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Housing units authorized by building permits in Tempe, AZ

Housing units authorized by building permits in Tempe, AZ was 1,287 in 2025, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is up 19.7% from 2024. That is the 9th highest of 44 cities in 2025.

2025, count1,287 Estimated
Change on 2024+19.7%
Rank9th of 44Cities in Arizona ranked
Series high2,1202014
Series low2622009

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Housing units authorized by building permits in Tempe, AZ, 2007 to 2025

05001,0001,5002,0002,50020072010201320162019202220252007: 1,412 count2008: 917 count2009: 262 count2010: 296 count2011: 467 count2012: 417 count2013: 948 count2014: 2,120 count2015: 938 count2016: 1,585 count2017: 708 count2018: 1,760 count2019: 1,401 count2020: 1,339 count2021: 1,758 count2022: 1,745 count2023: 1,496 count2024: 1,075 count2025: 1,287 count
count. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-05-14.
All 19 values
Periodcount
20251,287 Estimated
20241,075 Estimated
20231,496 Estimated
20221,745 Estimated
20211,758 Estimated
20201,339 Estimated
20191,401 Estimated
20181,760 Estimated
2017708 Estimated
20161,585 Estimated
2015938 Estimated
20142,120 Estimated
2013948 Estimated
2012417 Estimated
2011467 Estimated
2010296 Estimated
2009262 Estimated
2008917 Estimated
20071,412 Estimated

Compared with Arizona and United States

Place2025
Tempe, AZ1,287
Arizona51,532
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/West%20Region/we2025a.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, Tempe, AZ, 2007 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/West%20Region/we2025a.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, Tempe, AZ, 2007 to 2025. U.S. Census Bureau, 14 May 2026, https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/West%20Region/we2025a.txt. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/building-permit-housing-units/tempe-az. 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, Tempe, AZ, 2007 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/West%20Region/we2025a.txt. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/building-permit-housing-units/tempe-az.

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, Tempe, AZ, 2007 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/West%20Region/we2025a.txt, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/building-permit-housing-units/tempe-az (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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What is the housing units authorized by building permits in Tempe, AZ?

Housing units authorized by building permits in Tempe, AZ was 1,287 in 2025, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is up 19.7% from 2024. That is the 9th highest of 44 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 Tempe, AZ?

2,120 in 2014, the highest value since 2007 in this series.

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