| 2007 | 2,747 | -15% | 27,401 | 11.1% |
| 2008 | 2,178 | -21% | 29,579 | 7.9% |
| 2009 | 1,632 | -25% | 31,211 | 5.5% |
| 2010 | 1,306 | -20% | 32,517 | 4.2% |
| 2011 | 994 | -24% | 33,511 | 3.1% |
| 2012 | 1,305 | 31% | 34,816 | 3.9% |
| 2013 | 1,250 | -4% | 36,066 | 3.6% |
| 2014 | 1,377 | 10% | 37,443 | 3.8% |
| 2015 | 1,444 | 5% | 38,887 | 3.9% |
| 2016 | 1,426 | -1% | 40,313 | 3.7% |
| 2017 | 1,675 | 17% | 41,988 | 4.2% |
| 2018 | 1,355 | -19% | 43,343 | 3.2% |
| 2019 | 1,409 | 4% | 44,752 | 3.3% |
| 2020 | 1,732 | 23% | 46,484 | 3.9% |
| 2021 | 3,743 | 116% | 50,227 | 8.1% |
| 2022 | 2,537 | -32% | 52,764 | 5.1% |
| 2023 | 1,637 | -35% | 54,401 | 3.1% |
The number of new multi-family units decreased to 411, the lowest since 2019.
| Year | Single Family Detached (% Total) |
Single Family Attcahed (% Total) |
Multi-family (% Total) |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 671 | 478 | 157 | 1,306 |
| 2011 | 494 | 359 | 141 | 994 |
| 2012 | 589 | 361 | 355 | 1,305 |
| 2013 | 710 | 287 | 235 | 1,232 |
| 2014 | 641 | 321 | 415 | 1,377 |
| 2015 | 490 | 311 | 643 | 1,444 |
| 2016 | 430 | 288 | 708 | 1,426 |
| 2017 | 508 | 511 | 656 | 1,675 |
| 2018 | 612 | 627 | 116 | 1,355 |
| 2019 | 600 | 588 | 221 | 1409 |
| 2020 | 531 | 586 | 615 | 1732 |
| 2021 | 916 | 864 | 1963 | 3743 |
| 2022 | 925 | 838 | 774 | 2537 |
| 2023 | 601 | 625 | 411 | 1637 |
New apartment and single-family attached unit construction drove Downingtown, Sadsbury, and Spring City to have the highest number of new units constructed in 2023.
West Goshen, West Brandywine, and Caln had the highest number of new single-family detached units.
Spring City, West Whiteland, and East Marlborough added the most new single-family attached units.
