Permits through August 2026Yearly permits since 1995Tarrant County index 1975–2025
Tarrant County (100 = first year)United States, rebased to the same startNBER recession
House prices are indexed by county, not by city: this is Tarrant 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 Fort Worth, Texas, covered 11,736 housing units (+17.4% year on year); the place lies in Tarrant County.
6,251 of those units were single-family houses (53%), 77 were in two- to four-unit buildings and 5,408 in buildings of five or more units. That is 11.4 units per 1,000 residents, well above the county's 6.8 and well above the state's 6.1.
Since 1995 the place has authorised 231,786 units, with the busiest year 2024 (13,148 units). Tarrant County's FHFA house price index rose +105.6% over the ten years to 2025.
11,736units permitted, 12 months to August 2026+17.4% on the previous 12 months
6,251single-family units53% of the total
5,408units in 5+ unit buildings46% of the total
11.4units per 1,000 residentsTarrant County 6.8 · Texas 6.1
Permits by month and structure type
Housing units authorised in Fort Worth by month, latest 24 monthssingle-family2+ unit buildings
Units, 12 months to August 2026
Fort Worth
Tarrant County
Texas
United States
All housing units
11,736
15,352
194,150
1,418,086
Single-family (1 unit)
6,251 (53%)
8,833 (58%)
135,575 (70%)
888,241 (63%)
2 units
20
78
5,568
34,814
3–4 units
57
202
1,703
17,298
5 or more units
5,408 (46%)
6,239 (41%)
51,304 (26%)
477,733 (34%)
Units per 1,000 residents
11.4
6.8
6.1
4.1
Change on previous 12 months
+17.4%
−1.7%
−10.8%
−0.1%
Permits by year since 1995
Housing units authorised in Fort Worth by year, 1995–2025single-family2+ unit buildings
231,786 units since 1995; the busiest year was 2024. Annual figures include units imputed for months a place did not report.
Home prices in Tarrant County
FHFA's index for Tarrant County rose +105.6% over the ten years to 2025 (+7.5% a year) and +0.5% 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 Fort Worth, TX?
11,736 housing units were authorised by building permits in the 12 months to August 2026, against 9,994 in the previous 12 months.
What kind of housing is being permitted in Fort Worth?
6,251 single-family units, 20 in two-unit buildings, 57 in three- and four-unit buildings and 5,408 in buildings of five or more units.
How does Fort Worth compare with its county and state?
11.4 units per 1,000 residents in Fort Worth, 6.8 in Tarrant County and 6.1 in Texas.
How have home prices moved in Tarrant County?
FHFA's index for Tarrant County rose +105.6% 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 240500); 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.