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Housing permits · Arizona

Mesa, AZ building permits: new housing

1,893 new housing units permitted in the 12 months to September 2026, +23% on the year before, with $437M of construction value.

1,893
Housing units, last 12 months+23% vs. prior 12: $437M
Construction value: 60%
In 5+ unit buildings1,140 units: 3.6
Units per 1,000 residentspop. 528,159

New housing units permitted per month

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Goodyear2,100
Queen Creek town1,545
Apache Junction1,395
Maricopa County Unincorporated Area1,346
Peoria1,286
Scottsdale1,240
Tempe

In 5+ unit buildings All new housing units

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October 2024	133 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
November 2024	525 units	430 in 5+ unit buildings
December 2024	86 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
January 2025	129 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
February 2025	157 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
March 2025	119 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
April 2025	64 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
May 2025	56 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
June 2025	82 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
July 2025	58 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
August 2025	34 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
September 2025	91 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
October 2025	90 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
November 2025	63 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
December 2025	109 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
January 2026	56 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
February 2026	35 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
March 2026	72 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
April 2026	360 units	321 in 5+ unit buildings
May 2026	91 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
June 2026	253 units	176 in 5+ unit buildings
July 2026	224 units	164 in 5+ unit buildings
August 2026	519 units	479 in 5+ unit buildings
September 2026	21 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings

By building size

Last 12 months. Value is the construction cost reported on the permits.

Building size	Buildings	Units	Value
Single-family	729	729	$224M
2 units	12	24	$2.9M
3–4 units	0	0	—
5+ units	25	1,140	$210M

By year

Year	Housing units	In 5+ unit buildings	Value
2025	2,015	935	$469M
2024	2,735	1,343	$913M
2023	2,162	1,370	$657M

Key facts

Mesa, AZ permitted 1,893 new privately owned housing units in the 12 months to September 2026, worth $437,165,473 in construction value.
That is +23% compared with the 12 months before (1,534 units).
729 were single-family homes and 1,140 were in apartment buildings with 5 or more units (25 buildings).
The average single-family home permitted was valued at $307,274.
In September 2026, the latest month published, 21 units were permitted.
It ranked #6 of 105 permit-issuing places in Arizona by housing units permitted in the period.
In 2025, the full year, 2,015 units were permitted ($469M).

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, data through September 2026. New privately owned housing units authorized by building permits, including the Bureau’s estimates for places that didn’t report; commercial buildings and renovations are not counted. How we use it

Commercial permits in Mesa

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Maricopa County28,412
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler AZ35,810
Arizona45,980