HousingPermits

Metro area in Florida · part of the North Port-Bradenton, FL combined area

Punta Gorda, FL

The Punta Gorda metro area authorized an average of 4,507 new housing units a year in 2021–2025, the largest total of the 191 metro areas under 250,000 residents. Relative to population, the rate was 21.8 units per 1,000 residents a year in 2021–2025, the second-highest rate of the 387 US metro areas. Duplexes, triplexes and fourplexes supplied 7.7% of its units in 2021–2025, the highest share among the 22 metro areas based in Florida.

01,5003,0004,5006,0002004: 3,652 units (2,331 single-family, 210 in 2–4 unit, 1,111 in 5+ unit buildings)2005: 4,694 units (2,902 single-family, 462 in 2–4 unit, 1,330 in 5+ unit buildings)2006: 4,335 units (3,052 single-family, 431 in 2–4 unit, 852 in 5+ unit buildings)2007: 1,370 units (932 single-family, 206 in 2–4 unit, 232 in 5+ unit buildings)2008: 433 units (312 single-family, 90 in 2–4 unit, 31 in 5+ unit buildings)2009: 296 units (286 single-family, 10 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2010: 425 units (293 single-family, 132 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2011: 312 units (302 single-family, 10 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2012: 329 units (327 single-family, 2 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2013: 553 units (549 single-family, 4 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2014: 610 units (610 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2015: 1,129 units (947 single-family, 10 in 2–4 unit, 172 in 5+ unit buildings)2016: 665 units (657 single-family, 8 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2017: 1,297 units (1,251 single-family, 46 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2018: 2,068 units (1,932 single-family, 97 in 2–4 unit, 39 in 5+ unit buildings)2019: 2,329 units (2,075 single-family, 140 in 2–4 unit, 114 in 5+ unit buildings)2020: 2,933 units (2,381 single-family, 178 in 2–4 unit, 374 in 5+ unit buildings)2021: 4,830 units (3,435 single-family, 378 in 2–4 unit, 1,017 in 5+ unit buildings)2022: 5,676 units (4,637 single-family, 443 in 2–4 unit, 596 in 5+ unit buildings)2023: 4,429 units (3,804 single-family, 395 in 2–4 unit, 230 in 5+ unit buildings)2024: 4,585 units (3,583 single-family, 299 in 2–4 unit, 703 in 5+ unit buildings)2025: 3,015 units (2,571 single-family, 230 in 2–4 unit, 214 in 5+ unit buildings)200420072010201320162019202220252022 high · 5,6762009 low · 29602,0004,0006,0002004: 3,652 units (2,331 single-family, 210 in 2–4 unit, 1,111 in 5+ unit buildings)2005: 4,694 units (2,902 single-family, 462 in 2–4 unit, 1,330 in 5+ unit buildings)2006: 4,335 units (3,052 single-family, 431 in 2–4 unit, 852 in 5+ unit buildings)2007: 1,370 units (932 single-family, 206 in 2–4 unit, 232 in 5+ unit buildings)2008: 433 units (312 single-family, 90 in 2–4 unit, 31 in 5+ unit buildings)2009: 296 units (286 single-family, 10 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2010: 425 units (293 single-family, 132 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2011: 312 units (302 single-family, 10 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2012: 329 units (327 single-family, 2 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2013: 553 units (549 single-family, 4 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2014: 610 units (610 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2015: 1,129 units (947 single-family, 10 in 2–4 unit, 172 in 5+ unit buildings)2016: 665 units (657 single-family, 8 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2017: 1,297 units (1,251 single-family, 46 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2018: 2,068 units (1,932 single-family, 97 in 2–4 unit, 39 in 5+ unit buildings)2019: 2,329 units (2,075 single-family, 140 in 2–4 unit, 114 in 5+ unit buildings)2020: 2,933 units (2,381 single-family, 178 in 2–4 unit, 374 in 5+ unit buildings)2021: 4,830 units (3,435 single-family, 378 in 2–4 unit, 1,017 in 5+ unit buildings)2022: 5,676 units (4,637 single-family, 443 in 2–4 unit, 596 in 5+ unit buildings)2023: 4,429 units (3,804 single-family, 395 in 2–4 unit, 230 in 5+ unit buildings)2024: 4,585 units (3,583 single-family, 299 in 2–4 unit, 703 in 5+ unit buildings)2025: 3,015 units (2,571 single-family, 230 in 2–4 unit, 214 in 5+ unit buildings)2004200820122016202020252022 high · 5,676

Single-family2–4 units5+ units

Its population grew 16% between 2020 and 2025, the ninth-fastest growth among the 387 US metro areas.

Busiest permit offices

Across the metro area, 2 permit offices authorized new housing in 2021–2025. The busiest was Charlotte County (unincorporated), with 21,536 units or 96% of the total, followed by Punta Gorda with 999. Among the three largest, Punta Gorda put 42% of its units in five-plus buildings, Charlotte County (unincorporated) 11%.

  • Charlotte County (unincorporated)96% (21,536 units)
  • Punta Gorda4.4% (999 units)

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

Houses or apartments

In Punta Gorda, 80% of the units authorized in 2021–2025 were single-family houses and 12% were in buildings of five or more units, against 34% nationally. The closest match in building mix among the 386 other metro areas is Owensboro (12% in five-plus buildings). Apartment building has lost ground since 2004–2006, when the five-plus share was 26%. Units in five-plus buildings peaked in 2005 (1,330), single-family houses in 2022 (4,637).

2021–202580.0%80%7.7%12.2%12%2004–200665.3%65%8.7%9%26.0%26%US, 2021–202562.6%63%3.5%34.0%34%2021–202580.0%80%7.7%12.2%2004–200665.3%65%8.7%26.0%26%US, 2021–202562.6%63%3.5%34.0%34%

Boom, bust and since

Punta Gorda authorized the most units in 2022 (5,676); 2025 reached 53% of that. Its peak year is shared by 19 other metro areas, among them Athens, Joplin, Warner Robins. Annual permits fell from 4,694 during the mid-2000s boom to 296 in 2009, a drop of 94%. The nearest bust profile in the South Atlantic states was Dalton's (94%). The 2021–2025 pace of 4,507 units a year is 6.6% above the 2004–2006 pace. Permits rose 6 years in a row up to 2022. From 2024 to 2025 the count fell 34%.

The wider North Port-Bradenton region

The Census Bureau groups Punta Gorda with one neighboring metro area in the North Port-Bradenton, FL combined area. Metro areas in it authorized 20,549 units a year in 2021–2025 (micropolitan parts not counted); Punta Gorda accounted for 22%. The other, with its yearly average: North Port (16,042).

Similar in size

Metro area2004–20252025 unitsPer 1,000 a year5+ share
Columbia, MO8254.324%
Punta Gorda, FL3,01521.812%
Jacksonville, NC1,3726.65.1%
Johnson City, TN9154.918%
St. George, UT2,85715.316%

Rates and shares: 2021–2025.

Put Punta Gorda beside Jacksonville, NC

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