{"id":27014,"date":"2025-12-22T08:43:02","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T13:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=27014"},"modified":"2025-12-22T08:44:51","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T13:44:51","slug":"november-census-housing-starts-construction-pip-spending","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/blog\/november-census-housing-starts-construction-pip-spending\/","title":{"rendered":"November Update on Census Housing Starts and Construction Put-In-Place Spending"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With the U.S. Census Bureau continuing to face delays in releasing its construction spending and housing starts data due to the government shutdown, Dodge Construction Network\u2019s (Dodge) Economics team has developed independent estimates of what the Census likely would have reported in recent months. While the government has re-opened, Dodge is assuming that Census\u2019 data releases will remain delayed in the interim.<\/p>\n<p>As a trusted and long-standing resource in the industry, Dodge is well positioned to provide these estimates. Dodge supplies some of the inputs used in the Census\u2019 own construction spending calculations and has collected detailed construction starts data for decades. Our data collection methodology is nearly identical to Census in the case of single-family homes, while our broader dataset is directly tied to individually tracked construction projects. We monitor their progress from their earliest stages of planning until shovels break ground, at which point they are officially labeled a \u201cconstruction start\u201d, a term originally coined by Dodge.<\/p>\n<p>While our data reporting categories usually differ from Census, these estimates follow Census\u2019 conventions to ensure consistency and clarity during this period without official federal data.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Housing Starts<\/strong><br \/>\nDodge estimates that Census privately-owned housing starts in November were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,408,000. This is 1.7 percent (\u00b110.7 percent)* above Dodge\u2019s September estimate of 1, 384,000 and is 8.7 percent (\u00b19.7 percent)* above the November 2024 rate of 1,295,000.<\/p>\n<p>Single-family housing starts in November were at a rate of 1,007,000; this is 5.8 percent (\u00b18.2 percent)* above Dodge\u2019s revised October figure of 952,000. The November rate for units in buildings with five units or more was 378,000.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27016\" src=\"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Image-12-19-25-at-2.59-PM.jpeg\" alt=\"Table 1\" width=\"623\" height=\"506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Image-12-19-25-at-2.59-PM.jpeg 623w, https:\/\/www.construction.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Image-12-19-25-at-2.59-PM-300x244.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 623px) 100vw, 623px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Total Construction Put-in-Place Spending<\/strong><br \/>\nDodge estimates that Census construction spending during October 2025 was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $2,187.6 billion, 0.3 percent (\u00b10.8 percent)* above Dodge\u2019s revised September estimate of $2,180.1 billion. The October figure is 0.4 percent (\u00b11.5 percent) below Census\u2019s October 2024 estimate of $2,197.1 billion.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-27017 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Image-12-22-25-at-7.41-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"Image 12 22 25 At 7.41 AM\" width=\"949\" height=\"509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Image-12-22-25-at-7.41-AM.jpeg 949w, https:\/\/www.construction.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Image-12-22-25-at-7.41-AM-300x161.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 949px) 100vw, 949px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Dodge maintains a digitized database of historical construction starts dating back to 1967 and provides forecasts for construction starts, spending, and building stock across more than 20 construction categories. Our commercial construction starts data serves as a primary input for the U.S. Census Bureau\u2019s Construction Put-in-Place (spending) calculations.<\/p>\n<p>For more monthly insights on construction activity across key sectors, explore our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/construction-news\/\">latest industry reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":27016,"template":"","class_list":["post-27014","blog","type-blog","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>November Update on Census Housing Starts and Construction Put-In-Place Spending | Dodge Construction Network<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/blog\/november-census-housing-starts-construction-pip-spending\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"November Update on Census Housing Starts and Construction Put-In-Place Spending | Dodge Construction Network\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"With the U.S. Census Bureau continuing to face delays in releasing its construction spending and housing starts data due to the government shutdown, Dodge Construction Network\u2019s (Dodge) Economics team has developed independent estimates of what the Census likely would have reported in recent months. 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