Housing permits

Building permits by metro area

424 metro and micro areas permitted 250 or more new housing units in the 12 months to September 2026. Ranked by units; source: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.

Metro areas, most housing units first

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington TX60,632
New York-Newark-Jersey City NY-NJ58,783
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands TX57,830
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler AZ35,810
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim CA35,439
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell GA33,633
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos TX24,404
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria DC-VA-MD-WV22,264
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater FL21,898
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford FL20,539
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach FL19,748
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue WA19,477
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia NC-SC19,263
Raleigh-Cary NC17,874
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin TN17,054
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota FL16,207
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin IL-IN15,230
Denver-Aurora-Centennial CO14,823
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington MN-WI14,670
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington PA-NJ-DE-MD14,384
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario CA13,240
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood IN13,073
Columbus OH12,794
Kansas City MO-KS12,048
Jacksonville FL12,028
Boston-Cambridge-Newton MA-NH11,442
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas NV10,996
Cape Coral-Fort Myers FL10,862
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom CA10,831
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad CA10,466
San Antonio-New Braunfels TX10,449
Richmond VA10,139
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont CA9,775
Boise City ID9,637
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro OR-WA9,203
Wilmington NC8,738
Greenville-Anderson-Greer SC8,434
Cincinnati OH-KY-IN8,216
Oklahoma City OK8,162
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers AR8,157
Knoxville TN7,758
Charleston-North Charleston SC7,674
Salt Lake City-Murray UT7,563
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn MI7,504
Omaha NE-IA7,150
Lakeland-Winter Haven FL6,903
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara CA6,895
Durham-Chapel Hill NC6,892
St. Louis MO-IL6,632
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission TX6,394
Madison WI6,239
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach SC6,217
Columbia SC6,157
Provo-Orem-Lehi UT6,120
Colorado Springs CO5,809
Pittsburgh PA5,679
Ocala FL5,628
Port St. Lucie FL5,598
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson MD5,504
Des Moines-West Des Moines IA5,192
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk VA-NC5,174
Savannah GA5,101
Louisville-Jefferson County KY-IN5,025
Tucson AZ4,748
Spartanburg SC4,706
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville FL4,640
Winston-Salem NC4,610
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach FL4,609
Tulsa OK4,600
Cleveland OH4,584
Huntsville AL4,557
Memphis TN-MS-AR4,516
Asheville NC4,448
Birmingham AL4,434
Greensboro-High Point NC4,383
Wichita KS4,230
College Station-Bryan TX3,929
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent FL3,815
Portland-South Portland ME3,760
Baton Rouge LA3,749
Wildwood-The Villages FL3,748
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood MI3,711
Seaford DE3,692
