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Escambia County Unincorporated Area

Housing permits · Florida

Escambia County Unincorporated Area, FL building permits: new housing

1,553 new housing units permitted in the 12 months to September 2026, +33% on the year before, with $423M of construction value.

1,553
Housing units, last 12 months+33% vs. prior 12: $423M
Construction value: 2%
In 5+ unit buildings32 units: 5.8
Units per 1,000 residentspop. 267,349

New housing units permitted per month

Nearby places

Santa Rosa County2,160
Pensacola102

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Escambia County1,655
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent FL3,815
Florida159,666

In 5+ unit buildings All new housing units

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October 2024	137 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
November 2024	99 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
December 2024	70 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
January 2025	150 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
February 2025	208 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
March 2025	79 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
April 2025	62 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
May 2025	66 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
June 2025	88 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
July 2025	119 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
August 2025	93 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
October 2025	89 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
November 2025	121 units	32 in 5+ unit buildings
December 2025	98 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
January 2026	243 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
February 2026	140 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
March 2026	206 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
April 2026	149 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
May 2026	97 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
June 2026	80 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
July 2026	107 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
August 2026	103 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
September 2026	120 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	1,521	1,521	$422M
2 units	0	0	—
3–4 units	0	0	—
5+ units	1	32	$480K

By year

Year	Housing units	In 5+ unit buildings	Value
2025	1,310	32	$382M
2024	1,369	0	$409M
2023	1,009	0	$282M

Key facts

Escambia County Unincorporated Area, FL permitted 1,553 new privately owned housing units in the 12 months to September 2026, worth $422,752,124 in construction value.
That is +33% compared with the 12 months before (1,171 units).
1,521 were single-family homes and 32 were in apartment buildings with 5 or more units (1 buildings).
The average single-family home permitted was valued at $277,628.
In September 2026, the latest month published, 120 units were permitted.
It ranked #33 of 376 permit-issuing places in Florida by housing units permitted in the period.
In 2025, the full year, 1,310 units were permitted ($382M).

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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