Philadelphia Building Permit Report Card
PA
C
Score: 66/100
Score Breakdown
Closure Rate85.7% (70% weight)
Year-over-Year Trend-5.8 pp (30% weight)
765,805
Total Permits
109,303
Open Permits
85.7%
Closure Rate
50,297
Stalled 5+ Years
Philadelphia's closure rate is 8.3 percentage points above the 77.4% average across all tracked cities.
How This Grade Is Calculated
The score combines closure rate (70% weight) and year-over-year trend (30% weight). Closure rate measures the percentage of rate-eligible permits (those older than one year) that have been closed. Trend measures the change in closure rate compared to the prior year, clamped to +/- 10 percentage points.
Grade scale: A (90+), B (75-89), C (60-74), D (40-59), F (below 40).