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Sioux Falls

Housing permits · South Dakota

Sioux Falls, SD building permits: new housing

2,120 new housing units permitted in the 12 months to September 2026, +25% on the year before, with $410M of construction value.

2,120
Housing units, last 12 months+25% vs. prior 12: $410M
Construction value: 68%
In 5+ unit buildings1,446 units: 13.5
Units per 1,000 residentspop. 157,584

New housing units permitted per month

Nearby places

Harrisburg197
Brandon101
Tea88
Lincoln County Unincorporated Area54

Also see

Minnehaha County2,348
Sioux Falls SD-MN2,837
South Dakota6,016

In 5+ unit buildings All new housing units

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October 2024	114 units	48 in 5+ unit buildings
November 2024	65 units	30 in 5+ unit buildings
December 2024	163 units	136 in 5+ unit buildings
January 2025	202 units	190 in 5+ unit buildings
February 2025	22 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
March 2025	121 units	49 in 5+ unit buildings
April 2025	124 units	24 in 5+ unit buildings
May 2025	137 units	44 in 5+ unit buildings
June 2025	272 units	176 in 5+ unit buildings
July 2025	88 units	20 in 5+ unit buildings
August 2025	245 units	163 in 5+ unit buildings
September 2025	138 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
October 2025	161 units	72 in 5+ unit buildings
November 2025	45 units	10 in 5+ unit buildings
December 2025	279 units	238 in 5+ unit buildings
January 2026	19 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
February 2026	291 units	262 in 5+ unit buildings
March 2026	42 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
April 2026	86 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
May 2026	84 units	29 in 5+ unit buildings
June 2026	438 units	380 in 5+ unit buildings
July 2026	331 units	257 in 5+ unit buildings
August 2026	189 units	103 in 5+ unit buildings
September 2026	155 units	95 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	630	630	$177M
2 units	4	8	$1.4M
3–4 units	9	36	$6M
5+ units	78	1,446	$226M

By year

Year	Housing units	In 5+ unit buildings	Value
2025	1,834	986	$362M
2024	2,119	1,217	$383M
2023	2,736	1,980	$423M

Key facts

Sioux Falls, SD permitted 2,120 new privately owned housing units in the 12 months to September 2026, worth $410,159,861 in construction value.
That is +25% compared with the 12 months before (1,691 units).
630 were single-family homes and 1,446 were in apartment buildings with 5 or more units (78 buildings).
The average single-family home permitted was valued at $281,271.
In September 2026, the latest month published, 155 units were permitted.
It ranked #1 of 266 permit-issuing places in South Dakota by housing units permitted in the period.
In 2025, the full year, 1,834 units were permitted ($362M).

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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