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TXLookup Report · #AUS · Updated 13 May 2026

Austin Permits Heatmap

Building activity by zip code.

1,081

78744 · top of top 10 zip codes by permit count, last 90 days

A geographic cut of the construction permits feed (3syk-w9eu) — top zips by permit count over the last 90 days. Pairs with the long-form Austin Construction in 2026 report.

01 · WHERE

Top 10 zip codes by permit count, last 90 days

  • 78744
    1,081
  • 78745
    899
  • 78704
    867
  • 78747
    667
  • 78757
    647
  • 78731
    616
  • 78703
    586
  • 78759
    583
  • 78702
    556
  • 78723
    497

Source · 3syk-w9eu · TXLookup agent · 13 May 2026

MULTI-PERSPECTIVE · 4 cuts of the same data

Mirror · 3d ago

Where the cranes are. What they're building. How fast.

Five views of the same 5,000 most-recent permits, computed locally from the mirror. Map shows where permits cluster by zip. Heatmap is class × month density. Small multiples let you compare the top zips on the same scale. Cumulative YTD shows whether 2026 is ahead of or behind 2025.

Geo · permit density by zip

size = count · top 6 labelled

I-35downtown78744 · Onion Creek N · 391 permits · click to ask the agent78744391 permits78745 · South Central · 299 permits · click to ask the agent78745299 permits78747 · Onion Creek S · 281 permits · click to ask the agent78747281 permits78704 · South Austin · 254 permits · click to ask the agent78704254 permits78703 · Tarrytown · 236 permits · click to ask the agent78703236 permits78757 · Crestview · 222 permits · click to ask the agent78757222 permits78731 · Northwest Hills · 221 permits · click to ask the agent78759 · Far West · 216 permits · click to ask the agent78702 · East Austin · 173 permits · click to ask the agent78748 · Slaughter · 164 permits · click to ask the agent78723 · Mueller · 146 permits · click to ask the agent78701 · Downtown · 137 permits · click to ask the agent78753 · Tech Ridge S · 135 permits · click to ask the agent78758 · North Lamar · 133 permits · click to ask the agent78754 · Tech Ridge E · 130 permits · click to ask the agent78749 · Maple Run · 127 permits · click to ask the agent78724 · Daffan · 103 permits · click to ask the agent78741 · Riverside · 99 permits · click to ask the agent78751 · Hyde Park · 96 permits · click to ask the agent78721 · MLK / 183 · 88 permits · click to ask the agent78752 · Highland · 81 permits · click to ask the agent78750 · Anderson Mill SE · 78 permits · click to ask the agent78727 · Wells Branch S · 74 permits · click to ask the agent78705 · West Campus · 67 permits · click to ask the agent78756 · Brentwood · 64 permits · click to ask the agent78730 · River Place · 59 permits · click to ask the agent78735 · Oak Hill SW · 57 permits · click to ask the agent78736 · Bear Creek · 52 permits · click to ask the agent78729 · Jollyville · 45 permits · click to ask the agent78717 · Avery Ranch · 42 permits · click to ask the agent78739 · Circle C · 42 permits · click to ask the agent78722 · Cherrywood · 36 permits · click to ask the agent78726 · Anderson Mill · 30 permits · click to ask the agent78725 · Hornsby Bend · 22 permits · click to ask the agent78732 · Steiner Ranch · 20 permits · click to ask the agent78734 · Lakeway / Lk Travis · 14 permits · click to ask the agent78733 · Bee Cave / Ridge · 11 permits · click to ask the agent78738 · Hudson Bend · 8 permits · click to ask the agent78728 · Wells Branch N · 3 permits · click to ask the agent78737 · Buda / 290 · 1 permits · click to ask the agent78742 · Montopolis · 1 permits · click to ask the agentAUSTIN · BY ZIP41zips with permits● 4,458 permit total · top 6 labelledN
● Hover a dot for detail · click to ask the agent41 zips · 4,458 permits

A · permit class × month density

060708091011120102030405ResidentialCommercial26101065958367

B · top 5 zips, 12-month trend

ZIP 78744

391

12-mo trend

ZIP 78745

299

12-mo trend

ZIP 78747

281

12-mo trend

ZIP 78704

254

12-mo trend

ZIP 78703

236

12-mo trend

C · cumulative permits — this year vs last

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec2026 (cumulative)2025

D · status mix

Active4,116
Final850
Inactive Pending Revision22
Withdrawn6
VOID2
Cancelled - Contractor Required2

Sources

Method

Generated by the TXLookup agent from live Socrata data — no hand-tuning, no cached numbers. Each section is the result of a bounded SoQL query against the cited datasets, run at request time and revalidated every 6 hours. Full chain replayable at /agents.