Augusta-Richmond County GA-SC3,595
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin FL3,520
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton NC3,464
Reno NV3,460
Greeley CO3,445
Gulfport-Biloxi MS3,433
Ogden UT3,415
Punta Gorda FL3,402
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley AL3,302
Milwaukee-Waukesha WI3,296
Spokane-Spokane Valley WA3,278
Chattanooga TN-GA3,169
Providence-Warwick RI-MA3,160
Fresno CA3,144
Naples-Marco Island FL3,113
Killeen-Temple TX2,993
Albuquerque NM2,943
Bakersfield-Delano CA2,922
Sioux Falls SD-MN2,837
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal SC2,768
St. George UT2,722
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway AR2,718
Auburn-Opelika AL2,703
Gainesville FL2,646
Lexington-Fayette KY2,624
Tallahassee FL2,608
Clarksville TN-KY2,560
Bend OR2,547
Stockton-Lodi CA2,498
Lubbock TX2,442
Brownsville-Harlingen TX2,407
Kennewick-Richland WA2,369
Syracuse NY2,341
Fort Collins CO2,329
Panama City-Panama City Beach FL2,177
Lincoln NE2,165
El Paso TX2,165
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh NY2,132
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek OH2,130
Springfield MO2,121
Anderson Creek NC2,086
Visalia CA2,076
Coeur dAlene ID2,069
Corpus Christi TX2,062
Rochester MN2,037
Salem OR2,027
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury CT2,021
Burlington NC2,003
Homosassa Springs FL1,998
Jacksonville NC1,978
Lafayette LA1,976
Abilene TX1,961
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton PA-NJ1,939
Albany-Schenectady-Troy NY1,929
Fort Wayne IN1,880
Green Bay WI1,856
Gainesville GA1,851
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater WA1,826
Jackson MS1,808
Lafayette-West Lafayette IN1,767
Rochester NY1,746
Greenville NC1,739
Champaign-Urbana IL1,735
Jefferson GA1,731
New Orleans-Metairie LA1,724
Idaho Falls ID1,685
Boulder CO1,650
Urban Honolulu HI1,635
Harrisburg-Carlisle PA1,626
Ann Arbor MI1,598
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura CA1,573
Modesto CA1,566
Fargo ND-MN1,559
Bozeman MT1,535
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford CT1,532
Waco TX1,527
Worcester MA1,475
Iowa City IA1,473
Hagerstown-Martinsburg MD-WV1,452
Atlantic City-Hammonton NJ1,444
Appleton WI1,438
Buffalo-Cheektowaga NY1,432
Logan UT-ID1,387
Eugene-Springfield OR1,362
Dover DE1,349
Warner Robins GA1,348
Sevierville TN1,347
Charlottesville VA1,328
Bowling Green KY1,302
Prescott Valley-Prescott AZ1,297
York-Hanover PA1,280
Odessa TX1,263
Fayetteville NC1,245
Roanoke VA1,202
Sherman-Denison TX1,200
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara CA1,191
Mobile AL1,181
Shreveport-Bossier City LA1,176
Athens-Clarke County GA1,168
Yuma AZ1,156
Hammond LA1,150
Laredo TX1,147
Santa Rosa-Petaluma CA1,128
Winchester VA-WV1,125
Amarillo TX1,111
Lancaster PA1,108
Heber UT1,100
Bellingham WA1,094
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington LA1,088
Hilo-Kailua HI1,076
Oshkosh-Neenah WI1,055
Statesboro GA1,036
Lynchburg VA1,031
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard WA1,030
South Bend-Mishawaka IN-MI1,024
Rexburg ID1,017
Florence SC1,015
Pinehurst-Southern Pines NC998
Columbia MO994
Rapid City SD993
Jonesboro AR980
Traverse City MI978
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee WA969
Harrisonburg VA965
Eau Claire WI965
Brainerd MN954
Cookeville TN950
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles CA948
Cedar Rapids IA945
Chico CA932
Kingsport-Bristol TN-VA926
Billings MT919
New Haven CT919
Goldsboro NC915
Lansing-East Lansing MI910
Beaumont-Port Arthur TX907
Lake Havasu City-Kingman AZ891
Johnson City TN887
LaGrange GA-AL883
Montgomery AL877
Valdosta GA870
Cleveland TN860
Medford OR841
Yuba City CA840
Hinesville GA833
Salinas CA833
