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Carmel

Housing permits · Indiana

Carmel, IN building permits: new housing

971 new housing units permitted in the 12 months to September 2026, +24% on the year before, with $279M of construction value.

971
Housing units, last 12 months+24% vs. prior 12: $279M
Construction value: 83%
In 5+ unit buildings804 units: 9.6
Units per 1,000 residentspop. 101,643

New housing units permitted per month

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In 5+ unit buildings All new housing units

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October 2024	23 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
November 2024	15 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
December 2024	378 units	367 in 5+ unit buildings
January 2025	16 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
February 2025	46 units	24 in 5+ unit buildings
March 2025	40 units	22 in 5+ unit buildings
April 2025	39 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
May 2025	81 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
June 2025	15 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
July 2025	10 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
August 2025	15 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
September 2025	102 units	11 in 5+ unit buildings
October 2025	122 units	113 in 5+ unit buildings
November 2025	16 units	5 in 5+ unit buildings
December 2025	12 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
January 2026	170 units	170 in 5+ unit buildings
February 2026	14 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
March 2026	115 units	64 in 5+ unit buildings
April 2026	359 units	348 in 5+ unit buildings
May 2026	39 units	27 in 5+ unit buildings
June 2026	36 units	24 in 5+ unit buildings
July 2026	15 units	5 in 5+ unit buildings
August 2026	16 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
September 2026	57 units	48 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	163	163	$138M
2 units	0	0	—
3–4 units	1	4	$2.7M
5+ units	28	804	$139M

By year

Year	Housing units	In 5+ unit buildings	Value
2025	514	175	$260M
2024	1,291	936	$410M
2023	994	675	$377M

Key facts

Carmel, IN permitted 971 new privately owned housing units in the 12 months to September 2026, worth $279,329,644 in construction value.
That is +24% compared with the 12 months before (780 units).
163 were single-family homes and 804 were in apartment buildings with 5 or more units (28 buildings).
The average single-family home permitted was valued at $846,727.
In September 2026, the latest month published, 57 units were permitted.
It ranked #5 of 337 permit-issuing places in Indiana by housing units permitted in the period.
In 2025, the full year, 514 units were permitted ($260M).

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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Hamilton County5,502
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood IN13,073
Indiana27,901