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Cameron County
Harlingen

Housing permits · Texas

Harlingen, TX building permits: new housing

335 new housing units permitted in the 12 months to September 2026, +10% on the year before, with $50.4M of construction value.

335
Housing units, last 12 months+10% vs. prior 12: $50.4M
Construction value: 15%
In 5+ unit buildings51 units: 5.1
Units per 1,000 residentspop. 65,176

New housing units permitted per month

Nearby places

Brownsville1,099
Cameron County Unincorporated Area334
Starbase150
San Benito98
Los Fresnos94
La Feria88
Port Isabel54

Also see

Cameron County2,407
Brownsville-Harlingen TX2,407
Texas192,688

In 5+ unit buildings All new housing units

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October 2024	23 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
November 2024	22 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
December 2024	15 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
January 2025	16 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
February 2025	30 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
March 2025	22 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
April 2025	64 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
May 2025	41 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
June 2025	30 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
July 2025	21 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
August 2025	20 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
October 2025	33 units	7 in 5+ unit buildings
November 2025	26 units	6 in 5+ unit buildings
December 2025	27 units	9 in 5+ unit buildings
January 2026	23 units	5 in 5+ unit buildings
February 2026	32 units	9 in 5+ unit buildings
March 2026	30 units	5 in 5+ unit buildings
April 2026	29 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
May 2026	27 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
June 2026	27 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
July 2026	31 units	5 in 5+ unit buildings
August 2026	23 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
September 2026	27 units	5 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	212	212	$39.6M
2 units	33	66	$7.8M
3–4 units	2	6	$371K
5+ units	8	51	$2.6M

By year

Year	Housing units	In 5+ unit buildings	Value
2025	361	32	$54.5M
2024	413	88	$59.7M
2023	247	0	$55M

Key facts

Harlingen, TX permitted 335 new privately owned housing units in the 12 months to September 2026, worth $50,379,642 in construction value.
That is +10% compared with the 12 months before (304 units).
212 were single-family homes and 51 were in apartment buildings with 5 or more units (8 buildings).
The average single-family home permitted was valued at $186,561.
In September 2026, the latest month published, 27 units were permitted.
It ranked #98 of 990 permit-issuing places in Texas by housing units permitted in the period.
In 2025, the full year, 361 units were permitted ($54.5M).

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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