Single-family housing units authorized by building permits in Lancaster, CA

Single-family housing units authorized by building permits in Lancaster, CA was 440 in 2025, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 22.8% from 2024. That is the 23rd highest of 369 cities in 2025.

2025, count440 Estimated
Change on 2024-22.8%
Series high8062007
Series low912016

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

Get an email when a new figure is out or this one is revised.

Single-family housing units authorized by building permits in Lancaster, CA, 2007 to 2025

02004006008001,00020072010201320162019202220252007: 806 count2008: 296 count2009: 187 count2010: 277 count2011: 175 count2012: 192 count2013: 177 count2014: 93 count2015: 95 count2016: 91 count2017: 121 count2018: 102 count2019: 207 count2020: 297 count2021: 263 count2022: 112 count2023: 689 count2024: 570 count2025: 440 count
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
Periodcount
2025440 Estimated
2024570 Estimated
2023689 Estimated
2022112 Estimated
2021263 Estimated
2020297 Estimated
2019207 Estimated
2018102 Estimated
2017121 Estimated
201691 Estimated
201595 Estimated
201493 Estimated
2013177 Estimated
2012192 Estimated
2011175 Estimated
2010277 Estimated
2009187 Estimated
2008296 Estimated
2007806 Estimated

Rankings

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.

How to cite

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/West%20Region/we2025a.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Citation styles

The publisher is the author. Invokely is named only as the place the figures were read, where a style asks for it.

APA 7

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, Lancaster, CA, 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 in 1-unit structures authorized by permit-issuing place, including imputation, Single-family housing units authorized by building permits, Lancaster, CA, 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/single-family-building-permits/lancaster-ca. 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, Lancaster, CA, 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/single-family-building-permits/lancaster-ca.

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, Lancaster, CA, 2007 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/West%20Region/we2025a.txt, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/single-family-building-permits/lancaster-ca (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{census_single_family_housing_units_2025,
  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, Lancaster, CA, 2007 to 2025}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/West%20Region/we2025a.txt},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/single-family-building-permits/lancaster-ca. 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/West\%20Region/we2025a.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}
RIS
TY  - DATA
AU  - U.S. Census Bureau
TI  - 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, Lancaster, CA, 2007 to 2025
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/05/14
PB  - U.S. Census Bureau
DB  - Invokely
UR  - https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/West%20Region/we2025a.txt
L2  - https://invokely.ai/en/single-family-building-permits/lancaster-ca
Y2  - 2026/10/12
N1  - Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/single-family-building-permits/lancaster-ca.
N1  - 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/West%20Region/we2025a.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
ER  - 
Embed this chart

Paste this code into a web page or a blog post. The chart shows the latest figures as they are published, with the source and a link back to this page.

Sites that read oEmbed links, such as WordPress, can show the chart when you paste the link to this page.

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:

What is the latest single-family housing units authorized by building permits in Lancaster, CA? Cite the source.
get_value {"indicator":"building_permit_single_family_units","place":"us-place-0640130"}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/value?indicator=building_permit_single_family_units&place=us-place-0640130

Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor in one step. The trial answers 25 calls a day without an account.

Questions

What is the single-family housing units authorized by building permits in Lancaster, CA?

Single-family housing units authorized by building permits in Lancaster, CA was 440 in 2025, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 22.8% from 2024. That is the 23rd highest of 369 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 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 Lancaster, CA?

806 in 2007, the highest value since 2007 in this series.

Single-family housing units authorized by building permits elsewhere in California

Related statistics for Lancaster, CA

All statistics for Lancaster, CA | Lancaster, CA in figures