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Modesto

Housing permits · California

Modesto, CA building permits: new housing

799 new housing units permitted in the 12 months to September 2026, +197% on the year before, with $128M of construction value.

799
Housing units, last 12 months+197% vs. prior 12: $128M
Construction value: 49%
In 5+ unit buildings392 units: 3.7
Units per 1,000 residentspop. 215,666

New housing units permitted per month

Nearby places

Riverbank219
Patterson144
Turlock118
Stanislaus County Unincorporated Area110
Oakdale99
Hughson59
Ceres4

Also see

Stanislaus County1,566
Modesto CA1,566
California111,592

In 5+ unit buildings All new housing units

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October 2024	10 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
November 2024	12 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
December 2024	26 units	12 in 5+ unit buildings
January 2025	27 units	12 in 5+ unit buildings
February 2025	3 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
March 2025	26 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
April 2025	9 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
May 2025	10 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
June 2025	28 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
July 2025	49 units	36 in 5+ unit buildings
August 2025	54 units	36 in 5+ unit buildings
September 2025	15 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
October 2025	43 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
November 2025	224 units	216 in 5+ unit buildings
December 2025	24 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
January 2026	46 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
February 2026	30 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
March 2026	155 units	84 in 5+ unit buildings
April 2026	36 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
May 2026	55 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
June 2026	47 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
July 2026	38 units	22 in 5+ unit buildings
August 2026	53 units	38 in 5+ unit buildings
September 2026	48 units	32 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	405	405	$76.5M
2 units	1	2	$200K
3–4 units	0	0	—
5+ units	12	392	$51M

By year

Year	Housing units	In 5+ unit buildings	Value
2025	512	300	$62.3M
2024	173	12	$25.8M
2023	273	60	$36.1M

Key facts

Modesto, CA permitted 799 new privately owned housing units in the 12 months to September 2026, worth $127,653,162 in construction value.
That is +197% compared with the 12 months before (269 units).
405 were single-family homes and 392 were in apartment buildings with 5 or more units (12 buildings).
The average single-family home permitted was valued at $188,885.
In September 2026, the latest month published, 48 units were permitted.
It ranked #26 of 521 permit-issuing places in California by housing units permitted in the period.
In 2025, the full year, 512 units were permitted ($62.3M).

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

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