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Building permits in 68516, Lincoln

Data through September 2026 · updated 19 Oct 2026

1,313 building permits were issued in ZIP code 68516 by the City of Lincoln Building & Safety Department (as logged by the Lancaster County Assessor), October 2024 through September 2026: 19% of the 7,020 in Lincoln, the busiest ZIP code. New home permits lead with 437. 717 permits in the last 12 months (Oct 2025–Sep 2026), 20% more than the 596 in the 12 months before. Permits from a city that runs its own permit office are not counted.

1,313permits in 68516
717last 12 months
86%for homes
Sep 2026records through

Permits in 68516 by kind of work

Share here is the part of the 1,313 permits in 68516; citywide is the same for all of Lincoln.

Kind of workPermitsShare hereCitywide
New homes43733%25%
Garages, sheds & shade structures38529%25%
Remodels & repairs19915%20%
Additions464%3%
Pools & spas363%2%
Demolition202%4%
Roofing2under 1%2%
Other18814%19%

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Permits in 68516 by year

Permits issued in each calendar year of the window.

YearMonthsPermitsPer year
2024 (from October)3139556
202512652652
2026 (through September)9522696

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How these numbers are made

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 We count permits issued October 2024 through September 2026; denied and withdrawn permits are left out.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.

  • The Assessor's permit log names no contractor, so there are no contractor lists, rankings or firm pages for Lincoln.
  • The Assessor logs only permits that can change assessed value: new homes, additions, remodels, decks, sheds, garages, pools, demolitions and some roofs. Electrical, plumbing and HVAC permits are not in the log, and re-roofs are mostly missing.
  • The log's status is the Assessor's own review, not a final inspection, and it has no final dates, so we show no finished share and no time to final; every permit is listed as open.
  • The value is the amount on the permit as logged by the Assessor.

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Contractor Records, "Building permits in 68516, Lincoln", https://contractorrecords.com/lincoln/zip/68516, 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.

Download the tables (CSV): Permits in 68516 by kind of work · Permits in 68516 by year.

Common questions

  • How many building permits were issued in 68516?1,313 permits issued by the city in ZIP code 68516, October 2024 through September 2026: 437 new homes, 385 garages, sheds & shade structures, 199 remodels & repairs. 717 were in the last 12 months.
  • What is built most in 68516?New homes: 437 of the 1,313 permits (33%), against 25% citywide.
  • Who did the work in 68516?The city's file doesn't name contractors, so we can't say. Ask a contractor for the permit numbers of past jobs and check them with the city.

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