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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 2026-08

State summary

State building-activity summary

Latest month (2026-08)
1,273 units
Year to date
9,870 units
Coverage
79 jurisdictions

$296.2M valuation latest month · $2,419.3M valuation year to date · 32 of 79 jurisdictions 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.

Monthly trend

Units authorized per month across the jurisdictions PermitBase covers. Months reported by only some offices are marked, because a partially-reported month is not a quieter month.

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.

#JurisdictionLatest month unitsTrailing 12 mo unitsYTD units
1Unincorporated Ada Countycounty-wide totals6735,7914,310
2Unincorporated Canyon Countycounty-wide totals3293,6512,483
3Kootenai Countycounty-wide totals1802,0301,479
4Meridian3521,7361,337
5Caldwell1551,4751,089
6Kuna921,368967
7Unincorporated Bonneville Countycounty-wide totals751,236892
8Post Falls77911761
9Star79873672
10Idaho Falls24786588
11Unincorporated Madison Countycounty-wide totals49769394
12Boise56690(11 mo)478
13Eagle79662(9 mo)652
14Unincorporated Bannock Countycounty-wide totals199650554
15Nampano data reported624(6 mo)801
16Rexburg35593320
17Unincorporated Twin Falls Countycounty-wide totals36499329
18Pocatello181447379
19Middleton33398280
20Twin Falls21311214
21Unincorporated Jefferson Countycounty-wide totals37309232
22Unincorporated Valley Countycounty-wide totals36285205
23Unincorporated Latah Countycounty-wide totals10217118
24Ammon25201(11 mo)155
25Unincorporated Bingham Countycounty-wide totals12180115
26Unincorporated Elmore Countycounty-wide totals7180139
27Unincorporated Gem Countycounty-wide totals18173120
28Mountain Home5157123
29Unincorporated Nez Perce Countycounty-wide totals14157130
30Sandpoint114521
31Rathdrumno data reported142(8 mo)157
32Moscow2132(10 mo)68
33Lewiston12129108
34Unincorporated Cassia Countycounty-wide totals1212084
35Jerome411467
36Minidoka County (Building Authority for Unincorporated County and the Cities of Acequia, Minidoka, Paul, and Rupert)county-wide totals411260
37Victorno data reported108(9 mo)44
38Hayden410161
39Garden City010099
40Payette896(8 mo)96
41Rupert36229
42Unincorporated Franklin Countycounty-wide totals45941
43Emmett1056(7 mo)62
44Shelleyno data reported56(10 mo)35
45Burley65333
46Wilder34729
47Kimberlyno data reported38(8 mo)41
48Fruitland13418
49Blackfoot03117
50Ketchum0148
51Spirit Lake074
52Buhlno data reported6(4 mo)9
53Idaho City155
54American Falls032
55Unincorporated Power Countycounty-wide totals032
56Heyburnno data reported2(2 mo)no data reported
—Cascadeno data reportedno data reportedno data reported
—Chubbuckno data reportedno data reportedno data reported
—Coeur d'Aleneno data reportedno data reportedno data reported
—Donnellyno data reportedno data reportedno data reported
—Driggsno data reportedno data reportedno data reported
—Grangevilleno data reportedno data reportedno data reported
—Greenleafno data reportedno data reportedno data reported
—Haileyno data reportedno data reportedno data reported
—Harrisonno data reportedno data reportedno data reported
—Kelloggno data reportedno data reportedno data reported
—Malad Cityno data reportedno data reportedno data reported
—McCallno data reportedno data reportedno data reported
—Melbano data reportedno data reportedno data reported
—Notusno data reportedno data reportedno data reported
—Osburnno data reportedno data reportedno data reported
—Plummerno data reportedno data reportedno data reported
—Priest Riverno data reportedno data reportedno data reported
—Rigbyno data reportedno data reportedno data reported
—Salmonno data reportedno data reportedno data reported
—Soda Springsno data reportedno data reportedno data reported
—City of St. Mariesno data reportedno data reportedno data reported
—Wallaceno data reportedno data reportedno data reported
—Worleyno data reportedno data reportedno data reported

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.

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