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Brevard County
Palm Bay

Housing permits · Florida

Palm Bay, FL building permits: new housing

2,515 new housing units permitted in the 12 months to September 2026, -5% on the year before, with $871M of construction value.

2,515
Housing units, last 12 months-5% vs. prior 12: $871M
Construction value: 11%
In 5+ unit buildings279 units: 21.5
Units per 1,000 residentspop. 116,932

New housing units permitted per month

Nearby places

Brevard County Unincorporated Area995
Melbourne559
Rockledge152
Titusville109
West Melbourne90
Cocoa72
Grant-Valkaria town62

Also see

Brevard County4,640
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville FL4,640
Florida159,666

In 5+ unit buildings All new housing units

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October 2024	593 units	350 in 5+ unit buildings
November 2024	280 units	64 in 5+ unit buildings
December 2024	193 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
January 2025	336 units	156 in 5+ unit buildings
February 2025	168 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
March 2025	157 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
April 2025	171 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
May 2025	127 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
June 2025	181 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
July 2025	256 units	96 in 5+ unit buildings
August 2025	174 units	32 in 5+ unit buildings
October 2025	188 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
November 2025	137 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
December 2025	415 units	263 in 5+ unit buildings
January 2026	134 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
February 2026	134 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
March 2026	224 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
April 2026	210 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
May 2026	181 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
June 2026	285 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
July 2026	224 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
August 2026	187 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
September 2026	196 units	16 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	2,236	2,236	$818M
2 units	0	0	—
3–4 units	0	0	—
5+ units	6	279	$52.4M

By year

Year	Housing units	In 5+ unit buildings	Value
2025	2,455	547	$746M
2024	3,062	654	$954M
2023	2,716	0	$1.1B

Key facts

Palm Bay, FL permitted 2,515 new privately owned housing units in the 12 months to September 2026, worth $870,819,450 in construction value.
That is -5% compared with the 12 months before (2,636 units).
2,236 were single-family homes and 279 were in apartment buildings with 5 or more units (6 buildings).
The average single-family home permitted was valued at $366,018.
In September 2026, the latest month published, 196 units were permitted.
It ranked #18 of 376 permit-issuing places in Florida by housing units permitted in the period.
In 2025, the full year, 2,455 units were permitted ($746M).

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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