This 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 – July 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 |
|
| Greenville, NC | 1 | 19.168 | 5.456 | 172,473 | 2,778 | 3,306 |
| Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC | 2 | 18.706 | 5.324 | 249,925 | 5,547 | 4,675 |
| Gulfport-Biloxi, MS | 3 | 17.441 | 4.964 | 231,523 | 5,130 | 4,038 |
| Jacksonville, NC | 4 | 17.094 | 4.865 | 162,745 | 2,642 | 2,782 |
| Columbia, MO | 5 | 16.696 | 4.752 | 162,314 | 1,997 | 2,710 |
| Raleigh-Cary, NC | 6 | 16.537 | 4.707 | 1,047,629 | 15,685 | 17,325 |
| Wilmington, NC | 7 | 15.460 | 4.400 | 339,511 | 5,670 | 5,249 |
| Austin-Round Rock, TX | 8 | 13.358 | 3.802 | 1,598,161 | 19,879 | 21,349 |
| Las Vegas-Paradise, NV | 9 | 12.610 | 3.589 | 1,836,333 | 23,879 | 23,157 |
| Harrisonburg, VA | 10 | 12.232 | 3.481 | 117,563 | 1,051 | 1,438 |
| Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC | 11 | 11.020 | 3.136 | 1,651,568 | 20,583 | 18,200 |
| Pascagoula, MS | 12 | 10.853 | 3.089 | 152,035 | 1,221 | 1,650 |
| Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX | 13 | 10.598 | 3.016 | 5,628,101 | 61,528 | 59,644 |
| Auburn-Opelika, AL | 14 | 10.428 | 2.968 | 130,516 | 1,599 | 1,361 |
| College Station-Bryan, TX | 15 | 10.321 | 2.937 | 203,371 | 1,906 | 2,099 |
| Bismarck, ND | 16 | 10.306 | 2.933 | 103,242 | 920 | 1,064 |
| Huntsville, AL | 17 | 10.165 | 2.893 | 386,632 | 4,392 | 3,930 |
| Charleston-North Charleston, SC | 18 | 9.957 | 2.834 | 630,100 | 6,457 | 6,274 |
| Columbus, GA-AL | 19 | 9.312 | 2.650 | 282,756 | 2,341 | 2,633 |
| Idaho Falls, ID | 20 | 9.288 | 2.644 | 119,396 | 1,425 | 1,109 |
| St. George, UT | 21 | 9.171 | 2.610 | 133,791 | 1,793 | 1,227 |
| Fargo, ND-MN | 22 | 9.147 | 2.603 | 192,417 | 1,588 | 1,760 |
| Sioux Falls, SD | 23 | 9.024 | 2.568 | 227,171 | 2,077 | 2,050 |
| Coeur d'Alene, ID | 24 | 8.784 | 2.500 | 134,442 | 1,469 | 1,181 |
| Bend, OR | 25 | 8.739 | 2.487 | 154,028 | 1,888 | 1,346 |
| Grand Junction, CO | 26 | 8.614 | 2.452 | 139,082 | 1,366 | 1,198 |
| Tuscaloosa, AL | 27 | 8.503 | 2.420 | 205,218 | 1,818 | 1,745 |
| Savannah, GA | 28 | 8.454 | 2.406 | 329,329 | 3,360 | 2,784 |
| Dover, DE | 29 | 8.394 | 2.389 | 152,255 | 1,335 | 1,278 |
| Orlando-Kissimmee, FL | 30 | 8.297 | 2.361 | 2,032,496 | 18,697 | 16,864 |
| Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL | 31 | 8.017 | 2.282 | 131,837 | 1,519 | 1,057 |
| Columbus, IN | 32 | 7.906 | 2.250 | 74,750 | 357 | 591 |
| McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX | 33 | 7.859 | 2.237 | 710,514 | 6,216 | 5,584 |
| Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX | 34 | 7.635 | 2.173 | 370,008 | 2,584 | 2,825 |
| Burlington, NC | 35 | 7.616 | 2.167 | 145,360 | 1,342 | 1,107 |
| Lakeland, FL | 36 | 7.553 | 2.150 | 574,746 | 4,244 | 4,341 |
| Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR | 37 | 7.487 | 2.131 | 435,714 | 3,265 | 3,262 |
| Ocean City, NJ | 38 | 7.384 | 2.102 | 96,422 | 942 | 712 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 39 | 7.331 | 2.086 | 6,145,037 | 40,975 | 45,049 |
| Valdosta, GA | 40 | 7.306 | 2.079 | 130,170 | 917 | 951 |
| Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV | 41 | 7.175 | 2.042 | 261,198 | 1,783 | 1,874 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 42 | 7.145 | 2.034 | 3,309,347 | 26,236 | 23,646 |
| Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro, TN | 43 | 7.087 | 2.017 | 1,521,437 | 13,194 | 10,783 |
| Warner Robins, GA | 44 | 6.992 | 1.990 | 131,016 | 1,217 | 916 |
| Olympia, WA | 45 | 6.988 | 1.989 | 238,555 | 2,081 | 1,667 |
| Baton Rouge, LA | 46 | 6.931 | 1.973 | 770,037 | 5,417 | 5,337 |
| Asheville, NC | 47 | 6.881 | 1.958 | 404,320 | 3,294 | 2,782 |
| Johnson City, TN | 48 | 6.840 | 1.947 | 193,554 | 942 | 1,324 |
| Fayetteville, NC | 49 | 6.838 | 1.946 | 348,940 | 2,440 | 2,386 |
