Permits through August 2026Yearly permits since 1995Salt Lake County index 1975–2025
Salt Lake County (100 = first year)United States, rebased to the same startNBER recession
House prices are indexed by county, not by city: this is Salt Lake 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.
Salt Lake City, Utah (Salt Lake County), authorised 2,776 housing units through building permits in the 12 months to August 2026, +6.0% on the previous 12 months.
290 of those units were single-family houses (10%), 2 were in two- to four-unit buildings and 2,484 in buildings of five or more units. That is 12.7 units per 1,000 residents, well above the county's 5.9 and well above the state's 7.3.
Since 1995 the place has authorised 35,933 units, with the busiest year 2021 (3,691 units). Salt Lake County's FHFA house price index rose +120.0% over the ten years to 2025.
2,776units permitted, 12 months to August 2026+6.0% on the previous 12 months
290single-family units10% of the total
2,484units in 5+ unit buildings89% of the total
12.7units per 1,000 residentsSalt Lake County 5.9 · Utah 7.3
Permits by month and structure type
Housing units authorised in Salt Lake City by month, latest 24 monthssingle-family2+ unit buildings
Units, 12 months to August 2026
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake County
Utah
United States
All housing units
2,776
7,152
25,666
1,418,086
Single-family (1 unit)
290 (10%)
2,653 (37%)
16,119 (63%)
888,241 (63%)
2 units
2
48
194
34,814
3–4 units
0
133
521
17,298
5 or more units
2,484 (89%)
4,318 (60%)
8,832 (34%)
477,733 (34%)
Units per 1,000 residents
12.7
5.9
7.3
4.1
Change on previous 12 months
+6.0%
+19.3%
+3.4%
−0.1%
Permits by year since 1995
Housing units authorised in Salt Lake City by year, 1995–2025single-family2+ unit buildings
35,933 units since 1995; the busiest year was 2021. Annual figures include units imputed for months a place did not report.
Home prices in Salt Lake County
FHFA's index for Salt Lake County rose +120.0% over the ten years to 2025 (+8.2% a year) and +2.6% in the latest year, against +120.6% and +2.4% for Utah. 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 Salt Lake City, UT?
2,776 housing units were authorised by building permits in the 12 months to August 2026, against 2,619 in the previous 12 months.
What kind of housing is being permitted in Salt Lake City?
290 single-family units, 2 in two-unit buildings, 0 in three- and four-unit buildings and 2,484 in buildings of five or more units.
How does Salt Lake City compare with its county and state?
12.7 units per 1,000 residents in Salt Lake City, 5.9 in Salt Lake County and 7.3 in Utah.
How have home prices moved in Salt Lake County?
FHFA's index for Salt Lake County rose +120.0% over the ten years to 2025 and +2.6% 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 399000); 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.