Housing units under construction
The estimated total number of privately owned new housing units under construction at the end of the month, across one-unit, two-to-four-unit, and five-or-more-unit structures.
Seasonally adjusted month-end stock of privately owned new housing units under construction, not a monthly flow or annual rate. Values count housing units, rather than buildings, and include the specified structure-size group. The latest month is preliminary and earlier estimates may be revised.
Key facts
- Housing units under construction in the United States was 1.27 million in August 2026, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
- Published for 1 places, with figures from February 1970 to August 2026.
Places with data
Countries
Use this data in your AI agent
Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:
Which places have the highest housing units under construction? Use official data and cite it.
rank_places {"indicator":"housing_units_under_construction","level":"country"}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=housing_units_under_construction&level=country