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Travis County, TX

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

Housing units authorized (2025): 15,059
Construction valuation (2025): $2,803,234,791
By structure type (2025): 1-unit 4,727 · 2-unit 478 · 3-4 74 · 5+ 9,780

Units authorized by year

Year	Units	Valuation
2025	15,059	$2,803,234,791
2024	16,990	$3,037,374,259
2023	23,148	$3,243,951,634
2022	25,870	$4,896,015,728
2021	29,052	$4,755,409,290
2020	27,110	$3,994,542,877
2019	21,417	$3,534,671,589
2018	19,520	$3,023,092,292
2017	16,729	$2,436,027,792
2016	13,503	$2,211,377,066
2015	13,824	$2,102,535,213

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.