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Tarrant County, TX

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

Housing units authorized (2025): 13,924
Construction valuation (2025): $3,510,575,098
By structure type (2025): 1-unit 8,658 · 2-unit 294 · 3-4 308 · 5+ 4,664

Units authorized by year

Year	Units	Valuation
2025	13,924	$3,510,575,098
2024	18,858	$4,108,572,606
2023	14,039	$2,882,178,046
2022	18,198	$3,197,403,644
2021	18,169	$3,463,369,912
2020	14,224	$2,736,915,947
2019	16,983	$3,361,971,016
2018	14,459	$2,723,193,598
2017	13,252	$2,382,332,557
2016	12,506	$2,113,588,429
2015	8,984	$1,963,387,676

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.