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Housing permits · Texas

Galveston, TX building permits: new housing

244 new housing units permitted in the 12 months to September 2026, -3% on the year before, with $63.2M of construction value.

244
Housing units, last 12 months-3% vs. prior 12: $63.2M
Construction value: 0%
In 5+ unit buildings0 units: 4.9
Units per 1,000 residentspop. 50,085

New housing units permitted per month

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In 5+ unit buildings All new housing units

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October 2024	25 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
November 2024	20 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
December 2024	21 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
January 2025	23 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
February 2025	24 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
March 2025	27 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
April 2025	25 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
May 2025	23 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
June 2025	21 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
July 2025	22 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
August 2025	20 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
October 2025	18 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
November 2025	16 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
December 2025	17 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
January 2026	17 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
February 2026	21 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
March 2026	24 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
April 2026	24 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
May 2026	23 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
June 2026	23 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
July 2026	23 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
August 2026	20 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
September 2026	18 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	244	244	$63.2M
2 units	0	0	—
3–4 units	0	0	—
5+ units	0	0	—

By year

Year	Housing units	In 5+ unit buildings	Value
2025	254	0	$66.1M
2024	279	0	$71.7M
2023	289	0	$77.6M

Key facts

Galveston, TX permitted 244 new privately owned housing units in the 12 months to September 2026, worth $63,151,778 in construction value.
That is -3% compared with the 12 months before (251 units).
244 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 $258,819.
In September 2026, the latest month published, 18 units were permitted.
It ranked #124 of 990 permit-issuing places in Texas by housing units permitted in the period.
In 2025, the full year, 254 units were permitted ($66.1M).

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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