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Nueces County, TX

Residential building permits · 2015–2025

Housing units authorized (2025)
1,496
Construction valuation (2025)
$406,895,134
By structure type (2025)
1-unit 1,332 · 2-unit 18 · 3-4 4 · 5+ 142

Units authorized by year

YearUnitsValuation
20251,496$406,895,134
20241,645$445,089,536
20231,457$350,910,828
20221,522$372,632,788
20211,950$454,942,705
20201,557$359,166,010
20191,284$356,877,009
20181,167$213,451,107
2017820$148,968,897
20161,237$231,223,881
20151,217$216,546,236

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.