Housing Report — New Housing Units Built
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A total of 13,967 units were built from 2011 to 2020, less than half of the 29,349 new housing units built from 2001-2010.
| Year | Total New Housing Units |
Percent Change |
Comulative New Housibg |
Percent Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 3,168 | N/A | 3,168 | N/A |
| 2001 | 3,980 | 25.6% | 7,148 | 125.6% |
| 2002 | 3,656 | -8.1% | 10,804 | 51.1% |
| 2003 | 3,284 | -10.2% | 14,088 | 30.4% |
| 2004 | 3,710 | 13.0% | 17,798 | 26.3% |
| 2005 | 3,629 | -2.2% | 21,427 | 20.4% |
| 2006 | 3,227 | -11.1% | 24,654 | 15.1% |
| 2007 | 2,747 | -14.9% | 27,401 | 11.1% |
| 2008 | 2,178 | -20.7% | 29,579 | 7.9% |
| 2009 | 1,632 | -25.1% | 31,211 | 5.5% |
| 2010 | 1,306 | -20.0% | 32,517 | 4.2% |
| 2011 | 994 | -23.9% | 33,511 | 3.1% |
| 2012 | 1,305 | 31.3% | 34,816 | 3.9% |
| 2013 | 1,250 | -4.2% | 36,066 | 3.6% |
| 2014 | 1,377 | 10.2% | 37,443 | 3.8% |
| 2015 | 1,444 | 4.9% | 38,887 | 3.9% |
| 2016 | 1,426 | -1.2% | 40,313 | 3.7% |
| 2017 | 1,675 | 17.5% | 41,988 | 4.2% |
| 2018 | 1,355 | -19.1% | 43,343 | 3.2% |
| 2019 | 1,409 | 4.0% | 44,752 | 3.3% |
| 2020 | 1,732 | 28.0% | 45,075 | 72.2% |
The number of new multi-family units increased significantly in 2020 from 2019, after a strong decline of multi-family new unit construction in 2018. Multi-family new units returned to the amount of new units being built from 2015 through 2017.
| Year | Single Family Detached (% Total) |
Single Family Attcahed (% Total) |
Multi-family (% Total) |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 671 (51%) | 478 (37%) | 157 (12%) | 1,306 (100%) |
| 2011 | 494 (50%) | 359 (36%) | 141 (14%) | 994 (100%) |
| 2012 | 589 (45%) | 361 (28%) | 355 (27%) | 1,305 (100%) |
| 2013 | 710 (58%) | 287 (23%) | 235 (19%) | 1,232 (100%) |
| 2014 | 641 (47%) | 321 (23%) | 415 (30%) | 1,377 (100%) |
| 2015 | 490 (34%) | 311 (22%) | 643 (45%) | 1,444 (100%) |
| 2016 | 430 (30%) | 288 (20%) | 708 (50%) | 1,426 (100%) |
| 2017 | 508 (30%) | 511 (31%) | 656 (39%) | 1,675 (100%) |
| 2018 | 612 (45%) | 627 (46%) | 116 (9%) | 1,355 (100%) |
| 2019 | 600 (43%) | 588 (42%) | 221 (16%) | 1409 (100%) |
| 2020 | 531 (31%) | 685 (34%) | 615 (36%) | 1732 (100%) |
New apartment unit construction drove West Whiteland, Tredyffrin, and East Whiteland to have the highest number of new units constructed in 2020.
East Pikeland (54 units), and Sadsbury (46 units) had the highest number of new single-family detached units, significantly less than municipalities with the highest new units in 2019. East Whiteland (70 units), and West Bradford (66 units) added the most new single-family attached units.
| Municipality | Single Family Detached |
Single Family Attcahed |
Apartments | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atglen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Avondale | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Birmingham | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Caln | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Charlestown | 8 | 19 | 0 | 27 |
| Coatesville | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Downingtown | 10 | 21 | 0 | 31 |
| East Bradford | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| East Brandywine | 29 | 25 | 0 | 54 |
| East Caln | 0 | 31 | 0 | 31 |
| East Coventry | 2 | 33 | 0 | 35 |
| East Fallowfield | 42 | 0 | 0 | 42 |
| East Goshen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| East Marlborough | 3 | 28 | 0 | 31 |
| East Nantmeal | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| East Nottingham | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| East Pikeland | 54 | 0 | 0 | 54 |
| East Vincent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| East Whiteland | 12 | 70 | 120 | 202 |
| Easttown | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Elk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Elverson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Franklin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Highland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Honey Brook Boro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Honey Brook Twp | 3 | 6 | 0 | 9 |
| Kennett Square | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kennett Township | 1 | 38 | 0 | 39 |
| London Britain | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| London Grove | 25 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Londonderry | 4 | 7 | 0 | 11 |
| Lower Oxford | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Malvern | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| Modena | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| New Garden | 7 | 20 | 0 | 27 |
| New London | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Newlin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| North Coventry | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Oxford | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Parkesburg | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Penn | 1 | 7 | 0 | 8 |
| Pennsbury | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Phoenixville | 10 | 6 | 12 | 28 |
| Pocopson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Sadsbury | 46 | 0 | 0 | 46 |
| Schuylkill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| South Coatesville | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| South Coventry | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Spring City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thornbury | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Tredyffrin | 9 | 35 | 171 | 215 |
| Upper Oxford | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Upper Uwchlan | 10 | 55 | 0 | 65 |
| Uwchlan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Valley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wallace | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Warwick | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| West Brandford | 50 | 66 | 0 | 116 |
| West Brandywine | 18 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| West Caln | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| West Chester | 1 | 28 | 0 | 29 |
| West Fallowfield | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| West Goshen | 33 | 20 | 0 | 53 |
| West Grove | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| West Marlborough | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| West Nantmeal | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| West Nottingham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| West Pikeland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| West Sadsbury | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| West Vincent | 12 | 5 | 0 | 17 |
| West Whiteland | 2 | 49 | 312 | 363 |
| Westtown | 10 | 6 | 0 | 16 |
| Willistown | 15 | 7 | 0 | 22 |
| Chester County | 531 | 586 | 615 | 1,732 |
