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Matagorda County, TX

Residential building permits · 2015–2025

Housing units authorized (2025)
300
Construction valuation (2025)
$64,299,332
By structure type (2025)
1-unit 251 · 2-unit 0 · 3-4 0 · 5+ 49

Units authorized by year

YearUnitsValuation
2025300$64,299,332
2024153$32,994,640
2023154$32,191,599
2022225$50,379,887
2021506$52,369,098
2020176$23,478,719
2019156$25,507,501
2018168$28,919,888
2017153$22,842,606
201682$24,097,574
201585$21,634,007

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.