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Housing units authorized by building permits in Austin, TX

Housing units authorized by building permits in Austin, TX was 8,893 in 2025, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 5.8% from 2024. That is the 3rd highest of 253 cities in 2025.

2025, count8,893 Estimated
Change on 2024-5.8%
Rank3rd of 253Cities in Texas ranked
Series high18,7222021
Series low2,7742010

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Housing units authorized by building permits in Austin, TX, 2007 to 2025

05,00010K15K20K20072010201320162019202220252007: 7,771 count2008: 4,379 count2009: 3,539 count2010: 2,774 count2011: 4,178 count2012: 10,210 count2013: 11,834 count2014: 9,442 count2015: 10,104 count2016: 8,903 count2017: 11,579 count2018: 13,283 count2019: 14,709 count2020: 17,690 count2021: 18,722 count2022: 18,446 count2023: 13,684 count2024: 9,444 count2025: 8,893 count
count. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-05-14.
All 19 values
Periodcount
20258,893 Estimated
20249,444 Estimated
202313,684 Estimated
202218,446 Estimated
202118,722 Estimated
202017,690 Estimated
201914,709 Estimated
201813,283 Estimated
201711,579 Estimated
20168,903 Estimated
201510,104 Estimated
20149,442 Estimated
201311,834 Estimated
201210,210 Estimated
20114,178 Estimated
20102,774 Estimated
20093,539 Estimated
20084,379 Estimated
20077,771 Estimated

Compared with Texas and United States

Place2025
Austin, TX8,893
Texas210,217
United States1,431,616

Rankings

Definition

Number of new privately owned housing units authorized by building permits in the year or month, from the US Census Bureau Building Permits Survey. Annual totals for the nation, states and counties; monthly counts for the nation and states.

Counts housing units, not buildings, starts, completions or sales. Monthly counts are not seasonally adjusted and do not add up exactly to the annual total, which includes later corrections; the national seasonally adjusted annual rate in the monthly New Residential Construction release is a different measure.

How to cite

U.S. Census Bureau. Building Permits Survey: final annual estimates of new privately owned housing units authorized by permit-issuing place, including imputation. https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/South%20Region/so2025a.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). Building Permits Survey: final annual estimates of new privately owned housing units authorized by permit-issuing place, including imputation (Housing units authorized by building permits, Austin, TX, 2007 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/South%20Region/so2025a.txt

MLA 9

Building Permits Survey: final annual estimates of new privately owned housing units authorized by permit-issuing place, including imputation, Housing units authorized by building permits, Austin, TX, 2007 to 2025. U.S. Census Bureau, 14 May 2026, https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/South%20Region/so2025a.txt. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/building-permit-housing-units/austin-tx. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. Building Permits Survey: final annual estimates of new privately owned housing units authorized by permit-issuing place, including imputation. Housing units authorized by building permits, Austin, TX, 2007 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/South%20Region/so2025a.txt. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/building-permit-housing-units/austin-tx.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2026) Building Permits Survey: final annual estimates of new privately owned housing units authorized by permit-issuing place, including imputation, Housing units authorized by building permits, Austin, TX, 2007 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/South%20Region/so2025a.txt, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/building-permit-housing-units/austin-tx (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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What is the housing units authorized by building permits in Austin, TX?

Housing units authorized by building permits in Austin, TX was 8,893 in 2025, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 5.8% from 2024. That is the 3rd highest of 253 cities in 2025.

Where does this figure come from?

U.S. Census Bureau. Building Permits Survey: final annual estimates of new privately owned housing units authorized by permit-issuing place, including imputation. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest housing units authorized by building permits in Austin, TX?

18,722 in 2021, the highest value since 2007 in this series.

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