Data through September 2026 · updated 19 Oct 2026
500 building permits were issued in ZIP code 68502 by the City of Lincoln Building & Safety Department (as logged by the Lancaster County Assessor), October 2024 through September 2026: 7% of the 7,020 in Lincoln, the 3rd busiest ZIP code. Remodel and repair permits lead with 176. 261 permits in the last 12 months (Oct 2025–Sep 2026), 9% more than the 239 in the 12 months before. Permits from a city that runs its own permit office are not counted.
Share here is the part of the 500 permits in 68502; citywide is the same for all of Lincoln.
| Kind of work | Permits | Share here | Citywide |
|---|---|---|---|
| Remodels & repairs | 176 | 35% | 20% |
| Garages, sheds & shade structures | 132 | 26% | 25% |
| Demolition | 54 | 11% | 4% |
| Additions | 33 | 7% | 3% |
| Roofing | 25 | 5% | 2% |
| Pools & spas | 6 | 1% | 2% |
| New homes | 4 | under 1% | 25% |
| Other | 70 | 14% | 19% |
Permits issued in each calendar year of the window.
| Year | Months | Permits | Per year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 (from October) | 3 | 63 | 252 |
| 2025 | 12 | 243 | 243 |
| 2026 (through September) | 9 | 194 | 259 |
Source: Lancaster County Assessor, PublicAnalytics map service: Permits layer, read 19 Oct 2026. We count permits issued October 2024 through September 2026; denied and withdrawn permits are left out. The file carries no usable permit status, so it can't say which permits were finished, so no finished share is shown.
Building permits for properties with a Lincoln address, as logged by the Lancaster County Assessor. Lincoln Building & Safety issues permits for the city and the county around it, so a few rural properties with a Lincoln mailing address are included. The small towns of Lancaster County (Waverly, Hickman, Bennet, Firth and others) are not counted. Only permits that can change a property's assessed value are logged: no stand-alone electrical, plumbing or HVAC permits.
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Contractor Records, "Building permits in 68502, Lincoln", https://contractorrecords.com/lincoln/zip/68502, data through September 2026, from the City of Lincoln Building & Safety Department (as logged by the Lancaster County Assessor) building-permit records.Link to a table: By kind of work · By year.
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