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Pima County Unincorporated Area

Pima County · Tucson, AZ · Arizona

Permits through August 2026Yearly permits since 1995Pima County index 1975–2025
FHFA house price index for Pima County, which contains Pima County Unincorporated Area, 1975 to 2025Recession 1973–75Recession 1980Recession 1981–82Recession 1990–91Recession 2001Recession 2007–09Recession 202005001,0001,50019801990200020102020United States2025: 1,027
Pima County (100 = first year)United States, rebased to the same startNBER recession
House prices are indexed by county, not by city: this is Pima County's FHFA index, with the national index rebased to the same start.

Census Bureau notes: building permit figures cover new privately owned housing units authorised by permit-issuing places; permits do not mean the units were started or completed, and places that report less often than monthly are imputed in monthly totals. FHFA notes: The FHFA HPI is a broad measure of the movement of single-family house prices. The FHFA HPI is a weighted, repeat-sales index, meaning that it measures average price changes in repeat sales or refinancings on the same properties.

Pima County Unincorporated Area, Arizona (Pima County), authorised 1,325 housing units through building permits in the 12 months to August 2026, −12.1% on the previous 12 months.

1,285 of those units were single-family houses (97%), 30 were in two- to four-unit buildings and 10 in buildings of five or more units.

Since 1995 the place has authorised 58,474 units, with the busiest year 2005 (5,022 units). Pima County's FHFA house price index rose +111.3% over the ten years to 2025.

1,325units permitted, 12 months to August 2026−12.1% on the previous 12 months
1,285single-family units97% of the total
10units in 5+ unit buildings1% of the total
—units per 1,000 residentsPima County 4.5 · Arizona 6.2

Permits by month and structure type

Housing units authorised in Pima County Unincorporated Area by month, latest 24 months0100200Sep 2024: 117 units (115 single-family, 2 in multi-unit buildings)Sep 2024Oct 2024: 145 units (135 single-family, 10 in multi-unit buildings)Nov 2024: 106 units (106 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)Dec 2024: 99 units (99 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)Dec 2024Jan 2025: 134 units (104 single-family, 30 in multi-unit buildings)Feb 2025: 199 units (199 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)Mar 2025: 126 units (126 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)Mar 2025Apr 2025: 137 units (135 single-family, 2 in multi-unit buildings)May 2025: 145 units (145 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)Jun 2025: 118 units (118 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)Jun 2025Jul 2025: 104 units (104 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)Aug 2025: 77 units (77 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)Sep 2025: 122 units (120 single-family, 2 in multi-unit buildings)Sep 2025Oct 2025: 114 units (112 single-family, 2 in multi-unit buildings)Nov 2025: 81 units (81 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)Dec 2025: 91 units (81 single-family, 10 in multi-unit buildings)Dec 2025Jan 2026: 110 units (110 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)Feb 2026: 110 units (110 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)Mar 2026: 111 units (111 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)Mar 2026Apr 2026: 149 units (149 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)May 2026: 91 units (81 single-family, 10 in multi-unit buildings)Jun 2026: 125 units (121 single-family, 4 in multi-unit buildings)Jun 2026Jul 2026: 120 units (113 single-family, 7 in multi-unit buildings)Aug 2026: 101 units (96 single-family, 5 in multi-unit buildings)

Housing units authorised in Pima County Unincorporated Area by month, latest 24 monthssingle-family2+ unit buildings

Units, 12 months to August 2026Pima County Unincorporated AreaPima CountyArizonaUnited States
All housing units1,3254,82847,2571,418,086
Single-family (1 unit)1,285 (97%)3,636 (75%)31,087 (66%)888,241 (63%)
2 units30641,18234,814
3–4 units01219017,298
5 or more units10 (1%)1,116 (23%)14,798 (31%)477,733 (34%)
Units per 1,000 residents—4.56.24.1
Change on previous 12 months−12.1%+11.4%−7.4%−0.1%

