HousingPermits

Metro area in Georgia

Brunswick-St. Simons, GA

The Brunswick-St. Simons metro area authorized 631 new housing units in 2025. Permits fell 32% between 2024 and 2025, the steepest decline among the 14 metro areas based in Georgia. Duplexes, triplexes and fourplexes supplied 9.9% of its units in 2021–2025, the third-highest share among the 81 metro areas based in the South Atlantic states.

05001,0001,5002,0002004: 1,104 units (975 single-family, 18 in 2–4 unit, 111 in 5+ unit buildings)2005: 1,277 units (1,197 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 80 in 5+ unit buildings)2006: 1,226 units (1,212 single-family, 2 in 2–4 unit, 12 in 5+ unit buildings)2007: 835 units (829 single-family, 6 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2008: 502 units (502 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2009: 394 units (394 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2010: 404 units (404 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2011: 396 units (396 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2012: 464 units (464 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2013: 444 units (444 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2014: 462 units (462 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2015: 535 units (535 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2016: 526 units (526 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2017: 618 units (604 single-family, 4 in 2–4 unit, 10 in 5+ unit buildings)2018: 652 units (640 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 12 in 5+ unit buildings)2019: 460 units (437 single-family, 10 in 2–4 unit, 13 in 5+ unit buildings)2020: 542 units (457 single-family, 39 in 2–4 unit, 46 in 5+ unit buildings)2021: 723 units (691 single-family, 12 in 2–4 unit, 20 in 5+ unit buildings)2022: 1,568 units (880 single-family, 151 in 2–4 unit, 537 in 5+ unit buildings)2023: 786 units (562 single-family, 132 in 2–4 unit, 92 in 5+ unit buildings)2024: 922 units (654 single-family, 132 in 2–4 unit, 136 in 5+ unit buildings)2025: 631 units (599 single-family, 32 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)200420072010201320162019202220252022 high · 1,5682009 low · 39406001,2001,8002004: 1,104 units (975 single-family, 18 in 2–4 unit, 111 in 5+ unit buildings)2005: 1,277 units (1,197 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 80 in 5+ unit buildings)2006: 1,226 units (1,212 single-family, 2 in 2–4 unit, 12 in 5+ unit buildings)2007: 835 units (829 single-family, 6 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2008: 502 units (502 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2009: 394 units (394 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2010: 404 units (404 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2011: 396 units (396 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2012: 464 units (464 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2013: 444 units (444 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2014: 462 units (462 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2015: 535 units (535 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2016: 526 units (526 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2017: 618 units (604 single-family, 4 in 2–4 unit, 10 in 5+ unit buildings)2018: 652 units (640 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 12 in 5+ unit buildings)2019: 460 units (437 single-family, 10 in 2–4 unit, 13 in 5+ unit buildings)2020: 542 units (457 single-family, 39 in 2–4 unit, 46 in 5+ unit buildings)2021: 723 units (691 single-family, 12 in 2–4 unit, 20 in 5+ unit buildings)2022: 1,568 units (880 single-family, 151 in 2–4 unit, 537 in 5+ unit buildings)2023: 786 units (562 single-family, 132 in 2–4 unit, 92 in 5+ unit buildings)2024: 922 units (654 single-family, 132 in 2–4 unit, 136 in 5+ unit buildings)2025: 631 units (599 single-family, 32 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2004200820122016202020252022 high · 1,568

Single-family2–4 units5+ units

Busiest permit offices

Across the metro area, 6 permit offices authorized new housing in 2021–2025. The busiest was Glynn County, with 3,725 units or 80% of the total, followed by McIntosh County (unincorporated) with 393. Among the three largest, Glynn County put 21% of its units in five-plus buildings, McIntosh County (unincorporated) 0%.

  • Glynn County80% (3,725 units)
  • McIntosh County (unincorporated)8.5% (393 units)
  • Brantley County (unincorporated)5.4% (250 units)
  • Darien4.3% (201 units)
  • Nahunta1.2% (55 units)
  • Hoboken0.1% (6 units)

Share of the units authorized in the metro area, 2021–2025.

Relative to population

With 118,524 residents in July 2025, Brunswick authorized 8.0 units per 1,000 residents a year in 2021–2025, 1.7 times the national 4.7. The metro areas with the nearest rates are Palm Bay (8.2) and Lubbock (8.0).

Houses or apartments

In Brunswick, 73% of the units authorized in 2021–2025 were single-family houses and 17% were in buildings of five or more units, against 34% nationally. The closest match in building mix among the 386 other metro areas is Columbia, SC (17% in five-plus buildings). That share has risen sharply since 2004–2006, when it stood at 5.6%. Units in five-plus buildings peaked in 2022 (537), single-family houses in 2006 (1,212).

2021–202573.1%73%9.9%10%17.0%17%2004–200693.8%94%0.6%5.6%US, 2021–202562.6%63%3.5%34.0%34%2021–202573.1%73%9.9%17.0%17%2004–200693.8%94%0.6%5.6%US, 2021–202562.6%63%3.5%34.0%34%

Boom, bust and since

Brunswick authorized the most units in 2022 (1,568); 2025 reached 40% of that. Its peak year is shared by 19 other metro areas, among them Cheyenne, Jonesboro, Great Falls. Annual permits fell from 1,277 during the mid-2000s boom to 394 in 2009, a drop of 69%. The nearest bust profile in the South Atlantic states was Pinehurst's (69%). The 2021–2025 pace of 926 units a year is 23% below the 2004–2006 pace.

Where in the metro

Glynn County accounted for 80% of the metro area's units in 2021–2025, McIntosh County for 13%.

  • Glynn County80% (448 in 2025)
  • McIntosh County13% (106 in 2025)
  • Brantley County6.7% (77 in 2025)

Similar in size

Metro area2004–20252025 unitsPer 1,000 a year5+ share
Farmington, NM800.82.5%
Altoona, PA860.814%
St. Joseph, MO-KS590.74.5%
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA6318.017%
Sheboygan, WI3642.841%

Rates and shares: 2021–2025.

Put Brunswick beside Sheboygan

Every yearly figure behind the chart, split by building size: yearly-units.csv. State view: Georgia. Counting rules.