Idaho building permits issued
Monthly permits for new privately-owned residential construction in the Idaho jurisdictions PermitBase covers — housing units authorized, buildings, and construction valuation. This is Census survey data on new-home construction, not total permit volume (commercial permits and remodels are not counted).
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey (BPS) · data through 2026-05
Latest month (2026-05)
720
housing units authorized · $161.6M valuation
Year to date
3,427
housing units authorized · $882.3M valuation
Coverage
10
jurisdictions tracked · 7 reported the latest month
Sum of covered PermitBase jurisdictions only (not a full-state total). County-level jurisdictions overlapping covered cities are excluded to avoid double counting. Non-reporting jurisdictions are omitted from sums, never zero-filled.
Permits by jurisdiction
Housing units authorized for new residential construction. Ranked by trailing-12-month units; jurisdictions that did not report to the Census Bureau show “no data reported” — never assumed to be zero.
| # | Jurisdiction | Latest month units | Trailing 12 mo units | YTD units |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unincorporated Ada Countycounty-wide totals | 570 | 5,275 | 2,429 |
| 2 | Unincorporated Canyon Countycounty-wide totals | 275 | 3,422 | 1,407 |
| 3 | Kuna | 150 | 1,369 | 690 |
| 4 | Caldwell | 72 | 1,298 | 624 |
| 5 | Meridian | 120 | 1,238 | 541 |
| 6 | Boise | 100 | 902 | 268 |
| 7 | Star | 96 | 830 | 413 |
| 8 | Nampa | 136 | 610(6 mo) | 437 |
| 9 | Eagle | no data reported | 511(8 mo) | 355 |
| 10 | Garden City | 46 | 108 | 99 |
County-wide rows join the Census county file and include every permit office in that county (incorporated cities included); their published estimates may include Census imputation for non-reporting offices. Every figure on this page traces to a specific Census BPS source file — see the PermitBase activity dataset manifest.