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Savannah

Housing permits · Georgia

Savannah, GA building permits: new housing

516 new housing units permitted in the 12 months to September 2026, -4% on the year before, with $132M of construction value.

516
Housing units, last 12 months-4% vs. prior 12: $132M
Construction value: 0%
In 5+ unit buildings0 units: 3.6
Units per 1,000 residentspop. 143,632

New housing units permitted per month

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Port Wentworth1,792
Richmond Hill729
Pooler695
Effingham County Unincorporated Area482
Chatham County Unincorporated Area411
Bryan County Unincorporated Area233
Rincon61
Garden City56

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Chatham County3,531
Savannah GA

In 5+ unit buildings All new housing units

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October 2024	53 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
November 2024	41 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
December 2024	46 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
January 2025	51 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
February 2025	53 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
March 2025	56 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
April 2025	51 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
May 2025	51 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
June 2025	47 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
July 2025	48 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
August 2025	41 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
October 2025	42 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
November 2025	33 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
December 2025	36 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
January 2026	38 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
February 2026	40 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
March 2026	46 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
April 2026	49 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
May 2026	47 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
June 2026	52 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
July 2026	51 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
August 2026	43 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
September 2026	39 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	506	506	$131M
2 units	5	10	$1M
3–4 units	0	0	—
5+ units	0	0	—

By year

Year	Housing units	In 5+ unit buildings	Value
2025	550	0	$140M
2024	579	0	$147M
2023	601	0	$155M

Key facts

Savannah, GA permitted 516 new privately owned housing units in the 12 months to September 2026, worth $131,550,648 in construction value.
That is -4% compared with the 12 months before (538 units).
506 were single-family homes and 0 were in apartment buildings with 5 or more units (0 buildings).
The average single-family home permitted was valued at $257,980.
In September 2026, the latest month published, 39 units were permitted.
It ranked #26 of 458 permit-issuing places in Georgia by housing units permitted in the period.
In 2025, the full year, 550 units were permitted ($140M).

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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