Single-family housing units authorized by building permits in El Paso, TX

Single-family housing units authorized by building permits in El Paso, TX was 1,466 in 2025, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 10.8% from 2024. That is the 12th highest of 253 cities in 2025.

2025, count1,466 Estimated

Change on 2024-10.8%

Rank12th of 253Cities in Texas ranked

Series high2,9662011

Series low1,4662025

Next release: Friday, 4 June 2027, estimated by Invokely from past publication dates (medium confidence), not announced by the publisher. Release calendar

Single-family housing units authorized by building permits in El Paso, TX, 2007 to 2025

count. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey: final annual estimates of new privately owned housing units in 1-unit structures authorized by permit-issuing place, including imputation. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-05-14.

All 19 values

Period	count
2025	1,466 Estimated
2024	1,644 Estimated
2023	1,572 Estimated
2022	1,649 Estimated
2021	1,961 Estimated
2020	1,570 Estimated
2019	1,873 Estimated
2018	1,588 Estimated
2017	2,020 Estimated
2016	2,014 Estimated
2015	2,282 Estimated
2014	2,021 Estimated
2013	2,271 Estimated
2012	2,815 Estimated
2011	2,966 Estimated
2010	2,478 Estimated
2009	2,330 Estimated
2008	2,521 Estimated
2007	2,666 Estimated

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Definition

Annual number of new privately owned housing units in 1-unit structures (detached and attached single-family homes) authorized by building permits, from the US Census Bureau Building Permits Survey.

Part of building_permit_units, which also counts units in buildings with two or more units. Counts housing units, not starts, completions or sales.

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U.S. Census Bureau. Building Permits Survey: final annual estimates of new privately owned housing units in 1-unit structures 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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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). Building Permits Survey: final annual estimates of new privately owned housing units in 1-unit structures authorized by permit-issuing place, including imputation (Single-family housing units authorized by building permits, El Paso, TX, 2007 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/South%20Region/so2025a.txt

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Building Permits Survey: final annual estimates of new privately owned housing units in 1-unit structures authorized by permit-issuing place, including imputation, Single-family housing units authorized by building permits, El Paso, 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/single-family-building-permits/el-paso-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 in 1-unit structures authorized by permit-issuing place, including imputation. Single-family housing units authorized by building permits, El Paso, 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/single-family-building-permits/el-paso-tx.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2026) Building Permits Survey: final annual estimates of new privately owned housing units in 1-unit structures authorized by permit-issuing place, including imputation, Single-family housing units authorized by building permits, El Paso, TX, 2007 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/South%20Region/so2025a.txt, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/single-family-building-permits/el-paso-tx (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
  title = {{Building Permits Survey: final annual estimates of new privately owned housing units in 1-unit structures authorized by permit-issuing place, including imputation: Single-family housing units authorized by building permits, El Paso, TX, 2007 to 2025}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/South%20Region/so2025a.txt},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/single-family-building-permits/el-paso-tx. Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. Building Permits Survey: final annual estimates of new privately owned housing units in 1-unit structures 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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U.S. Census Bureau. Building Permits Survey: final annual estimates of new privately owned housing units in 1-unit structures authorized by permit-issuing place, including imputation. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest single-family housing units authorized by building permits in El Paso, TX?

2,966 in 2011, the highest value since 2007 in this series.

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