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El Paso County Unincorporated Area

El Paso County · Colorado Springs, CO · Colorado

Permits through August 2026Yearly permits since 1995El Paso County index 1975–2025
FHFA house price index for El Paso County, which contains El Paso County Unincorporated Area, 1975 to 2025Recession 1973–75Recession 1980Recession 1981–82Recession 1990–91Recession 2001Recession 2007–09Recession 202005001,0001,50019801990200020102020United States2025: 1,278
El Paso County (100 = first year)United States, rebased to the same startNBER recession
House prices are indexed by county, not by city: this is El Paso 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.

In the 12 months to August 2026, building permits in El Paso County Unincorporated Area, Colorado, covered 5,742 housing units (+42.5% year on year); the place lies in El Paso County.

2,744 of those units were single-family houses (48%), 322 were in two- to four-unit buildings and 2,676 in buildings of five or more units.

Since 1995 the place has authorised 152,535 units, with the busiest year 2021 (9,186 units). El Paso County's FHFA house price index rose +104.9% over the ten years to 2025.

5,742units permitted, 12 months to August 2026+42.5% on the previous 12 months
2,744single-family units48% of the total
2,676units in 5+ unit buildings47% of the total
—units per 1,000 residentsEl Paso County 7.6 · Colorado 5.5

Permits by month and structure type

Housing units authorised in El Paso County Unincorporated Area by month, latest 24 months05001,0001,500Sep 2024: 179 units (179 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)Sep 2024Oct 2024: 213 units (211 single-family, 2 in multi-unit buildings)Nov 2024: 217 units (162 single-family, 55 in multi-unit buildings)Dec 2024: 459 units (183 single-family, 276 in multi-unit buildings)Dec 2024Jan 2025: 413 units (217 single-family, 196 in multi-unit buildings)Feb 2025: 198 units (170 single-family, 28 in multi-unit buildings)Mar 2025: 265 units (263 single-family, 2 in multi-unit buildings)Mar 2025Apr 2025: 656 units (306 single-family, 350 in multi-unit buildings)May 2025: 676 units (288 single-family, 388 in multi-unit buildings)Jun 2025: 307 units (253 single-family, 54 in multi-unit buildings)Jun 2025Jul 2025: 271 units (269 single-family, 2 in multi-unit buildings)Aug 2025: 176 units (172 single-family, 4 in multi-unit buildings)Sep 2025: 209 units (181 single-family, 28 in multi-unit buildings)Sep 2025Oct 2025: 256 units (232 single-family, 24 in multi-unit buildings)Nov 2025: 1,372 units (166 single-family, 1,206 in multi-unit buildings)Dec 2025: 906 units (202 single-family, 704 in multi-unit buildings)Dec 2025Jan 2026: 294 units (264 single-family, 30 in multi-unit buildings)Feb 2026: 606 units (228 single-family, 378 in multi-unit buildings)Mar 2026: 386 units (312 single-family, 74 in multi-unit buildings)Mar 2026Apr 2026: 278 units (270 single-family, 8 in multi-unit buildings)May 2026: 351 units (257 single-family, 94 in multi-unit buildings)Jun 2026: 390 units (358 single-family, 32 in multi-unit buildings)Jun 2026Jul 2026: 141 units (139 single-family, 2 in multi-unit buildings)Aug 2026: 553 units (135 single-family, 418 in multi-unit buildings)

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

Units, 12 months to August 2026El Paso County Unincorporated AreaEl Paso CountyColoradoUnited States
All housing units5,7425,74333,0931,418,086
Single-family (1 unit)2,744 (48%)2,745 (48%)17,401 (53%)888,241 (63%)
2 units31631644834,814
3–4 units6630917,298
5 or more units2,676 (47%)2,676 (47%)14,935 (45%)477,733 (34%)
Units per 1,000 residents—7.65.54.1
Change on previous 12 months+42.5%+42.4%+1.5%−0.1%

Permits by year since 1995

Housing units authorised in El Paso County Unincorporated Area by year, 1995–202505,00010,0001995: 4,724 units (3,424 single-family, 1,300 in multi-unit buildings)19951996: 5,286 units (4,027 single-family, 1,259 in multi-unit buildings)1997: 4,789 units (3,791 single-family, 998 in multi-unit buildings)1998: 4,946 units (4,227 single-family, 719 in multi-unit buildings)1999: 5,528 units (4,366 single-family, 1,162 in multi-unit buildings)2000: 6,257 units (5,079 single-family, 1,178 in multi-unit buildings)20002001: 7,111 units (5,249 single-family, 1,862 in multi-unit buildings)2002: 6,821 units (4,993 single-family, 1,828 in multi-unit buildings)2003: 5,237 units (5,060 single-family, 177 in multi-unit buildings)2004: 6,485 units (6,175 single-family, 310 in multi-unit buildings)2005: 6,781 units (6,249 single-family, 532 in multi-unit buildings)20052006: 4,422 units (4,127 single-family, 295 in multi-unit buildings)2007: 3,084 units (2,679 single-family, 405 in multi-unit buildings)2008: 1,983 units (1,551 single-family, 432 in multi-unit buildings)2009: 1,333 units (1,317 single-family, 16 in multi-unit buildings)2010: 1,717 units (1,633 single-family, 84 in multi-unit buildings)20102011: 2,220 units (1,561 single-family, 659 in multi-unit buildings)2012: 2,974 units (2,373 single-family, 601 in multi-unit buildings)2013: 3,541 units (2,839 single-family, 702 in multi-unit buildings)2014: 3,533 units (2,594 single-family, 939 in multi-unit buildings)2015: 3,579 units (2,938 single-family, 641 in multi-unit buildings)20152016: 5,033 units (3,525 single-family, 1,508 in multi-unit buildings)2017: 4,855 units (3,742 single-family, 1,113 in multi-unit buildings)2018: 5,585 units (4,080 single-family, 1,505 in multi-unit buildings)2019: 5,388 units (3,931 single-family, 1,457 in multi-unit buildings)2020: 6,819 units (4,928 single-family, 1,891 in multi-unit buildings)20202021: 9,186 units (4,925 single-family, 4,261 in multi-unit buildings)2022: 8,683 units (3,499 single-family, 5,184 in multi-unit buildings)2023: 5,082 units (2,543 single-family, 2,539 in multi-unit buildings)2024: 3,848 units (2,732 single-family, 1,116 in multi-unit buildings)2025: 5,705 units (2,719 single-family, 2,986 in multi-unit buildings)2025

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

152,535 units since 1995; the busiest year was 2021. Annual figures include units imputed for months a place did not report.

Home prices in El Paso County

FHFA's index for El Paso County rose +104.9% over the ten years to 2025 (+7.4% a year) and +0.5% in the latest year, against +93.3% and +0.1% for Colorado. 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 El Paso County Unincorporated Area, CO?

5,742 housing units were authorised by building permits in the 12 months to August 2026, against 4,030 in the previous 12 months.

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

2,744 single-family units, 316 in two-unit buildings, 6 in three- and four-unit buildings and 2,676 in buildings of five or more units.

How does El Paso 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; El Paso County runs at 7.6 units per 1,000 residents and Colorado at 5.5.

How have home prices moved in El Paso County?

FHFA's index for El Paso County rose +104.9% over the ten years to 2025 and +0.5% 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 201000); 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.