US Metro Housing Markets – January 2008 – Cities 1-100
May 15, 2008 - Jim Haughey
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RSS FeedThis chart features U.S. Housing Permits per 1,000 population based on the latest 12 months and residential permits for cities ranked 1-100. For cities ranked 101-200 please see Chart 2, for cities ranked 201-300 please see Chart 3, and for cities ranked 300-360 please see Chart 4.
US Metro Housing Markets – January 2008 – Cities 1-100
| Permits per 1,000 Population (based on latest 12 months) |
Residential Permits (units) | |||||
| Rank | Actuals | Relative to U.S. Average (set = 1.000) |
Population July 1, 2006 |
2007 Total |
Latest 12 Months |
|
| Gulfport-Biloxi, MS | 1 | 19.807 | 5.536 | 257,131 | 5,130 | 5,093 |
| Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC | 2 | 19.778 | 5.528 | 232,781 | 5,547 | 4,604 |
| Greenville, NC | 3 | 19.273 | 5.387 | 164,482 | 2,778 | 3,170 |
| Jacksonville, NC | 4 | 17.187 | 4.804 | 152,908 | 2,642 | 2,628 |
| Wilmington, NC | 5 | 16.274 | 4.549 | 323,031 | 5,670 | 5,257 |
| Columbia, MO | 6 | 16.058 | 4.489 | 154,752 | 1,997 | 2,485 |
| Raleigh-Cary, NC | 7 | 15.913 | 4.448 | 978,789 | 15,685 | 15,575 |
| Austin-Round Rock, TX | 8 | 13.150 | 3.676 | 1,490,133 | 19,879 | 19,595 |
| St. George, UT | 9 | 13.150 | 3.676 | 124,415 | 1,793 | 1,636 |
| Las Vegas-Paradise, NV | 10 | 12.934 | 3.615 | 1,774,022 | 23,879 | 22,945 |
| Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC | 11 | 12.405 | 3.468 | 1,557,553 | 20,583 | 19,322 |
| Idaho Falls, ID | 12 | 11.418 | 3.191 | 115,698 | 1,425 | 1,321 |
| Bend, OR | 13 | 11.282 | 3.154 | 146,337 | 1,888 | 1,651 |
| Auburn-Opelika, AL | 14 | 11.272 | 3.151 | 124,821 | 1,599 | 1,407 |
| Huntsville, AL | 15 | 10.898 | 3.046 | 373,635 | 4,392 | 4,072 |
| Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX | 16 | 10.746 | 3.004 | 5,387,808 | 61,528 | 57,895 |
| Coeur d'Alene, ID | 17 | 10.724 | 2.998 | 131,294 | 1,469 | 1,408 |
| Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL | 18 | 10.483 | 2.930 | 131,636 | 1,519 | 1,380 |
| Charleston-North Charleston, SC | 19 | 10.378 | 2.901 | 603,774 | 6,457 | 6,266 |
| Grand Junction, CO | 20 | 10.314 | 2.883 | 132,347 | 1,366 | 1,365 |
| Pascagoula, MS | 21 | 9.822 | 2.745 | 158,424 | 1,221 | 1,556 |
| Savannah, GA | 22 | 9.606 | 2.685 | 317,935 | 3,360 | 3,054 |
| Orlando-Kissimmee, FL | 23 | 9.401 | 2.628 | 1,988,628 | 18,697 | 18,695 |
| Bismarck, ND | 24 | 9.397 | 2.627 | 100,245 | 920 | 942 |
| Sioux Falls, SD | 25 | 9.360 | 2.616 | 211,849 | 2,077 | 1,983 |
| Tuscaloosa, AL | 26 | 9.211 | 2.575 | 197,593 | 1,818 | 1,820 |
| Panama City-Lynn Haven, FL | 27 | 8.951 | 2.502 | 164,219 | 1,393 | 1,470 |
| College Station-Bryan, TX | 28 | 8.927 | 2.495 | 190,659 | 1,906 | 1,702 |
