Atwater / Silver Lake ADUs: what the permit data says
Atwater / Silver Lake has seen 551 ADU building permits issued since 2020, No. 19 in the City of Los Angeles. The count covers zip 90039.
Atwater / Silver Lake keeps it compact: 44% of its ADU permits issued since 2020 are for units under 500 sf, versus 33% citywide.
ADU permits issued by year
ADU building permits issued in Atwater / Silver Lake (90039), by year
so far
How Atwater / Silver Lake builds
ADU types on permits issued in Atwater / Silver Lake since 2020
ADU types are classified from the free-text work description on each permit, and 31.0% of permits here could not be classified.
How big they build
Atwater / Silver Lake
Citywide
Permit records do not include bedroom counts, so we report sizes, not bedrooms.
$50,000
median declared valuation on permits (not market cost)
45.4%
have a Certificate of Occupancy so far (recent permits are still in progress)
2022
busiest full year, with 100 ADU permits issued
What this means
Counts are permits issued, not completed homes; some of these projects are still under construction and some will never break ground. The counts cover the City of LA portion of zip 90039, so anything outside city limits is not included. The busiest full year so far was 2022, with 100 ADU permits issued; the 2026 count runs through July only.
Count your backyard in.
Free test fit: could one fit behind your house? Test fits are quick estimates; humans verify before anything moves forward.
The Census Bulletin tracks these numbers on the A-du blog.
Source: LADBS permits, LA City Open Data. Issued Jan 2020 to Jul 2026. Pulled Jul 30, 2026.