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Housing permits · Missouri

St. Louis, MO building permits: new housing

326 new housing units permitted in the 12 months to September 2026, +44% on the year before, with $62M of construction value.

326
Housing units, last 12 months+44% vs. prior 12: $62M
Construction value: 82%
In 5+ unit buildings266 units: 1.1
Units per 1,000 residentspop. 297,645

New housing units permitted per month

Nearby places

OFallon490
Jefferson County Unincorporated Area487
University City388
St. Peters322
St. Louis County Unincorporated Area321
St. Charles318
Wentzville265
Lake St. Louis219
Washington210
Franklin County Unincorporated Area208

In 5+ unit buildings All new housing units

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October 2024	0 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
November 2024	2 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
December 2024	21 units	17 in 5+ unit buildings
January 2025	16 units	13 in 5+ unit buildings
February 2025	20 units	15 in 5+ unit buildings
March 2025	19 units	12 in 5+ unit buildings
April 2025	23 units	17 in 5+ unit buildings
May 2025	19 units	14 in 5+ unit buildings
June 2025	38 units	31 in 5+ unit buildings
July 2025	24 units	18 in 5+ unit buildings
August 2025	32 units	27 in 5+ unit buildings
September 2025	13 units	7 in 5+ unit buildings
October 2025	25 units	20 in 5+ unit buildings
November 2025	17 units	13 in 5+ unit buildings
December 2025	26 units	22 in 5+ unit buildings
January 2026	20 units	17 in 5+ unit buildings
February 2026	25 units	21 in 5+ unit buildings
March 2026	23 units	18 in 5+ unit buildings
April 2026	27 units	21 in 5+ unit buildings
May 2026	23 units	16 in 5+ unit buildings
June 2026	36 units	31 in 5+ unit buildings
July 2026	37 units	31 in 5+ unit buildings
August 2026	28 units	23 in 5+ unit buildings
September 2026	39 units	33 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	58	58	$12.8M
2 units	1	2	$243K
3–4 units	0	0	—
5+ units	13	266	$49M

By year

Year	Housing units	In 5+ unit buildings	Value
2025	272	209	$51.5M
2024	294	227	$55.7M
2023	278	205	$47.8M

Key facts

St. Louis, MO permitted 326 new privately owned housing units in the 12 months to September 2026, worth $62,024,758 in construction value.
That is +44% compared with the 12 months before (227 units).
58 were single-family homes and 266 were in apartment buildings with 5 or more units (13 buildings).
The average single-family home permitted was valued at $219,949.
In September 2026, the latest month published, 39 units were permitted.
It ranked #9 of 542 permit-issuing places in Missouri by housing units permitted in the period.
In 2025, the full year, 272 units were permitted ($51.5M).

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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203

St. Charles County Unincorporated Area192

Also see

St. Louis (Independent City)326
St. Louis MO-IL6,632
Missouri18,351