| Hattiesburg, MS | 50 | 6.819 | 1.941 | 138,144 | 1,043 | 942 |
| Lubbock, TX | 51 | 6.792 | 1.933 | 267,211 | 1,250 | 1,815 |
| Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA | 52 | 6.767 | 1.926 | 829,890 | 4,923 | 5,616 |
| Wenatchee, WA | 53 | 6.737 | 1.917 | 107,170 | 738 | 722 |
| Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | 54 | 6.698 | 1.906 | 546,599 | 3,833 | 3,661 |
| San Antonio, TX | 55 | 6.682 | 1.902 | 1,990,675 | 13,513 | 13,301 |
| Jacksonville, FL | 56 | 6.677 | 1.900 | 1,300,823 | 9,680 | 8,686 |
| Lawrence, KS | 57 | 6.617 | 1.883 | 113,488 | 448 | 751 |
| Greensboro-High Point, NC | 58 | 6.537 | 1.860 | 698,497 | 5,013 | 4,566 |
| Lexington-Fayette, KY | 59 | 6.487 | 1.846 | 447,173 | 2,614 | 2,901 |
| Gainesville, FL | 60 | 6.468 | 1.841 | 257,099 | 1,463 | 1,663 |
| Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ | 61 | 6.422 | 1.828 | 4,179,427 | 35,583 | 26,841 |
| Clarksville, TN-KY | 62 | 6.371 | 1.813 | 261,816 | 1,977 | 1,668 |
| Durham, NC | 63 | 6.351 | 1.808 | 479,624 | 3,217 | 3,046 |
| Laredo, TX | 64 | 6.279 | 1.787 | 233,152 | 1,641 | 1,464 |
| Jonesboro, AR | 65 | 6.211 | 1.768 | 116,402 | 558 | 723 |
| Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, SC | 66 | 6.174 | 1.757 | 613,828 | 4,994 | 3,790 |
| New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA | 67 | 6.146 | 1.749 | 1,030,363 | 6,865 | 6,333 |
| Greeley, CO | 68 | 6.084 | 1.732 | 243,750 | 1,669 | 1,483 |
| Tallahassee, FL | 69 | 6.063 | 1.726 | 352,319 | 2,567 | 2,136 |
| Elizabethtown, KY | 70 | 6.057 | 1.724 | 111,610 | 640 | 676 |
| Columbia, SC | 71 | 6.054 | 1.723 | 716,030 | 5,794 | 4,335 |
| Winston-Salem, NC | 72 | 6.032 | 1.717 | 463,159 | 3,069 | 2,794 |
| Las Cruces, NM | 73 | 6.026 | 1.715 | 198,791 | 1,351 | 1,198 |
| Missoula, MT | 74 | 5.982 | 1.703 | 105,650 | 665 | 632 |
| Punta Gorda, FL | 75 | 5.948 | 1.693 | 152,814 | 1,370 | 909 |
| Ocala, FL | 76 | 5.926 | 1.687 | 324,857 | 3,041 | 1,925 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA | 77 | 5.858 | 1.667 | 5,278,904 | 43,814 | 30,926 |
| Tulsa, OK | 78 | 5.826 | 1.658 | 905,755 | 5,171 | 5,277 |
| Iowa City, IA | 79 | 5.760 | 1.639 | 147,038 | 737 | 847 |
| Mobile, AL | 80 | 5.749 | 1.636 | 404,406 | 2,190 | 2,325 |
| Rapid City, SD | 81 | 5.720 | 1.628 | 120,279 | 921 | 688 |
| Springfield, MO | 82 | 5.647 | 1.607 | 420,020 | 2,215 | 2,372 |
| Brunswick, GA | 83 | 5.629 | 1.602 | 101,792 | 687 | 573 |
| Fort Collins-Loveland, CO | 84 | 5.571 | 1.586 | 287,574 | 1,353 | 1,602 |
| El Paso, TX | 85 | 5.543 | 1.578 | 734,669 | 4,788 | 4,072 |
| Casper, WY | 86 | 5.505 | 1.567 | 71,750 | 309 | 395 |
| Logan, UT-ID | 87 | 5.484 | 1.561 | 121,090 | 759 | 664 |
| Richmond, VA | 88 | 5.376 | 1.530 | 1,212,977 | 6,805 | 6,521 |
| Tucson, AZ | 89 | 5.369 | 1.528 | 967,089 | 5,660 | 5,192 |
| Bowling Green, KY | 90 | 5.353 | 1.524 | 116,001 | 790 | 621 |
| Anderson, SC | 91 | 5.351 | 1.523 | 179,981 | 1,094 | 963 |
| Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA | 92 | 5.320 | 1.514 | 201,137 | 721 | 1,070 |
| Lafayette, LA | 93 | 5.302 | 1.509 | 256,494 | 1,465 | 1,360 |
| Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA | 94 | 5.277 | 1.502 | 2,175,113 | 12,888 | 11,478 |
| Knoxville, TN | 95 | 5.272 | 1.500 | 681,525 | 3,845 | 3,593 |
| Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR | 96 | 5.248 | 1.494 | 666,401 | 3,153 | 3,497 |
| Indianapolis-Carmel, IN | 97 | 5.241 | 1.492 | 1,695,037 | 8,217 | 8,884 |
| Lynchburg, VA | 98 | 5.222 | 1.486 | 243,580 | 1,224 | 1,272 |
| Provo-Orem, UT | 99 | 5.220 | 1.486 | 493,306 | 4,354 | 2,575 |
| Visalia-Porterville, CA | 100 | 5.214 | 1.484 | 421,553 | 2,562 | 2,198 |
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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