Las Cruces NM815
Hanford-Corcoran CA812
Grand Junction CO802
Midland TX801
Kalispell MT793
Missoula MT790
Staunton-Stuarts Draft VA781
Trenton-Princeton NJ780
Chambersburg PA777
Duluth MN-WI772
Vallejo CA753
Seneca SC740
Morristown TN738
Mankato MN735
Santa Cruz-Watsonville CA728
Cedar City UT723
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford VA721
Joplin MO-KS713
Evansville IN707
Brunswick-St.Simons GA705
Akron OH698
St. Cloud MN694
Twin Falls ID694
Pocatello ID694
Racine-Mount Pleasant WI691
Lake Charles LA690
Lebanon-Claremont NH-VT685
Manchester-Nashua NH679
State College PA679
Sebring- FL673
Fort Smith AR-OK673
Sheboygan WI667
Sanford NC665
Kahului-Wailuku HI662
Kingston NY658
Canton-Massillon OH654
Burlington-South Burlington VT651
Columbus GA-AL637
Yakima WA636
Dothan AL630
Tuscaloosa AL625
Reading PA621
Tyler TX620
Dubuque IA617
New Bern NC612
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre PA592
Corvallis OR590
Santa Fe NM578
Topeka KS577
Clewiston FL573
Shelby-Kings Mountain NC568
Edwards CO567
Dalton GA562
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux LA557
Kenosha WI553
Kingsland GA552
Whitewater-Elkhorn WI551
Oxford MS549
Richmond-Berea KY545
Branson MO542
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island IA-IL541
Elizabethtown KY532
Helena MT528
Huntsville TX519
Bangor ME517
La Crosse-Onalaska WI-MN514
Barnstable Town MA509
Rocky Mount NC509
Manhattan KS504
Waterloo-Cedar Falls IA503
Augusta-Waterville ME498
Norwich-New London-Willimantic CT497
Kokomo IN497
Jackson TN496
Greenwood SC490
Macon-Bibb County GA486
Toledo OH483
Jackson WY-ID482
Laconia NH480
Monroe LA479
Kalamazoo-Portage MI472
Binghamton NY469
Cheyenne WY469
Brigham City UT-ID468
Merced CA467
Waterbury-Shelton CT466
Corsicana TX463
Carson City NV460
Concord NH460
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor FL459
Waynesville NC457
Albany GA457
Tullahoma-Manchester TN450
Montrose CO449
Bloomington IN448
Flint MI448
Napa CA447
Gettysburg PA446
Franklin KY446
Elkhart-Goshen IN441
Decatur AL440
Calhoun GA436
Wausau WI432
Rome GA431
Warsaw IN423
Huntington-Ashland WV-KY-OH422
Ithaca NY421
Shelbyville TN420
Picayune MS418
Murrells Inlet SC415
Baraboo WI413
Janesville-Beloit WI413
Show Low AZ413
Moses Lake WA407
Holland MI403
Morehead City NC397
Monticello NY397
Winchester TN396
Breckenridge CO391
Sioux City IA-NE-SD391
Rockford IL388
Lewisburg TN386
Amherst Town-Northampton MA376
Nogales AZ375
Sierra Vista-Douglas AZ370
Flagstaff AZ369
Sandusky OH368
Glens Falls NY366
Muskegon-Norton Shores MI362
Sheridan WY362
Mount Vernon-Anacortes WA361
Kill Devil Hills NC361
Bismarck ND359
Boone NC353
Carlsbad-Artesia NM353
Lawrence KS352
Springfield MA348
Alexandria MN346
Watertown SD345
Anchorage AK342
Sumter SC340
Niles MI337
Cornelia GA337
Terre Haute IN335
Ellensburg WA334
East Stroudsburg PA333
Wilson NC333
San Angelo TX332
Spearfish SD331
Centralia WA325
Eureka-Arcata CA322
Albemarle NC321
Ontario OR-ID319
Hot Springs AR315
Lewiston-Auburn ME315
Findlay OH313
McMinnville TN306
Utica-Rome NY306
Lexington Park MD305
Lebanon PA303
Hutchinson MN298
Ames IA291
Key West-Key Largo FL291
Frankfort KY290
Michigan City-La Porte IN286
Longview TX285
Jackson MI281
Albertville AL281
Port Angeles WA281
Gaffney SC281
Grand Forks ND-MN279
Elizabeth City NC279
Gardnerville Ranchos NV-CA278
Lumberton NC274
Florence-Muscle Shoals AL273
Watertown-Fort Drum NY273
Youngstown-Warren OH270
Alexandria LA268
Greeneville TN266
Walla Walla WA264
Grants Pass OR262
Pella IA262
Grand Island NE262
Cullman AL260
Nantucket MA258
El Centro CA258
North Platte NE258
Steamboat Springs CO258
Forest City NC258
Mount Airy NC258
Vidalia GA256
Longview-Kelso WA255
Springfield OH254
Great Falls MT252
Kerrville TX252