| Harrisonburg, VA | 29 | 8.897 | 2.487 | 112,396 | 1,051 | 1,000 |
| Columbus, GA-AL | 30 | 8.801 | 2.460 | 284,733 | 2,341 | 2,506 |
| Burlington, NC | 31 | 8.767 | 2.451 | 142,346 | 1,342 | 1,248 |
| Warner Robins, GA | 32 | 8.734 | 2.441 | 129,144 | 1,217 | 1,128 |
| Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR | 33 | 8.659 | 2.420 | 416,234 | 3,265 | 3,604 |
| Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL | 34 | 8.626 | 2.411 | 564,935 | 5,906 | 4,873 |
| Dover, DE | 35 | 8.613 | 2.407 | 147,340 | 1,335 | 1,269 |
| McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX | 36 | 8.598 | 2.403 | 699,124 | 6,216 | 6,011 |
| Ocala, FL | 37 | 8.383 | 2.343 | 312,065 | 3,041 | 2,616 |
| Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro, TN | 38 | 8.340 | 2.331 | 1,443,602 | 13,194 | 12,040 |
| Boise City-Nampa, ID | 39 | 8.318 | 2.325 | 559,279 | 5,172 | 4,652 |
| Ocean City, NJ | 40 | 8.279 | 2.314 | 98,681 | 942 | 817 |
| Provo-Orem, UT | 41 | 8.045 | 2.249 | 467,592 | 4,354 | 3,762 |
| Fargo, ND-MN | 42 | 8.037 | 2.246 | 186,893 | 1,588 | 1,502 |
| Lakeland, FL | 43 | 7.965 | 2.226 | 554,398 | 4,244 | 4,416 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA | 298 | 7.793 | 2.178 | 5,044,937 | 43,814 | 39,316 |
| Rapid City, SD | 44 | 7.782 | 2.175 | 119,245 | 921 | 928 |
| Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX | 45 | 7.691 | 2.150 | 355,470 | 2,584 | 2,734 |
| Asheville, NC | 46 | 7.664 | 2.142 | 397,313 | 3,294 | 3,045 |
| Hattiesburg, MS | 47 | 7.445 | 2.081 | 133,385 | 1,043 | 993 |
| Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | 48 | 7.443 | 2.080 | 530,329 | 3,833 | 3,947 |
| Punta Gorda, FL | 49 | 7.348 | 2.054 | 160,585 | 1,370 | 1,180 |
| Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, SC | 50 | 7.296 | 2.039 | 597,150 | 4,994 | 4,357 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 51 | 7.285 | 2.036 | 3,233,560 | 26,236 | 23,558 |
| Clarksville, TN-KY | 52 | 7.219 | 2.018 | 245,877 | 1,977 | 1,775 |
| Greensboro-High Point, NC | 53 | 7.148 | 1.998 | 680,317 | 5,013 | 4,863 |
| Valdosta, GA | 54 | 7.134 | 1.994 | 125,875 | 917 | 898 |
| Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV | 55 | 6.965 | 1.947 | 256,858 | 1,783 | 1,789 |
| Fayetteville, NC | 56 | 6.957 | 1.944 | 347,300 | 2,440 | 2,416 |
| Wenatchee, WA | 57 | 6.916 | 1.933 | 105,840 | 738 | 732 |
| Baton Rouge, LA | 58 | 6.899 | 1.928 | 739,085 | 5,417 | 5,099 |
| Columbia, SC | 59 | 6.892 | 1.927 | 698,030 | 5,794 | 4,811 |
| Durham, NC | 60 | 6.847 | 1.914 | 462,240 | 3,217 | 3,165 |
| Columbus, IN | 61 | 6.819 | 1.906 | 73,906 | 357 | 504 |
| El Paso, TX | 62 | 6.812 | 1.904 | 729,616 | 4,788 | 4,970 |
| Las Cruces, NM | 63 | 6.811 | 1.904 | 192,335 | 1,351 | 1,310 |