Permits by year since 1995

Housing units authorised in Pima County Unincorporated Area by year, 1995–202502,0004,0006,0001995: 3,190 units (2,094 single-family, 1,096 in multi-unit buildings)19951996: 2,400 units (2,215 single-family, 185 in multi-unit buildings)1997: 2,530 units (1,993 single-family, 537 in multi-unit buildings)1998: 2,426 units (2,286 single-family, 140 in multi-unit buildings)1999: 2,898 units (2,543 single-family, 355 in multi-unit buildings)2000: 2,536 units (2,358 single-family, 178 in multi-unit buildings)20002001: 2,405 units (2,213 single-family, 192 in multi-unit buildings)2002: 2,472 units (2,310 single-family, 162 in multi-unit buildings)2003: 3,042 units (3,042 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)2004: 3,770 units (3,761 single-family, 9 in multi-unit buildings)2005: 5,022 units (4,968 single-family, 54 in multi-unit buildings)20052006: 3,510 units (3,404 single-family, 106 in multi-unit buildings)2007: 2,096 units (1,795 single-family, 301 in multi-unit buildings)2008: 1,349 units (940 single-family, 409 in multi-unit buildings)2009: 810 units (795 single-family, 15 in multi-unit buildings)2010: 674 units (674 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)20102011: 781 units (499 single-family, 282 in multi-unit buildings)2012: 588 units (588 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)2013: 1,002 units (1,002 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)2014: 822 units (822 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)2015: 803 units (803 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)20152016: 685 units (685 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)2017: 1,030 units (766 single-family, 264 in multi-unit buildings)2018: 1,047 units (1,047 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)2019: 1,123 units (1,123 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)2020: 1,321 units (1,317 single-family, 4 in multi-unit buildings)20202021: 1,846 units (1,846 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)2022: 1,571 units (1,206 single-family, 365 in multi-unit buildings)2023: 1,551 units (1,465 single-family, 86 in multi-unit buildings)2024: 1,726 units (1,560 single-family, 166 in multi-unit buildings)2025: 1,448 units (1,402 single-family, 46 in multi-unit buildings)2025

Housing units authorised in Pima County Unincorporated Area by year, 1995–2025single-family2+ unit buildings

58,474 units since 1995; the busiest year was 2005. Annual figures include units imputed for months a place did not report.

Home prices in Pima County

FHFA's index for Pima County rose +111.3% over the ten years to 2025 (+7.8% a year) and +1.1% in the latest year, against +118.7% and +0.9% for Arizona. Full county page: decade table, peak-to-low declines, every ZIP code and every permit-issuing place in the county.

Questions and answers

How many homes are being built in Pima County Unincorporated Area, AZ?

1,325 housing units were authorised by building permits in the 12 months to August 2026, against 1,507 in the previous 12 months.

What kind of housing is being permitted in Pima County Unincorporated Area?

1,285 single-family units, 30 in two-unit buildings, 0 in three- and four-unit buildings and 10 in buildings of five or more units.

How does Pima County Unincorporated Area compare with its county and state?

No population estimate is attached to this permit-issuing area, so a per-resident rate is not shown; Pima County runs at 4.5 units per 1,000 residents and Arizona at 6.2.

How have home prices moved in Pima County?

FHFA's index for Pima County rose +111.3% over the ten years to 2025 and +1.1% in the latest year; the county page has the full series.

What does a permit count?

A housing unit authorised by a building permit for new privately owned residential construction, as reported to the Census Bureau Building Permits Survey by the permit-issuing office. Permits are not completions; some permitted units are never built, and places that report only annually are imputed in monthly figures.

Provenance

Permits: US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, place-level monthly and annual files through August 2026 (permit office 261000); county and state comparisons from the county and state files. Population: Census Bureau vintage 2025 estimates for incorporated places, matched on FIPS place code where the permit office is one. House price index: Federal Housing Finance Agency. Public domain. Corrections · Building Permits Survey.