Permits through August 2026Yearly permits since 1995Comanche County index 1976–2025
Comanche County (100 = first year)United States, rebased to the same startNBER recession
House prices are indexed by county, not by city: this is Comanche 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.
Lawton, Oklahoma (Comanche County), authorised 122 housing units through building permits in the 12 months to August 2026, −16.4% on the previous 12 months.
82 of those units were single-family houses (67%), 40 were in two- to four-unit buildings and 0 in buildings of five or more units. That is 1.3 units per 1,000 residents, close to the county's 1.4 and well below the state's 3.6.
Since 1995 the place has authorised 5,342 units, with the busiest year 2007 (784 units). Comanche County's FHFA house price index rose +40.0% over the ten years to 2025.
122units permitted, 12 months to August 2026−16.4% on the previous 12 months
82single-family units67% of the total
0units in 5+ unit buildings0% of the total
1.3units per 1,000 residentsComanche County 1.4 · Oklahoma 3.6
Permits by month and structure type
Housing units authorised in Lawton by month, latest 24 monthssingle-family2+ unit buildings
Units, 12 months to August 2026
Lawton
Comanche County
Oklahoma
United States
All housing units
122
171
14,702
1,418,086
Single-family (1 unit)
82 (67%)
131 (77%)
10,815 (74%)
888,241 (63%)
2 units
40
40
622
34,814
3–4 units
0
0
201
17,298
5 or more units
0 (0%)
0 (0%)
3,064 (21%)
477,733 (34%)
Units per 1,000 residents
1.3
1.4
3.6
4.1
Change on previous 12 months
−16.4%
−19.3%
+1.3%
−0.1%
Permits by year since 1995
Housing units authorised in Lawton by year, 1995–2025single-family2+ unit buildings
5,342 units since 1995; the busiest year was 2007. Annual figures include units imputed for months a place did not report.
Home prices in Comanche County
FHFA's index for Comanche County rose +40.0% over the ten years to 2025 (+3.4% a year) and +3.0% in the latest year, against +71.1% and +2.6% for Oklahoma. 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 Lawton, OK?
122 housing units were authorised by building permits in the 12 months to August 2026, against 146 in the previous 12 months.
What kind of housing is being permitted in Lawton?
82 single-family units, 40 in two-unit buildings, 0 in three- and four-unit buildings and 0 in buildings of five or more units.
How does Lawton compare with its county and state?
1.3 units per 1,000 residents in Lawton, 1.4 in Comanche County and 3.6 in Oklahoma.
How have home prices moved in Comanche County?
FHFA's index for Comanche County rose +40.0% over the ten years to 2025 and +3.0% 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 361000); 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.