3 ZIP codes with 100 or more permits on homes in the City of Somerville, October 2023 through September 2026. 02144 is the busiest with 3,824 permits (34% of the 11,222 in Somerville). Each permit is counted at its property's ZIP code, for the 12 kinds of home work we track.
Busiest first. Top trade is the trade with the most permits in that ZIP code; contractors are distinct business names with at least one permit there. A ZIP code opens its page: permits by trade, the most active firms and usual filed values.
Source: City of Somerville permit applications (issued permits only). The window is October 2023 through September 2026.
Counted: permits on homes for the kinds of work we track (electrical, plumbing, remodel & repair, gas fitting, insulation & weatherization, roofing, HVAC & sheet metal, windows, doors & siding, solar, deck & porch, new home, addition) where the record names a contractor, placed by the ZIP code of the permit's address (or its parcel's). The pages with a ZIP code cover 10,359 of the 11,222 permits; 863 had no usable ZIP code.
Not counted: commercial work, trades we don't read, and owner-pulled permits. A ZIP code does not follow city or county lines; these count only permits in the City of Somerville.