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Lubbock

Housing permits · Texas

Lubbock, TX building permits: new housing

1,870 new housing units permitted in the 12 months to September 2026, -12% on the year before, with $496M of construction value.

1,870
Housing units, last 12 months-12% vs. prior 12: $496M
Construction value: 19%
In 5+ unit buildings351 units: 7.1
Units per 1,000 residentspop. 262,611

New housing units permitted per month

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Wolfforth547

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Lubbock County2,433
Lubbock TX2,442
Texas192,688

In 5+ unit buildings All new housing units

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October 2024	140 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
November 2024	89 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
December 2024	113 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
January 2025	371 units	238 in 5+ unit buildings
February 2025	142 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
March 2025	168 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
April 2025	436 units	276 in 5+ unit buildings
May 2025	127 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
June 2025	97 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
July 2025	151 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
August 2025	282 units	216 in 5+ unit buildings
October 2025	140 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
November 2025	103 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
December 2025	121 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
January 2026	231 units	96 in 5+ unit buildings
February 2026	155 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
March 2026	126 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
April 2026	386 units	255 in 5+ unit buildings
May 2026	76 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
June 2026	141 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
July 2026	104 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
August 2026	132 units	0 in 5+ unit buildings
September 2026	155 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	1,507	1,507	$462M
2 units	4	8	$1.6M
3–4 units	1	4	$668K
5+ units	35	351	$32.2M

By year

Year	Housing units	In 5+ unit buildings	Value
2025	2,382	789	$641M
2024	1,852	252	$477M
2023	2,193	536	$463M

Key facts

Lubbock, TX permitted 1,870 new privately owned housing units in the 12 months to September 2026, worth $496,194,203 in construction value.
That is -12% compared with the 12 months before (2,116 units).
1,507 were single-family homes and 351 were in apartment buildings with 5 or more units (35 buildings).
The average single-family home permitted was valued at $306,398.
In September 2026, the latest month published, 155 units were permitted.
It ranked #18 of 990 permit-issuing places in Texas by housing units permitted in the period.
In 2025, the full year, 2,382 units were permitted ($641M).

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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