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Lancaster County
Lincoln

Housing permits · Nebraska

Lincoln, NE building permits: new housing

1,988 new housing units permitted in the 12 months to September 2026, -8% on the year before, with $462M of construction value.

1,988
Housing units, last 12 months-8% vs. prior 12: $462M
Construction value: 54%
In 5+ unit buildings1,064 units: 6.8
Units per 1,000 residentspop. 290,505

New housing units permitted per month

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Lancaster County2,108
Lincoln NE2,165
Nebraska10,639

In 5+ unit buildings All new housing units

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October 2024	105 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
November 2024	216 units	134 in 5+ unit buildings
December 2024	192 units	132 in 5+ unit buildings
January 2025	43 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
February 2025	71 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
March 2025	262 units	175 in 5+ unit buildings
April 2025	305 units	234 in 5+ unit buildings
May 2025	300 units	195 in 5+ unit buildings
June 2025	264 units	175 in 5+ unit buildings
July 2025	128 units	48 in 5+ unit buildings
August 2025	123 units	54 in 5+ unit buildings
September 2025	153 units	98 in 5+ unit buildings
October 2025	206 units	115 in 5+ unit buildings
November 2025	246 units	182 in 5+ unit buildings
December 2025	114 units	76 in 5+ unit buildings
January 2026	57 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
February 2026	81 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
March 2026	66 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
April 2026	179 units	102 in 5+ unit buildings
May 2026	225 units	144 in 5+ unit buildings
June 2026	254 units	156 in 5+ unit buildings
July 2026	207 units	108 in 5+ unit buildings
August 2026	136 units	49 in 5+ unit buildings
September 2026	217 units	132 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	924	924	$328M
2 units	0	0	—
3–4 units	0	0	—
5+ units	26	1,064	$134M

By year

Year	Housing units	In 5+ unit buildings	Value
2025	2,215	1,352	$476M
2024	1,730	777	$400M
2023	1,981	1,259	$438M

Key facts

Lincoln, NE permitted 1,988 new privately owned housing units in the 12 months to September 2026, worth $461,620,815 in construction value.
That is -8% compared with the 12 months before (2,162 units).
924 were single-family homes and 1,064 were in apartment buildings with 5 or more units (26 buildings).
The average single-family home permitted was valued at $354,495.
In September 2026, the latest month published, 217 units were permitted.
It ranked #2 of 404 permit-issuing places in Nebraska by housing units permitted in the period.
In 2025, the full year, 2,215 units were permitted ($476M).

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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