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Lubbock County, TX

Name: Building Permits — Lubbock County, TX
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Residential building permits · 2015–2025

Housing units authorized (2025): 2,858
Construction valuation (2025): $756,233,143
By structure type (2025): 1-unit 2,035 · 2-unit 10 · 3-4 24 · 5+ 789

Units authorized by year

Year	Units	Valuation
2025	2,858	$756,233,143
2024	2,209	$568,365,927
2023	2,514	$529,802,702
2022	3,275	$657,013,325
2021	3,402	$730,008,200
2020	3,851	$602,527,501
2019	2,252	$399,980,926
2018	1,479	$325,529,772
2017	2,387	$438,659,887
2016	2,638	$450,024,834
2015	1,850	$306,712,854

The Census Building Permits Survey counts new privately-owned housing units authorized by building permits — a leading indicator of housing supply. "1-unit" is single-family; "5+ units" is larger multifamily. Figures are imputation-adjusted to cover permit offices that did not report.

Source: Census Building Permits Survey. License: CC0 1.0.