| Tallahassee, FL | 64 | 6.770 | 1.892 | 337,678 | 2,567 | 2,286 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 65 | 6.764 | 1.891 | 5,944,091 | 40,975 | 40,203 |
| San Antonio, TX | 66 | 6.748 | 1.886 | 1,923,873 | 13,513 | 12,983 |
| Laredo, TX | 67 | 6.636 | 1.855 | 230,698 | 1,641 | 1,531 |
| Jacksonville, FL | 68 | 6.618 | 1.850 | 1,272,806 | 9,680 | 8,424 |
| Brunswick, GA | 69 | 6.525 | 1.824 | 99,466 | 687 | 649 |
| Lubbock, TX | 70 | 6.484 | 1.813 | 260,780 | 1,250 | 1,691 |
| Greeley, CO | 71 | 6.476 | 1.810 | 238,109 | 1,669 | 1,542 |
| Naples-Marco Island, FL | 72 | 6.415 | 1.793 | 317,871 | 2,177 | 2,039 |
| Logan, UT-ID | 73 | 6.354 | 1.776 | 111,902 | 759 | 711 |
| Gainesville, FL | 74 | 6.333 | 1.770 | 241,762 | 1,463 | 1,531 |
| Winston-Salem, NC | 75 | 6.328 | 1.769 | 453,680 | 3,069 | 2,871 |
| Lawton, OK | 76 | 6.322 | 1.767 | 111,990 | 796 | 708 |
| Champaign-Urbana, IL | 77 | 6.310 | 1.764 | 216,811 | 1,337 | 1,368 |
| Mobile, AL | 78 | 6.278 | 1.755 | 401,694 | 2,190 | 2,522 |
| Gainesville, GA | 79 | 6.273 | 1.753 | 170,741 | 1,250 | 1,071 |
| Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA | 80 | 6.260 | 1.750 | 821,988 | 4,923 | 5,146 |
| Missoula, MT | 81 | 6.106 | 1.707 | 100,887 | 665 | 616 |
| Prescott, AZ | 82 | 5.991 | 1.675 | 204,645 | 1,324 | 1,226 |
| Port St. Lucie, FL | 83 | 5.858 | 1.638 | 393,120 | 2,469 | 2,303 |
| Tucson, AZ | 84 | 5.854 | 1.636 | 940,031 | 5,660 | 5,503 |
| Knoxville, TN | 85 | 5.854 | 1.636 | 662,989 | 3,845 | 3,881 |
| Lafayette, LA | 86 | 5.850 | 1.635 | 249,567 | 1,465 | 1,460 |
| Denver-Aurora, CO | 87 | 5.761 | 1.610 | 2,393,311 | 14,324 | 13,789 |
| Bowling Green, KY | 88 | 5.744 | 1.606 | 112,294 | 790 | 645 |
| Athens-Clarke County, GA | 89 | 5.731 | 1.602 | 176,764 | 1,331 | 1,013 |
| Visalia-Porterville, CA | 90 | 5.705 | 1.595 | 419,263 | 2,562 | 2,392 |
| Winchester, VA-WV | 91 | 5.656 | 1.581 | 118,805 | 692 | 672 |
| Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL | 92 | 5.652 | 1.580 | 445,294 | 2,648 | 2,517 |
| Anderson, SC | 93 | 5.650 | 1.579 | 177,349 | 1,094 | 1,002 |
| Richmond, VA | 94 | 5.644 | 1.578 | 1,190,767 | 6,805 | 6,721 |
| Lexington-Fayette, KY | 95 | 5.595 | 1.564 | 433,976 | 2,614 | 2,428 |
| Elizabethtown, KY | 96 | 5.448 | 1.523 | 111,235 | 640 | 606 |
| Springfield, MO | 97 | 5.428 | 1.517 | 403,829 | 2,215 | 2,192 |
| Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 98 | 5.406 | 1.511 | 1,271,420 | 7,987 | 6,873 |
| Tulsa, OK | 99 | 5.367 | 1.500 | 892,976 | 5,171 | 4,793 |
| Spartanburg, SC | 100 | 5.348 | 1.495 | 269,284 | 1,553 | 1,440 |
Data source: U.S. Census Bureau (Department of Commerce) and Reed Construction Data.
Table: Reed Construction Data and Reed Construction Data – CanaData.
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