Permits through August 2026Yearly permits since 1995Travis County index 1975–2025
Travis County (100 = first year)United States, rebased to the same startNBER recessionPeak before the latest year value
House prices are indexed by county, not by city: this is Travis 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.
Austin, Texas (Travis County), authorised 8,086 housing units through building permits in the 12 months to August 2026, +7.4% on the previous 12 months.
2,070 of those units were single-family houses (26%), 163 were in two- to four-unit buildings and 5,853 in buildings of five or more units. That is 8.1 units per 1,000 residents, close to the county's 9.0 and above the state's 6.1.
Since 1995 the place has authorised 286,948 units, with the busiest year 2021 (18,722 units). Travis County's FHFA house price index rose +82.5% over the ten years to 2025.
8,086units permitted, 12 months to August 2026+7.4% on the previous 12 months
2,070single-family units26% of the total
5,853units in 5+ unit buildings72% of the total
8.1units per 1,000 residentsTravis County 9.0 · Texas 6.1
Permits by month and structure type
Housing units authorised in Austin by month, latest 24 monthssingle-family2+ unit buildings
Units, 12 months to August 2026
Austin
Travis County
Texas
United States
All housing units
8,086
12,557
194,150
1,418,086
Single-family (1 unit)
2,070 (26%)
5,215 (42%)
135,575 (70%)
888,241 (63%)
2 units
142
312
5,568
34,814
3–4 units
21
125
1,703
17,298
5 or more units
5,853 (72%)
6,905 (55%)
51,304 (26%)
477,733 (34%)
Units per 1,000 residents
8.1
9.0
6.1
4.1
Change on previous 12 months
+7.4%
−17.1%
−10.8%
−0.1%
Permits by year since 1995
Housing units authorised in Austin by year, 1995–2025single-family2+ unit buildings
286,948 units since 1995; the busiest year was 2021. Annual figures include units imputed for months a place did not report.
Home prices in Travis County
FHFA's index for Travis County rose +82.5% over the ten years to 2025 (+6.2% a year) and −1.7% in the latest year, against +88.2% and +0.8% for Texas. 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 Austin, TX?
8,086 housing units were authorised by building permits in the 12 months to August 2026, against 7,530 in the previous 12 months.
What kind of housing is being permitted in Austin?
2,070 single-family units, 142 in two-unit buildings, 21 in three- and four-unit buildings and 5,853 in buildings of five or more units.
How does Austin compare with its county and state?
8.1 units per 1,000 residents in Austin, 9.0 in Travis County and 6.1 in Texas.
How have home prices moved in Travis County?
FHFA's index for Travis County rose +82.5% over the ten years to 2025 and −1.7% 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 033000); 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.