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US Metro Housing Markets – September 2008 – Cities 1-100

November 03, 2008 - Jim Haughey

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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 – September 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 18.600 5.519 172,473 2,778 3,208
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC 2 17.941 5.324 249,925 5,547 4,484
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS 3 17.376 5.156 231,523 5,130 4,023
Jacksonville, NC 4 17.150 5.089 162,745 2,642 2,791
Columbia, MO 5 16.080 4.772 162,314 1,997 2,610
Raleigh-Cary, NC 6 15.593 4.627 1,047,629 15,685 16,336
Wilmington, NC 7 14.854 4.408 339,511 5,670 5,043
Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 8 12.646 3.753 1,836,333 23,879 23,223
College Station-Bryan, TX 9 12.185 3.616 203,371 1,906 2,478
Austin-Round Rock, TX 10 11.550 3.427 1,598,161 19,879 18,459
Bismarck, ND 11 10.974 3.257 103,242 920 1,133
Pascagoula, MS 12 10.728 3.183 152,035 1,221 1,631
Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC 13 10.273 3.048 1,651,568 20,583 16,966
Harrisonburg, VA 14 10.224 3.034 117,563 1,051 1,202
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 15 10.219 3.032 5,628,101 61,528 57,512
Auburn-Opelika, AL 16 10.075 2.990 130,516 1,599 1,315
Huntsville, AL 17 9.896 2.937 386,632 4,392 3,826
Charleston-North Charleston, SC 18 9.622 2.855 630,100 6,457 6,063
Sioux Falls, SD 19 9.315 2.764 227,171 2,077 2,116
Columbus, GA-AL 20 9.195 2.729 282,756 2,341 2,600
Fargo, ND-MN 21 8.799 2.611 192,417 1,588 1,693
Savannah, GA 22 8.542 2.535 329,329 3,360 2,813
Panama City-Lynn Haven, FL 23 8.446 2.506 163,984 1,393 1,385
St. George, UT 24 8.304 2.464 133,791 1,793 1,111
Coeur d'Alene, ID 25 8.182 2.428 134,442 1,469 1,100
Bend, OR 26 8.148 2.418 154,028 1,888 1,255
Tuscaloosa, AL 27 8.147 2.418 205,218 1,818 1,672
Dover, DE 28 7.987 2.370 152,255 1,335 1,216
Grand Junction, CO 29 7.974 2.366 139,082 1,366 1,109
Orlando-Kissimmee, FL 30 7.868 2.335 2,032,496 18,697 15,992
Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL 31 7.775 2.307 131,837 1,519 1,025
Columbus, IN 32 7.706 2.287 74,750 357 576
Odessa, TX 33 7.641 2.267 129,570 439 990
Idaho Falls, ID 34 7.463 2.214 119,396 1,425 891
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 35 7.462 2.214 710,514 6,216 5,302
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX 36 7.430 2.205 370,008 2,584 2,749
Fayetteville, NC 37 7.242 2.149 348,940 2,440 2,527
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR 38 7.195 2.135 435,714 3,265 3,135
Lakeland, FL 39 7.175 2.129 574,746 4,244 4,124
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 40 7.171 2.128 829,890 4,923 5,951
Burlington, NC 41 7.168 2.127 145,360 1,342 1,042
Valdosta, GA 42 7.098 2.106 130,170 917 924
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 43 7.096 2.106 6,145,037 40,975 43,608
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 44 6.895 2.046 3,309,347 26,236 22,817
Hattiesburg, MS 45 6.804 2.019 138,144 1,043 940
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV 46 6.796 2.017 261,198 1,783 1,775
Johnson City, TN 47 6.768 2.008 193,554 942 1,310
Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro, TN 48 6.760 2.006 1,521,437 13,194 10,285
Boise City-Nampa, ID 49 6.716 1.993 587,689 5,172 3,947
Warner Robins, GA 50 6.663 1.977 131,016 1,217 873
Lawrence, KS 51 6.600 1.958 113,488 448 749
Olympia, WA 52 6.506 1.931 238,555 2,081 1,552
Jonesboro, AR 53 6.452 1.915 116,402 558 751
San Antonio, TX 54 6.443 1.912 1,990,675 13,513 12,826
Asheville, NC 55 6.443 1.912 404,320 3,294 2,605
Baton Rouge, LA 56 6.427 1.907 770,037 5,417 4,949
Clarksville, TN-KY 57 6.398 1.898 261,816 1,977 1,675
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 58 6.346 1.883 1,030,363 6,865 6,539
Gainesville, FL 59 6.336 1.880 257,099 1,463 1,629
Jacksonville, FL 60 6.301 1.870 1,300,823 9,680 8,197
Lexington-Fayette, KY 61 6.291 1.867 447,173 2,614 2,813
Greensboro-High Point, NC 62 6.235 1.850 698,497 5,013 4,355
Amarillo, TX 63 6.167 1.830 242,240 1,278 1,494
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 64 6.153 1.826 546,599 3,833 3,363
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 65 6.125 1.818 4,179,427 35,583 25,599
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO 66 6.082 1.805 287,574 1,353 1,749
Durham, NC 67 6.038 1.792 479,624 3,217 2,896
Laredo, TX 68 5.949 1.765 233,152 1,641 1,387
Tallahassee, FL 69 5.867 1.741 352,319 2,567 2,067
Winston-Salem, NC 70 5.840 1.733 463,159 3,069 2,705
Missoula, MT 71 5.821 1.727 105,650 665 615
Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, SC 72 5.808 1.723 613,828 4,994 3,565
Columbia, SC 73 5.754 1.707 716,030 5,794 4,120
Rapid City, SD 74 5.753 1.707 120,279 921 692
Las Cruces, NM 75 5.634 1.672 198,791 1,351 1,120
El Paso, TX 76 5.613 1.666 734,669 4,788 4,124
Tulsa, OK 77 5.612 1.665 905,755 5,171 5,083
Ocala, FL 78 5.587 1.658 324,857 3,041 1,815
Punta Gorda, FL 79 5.582 1.656 152,814 1,370 853
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 80 5.574 1.654 5,278,904 43,814 29,426
Mobile, AL 81 5.556 1.649 404,406 2,190 2,247
Greeley, CO 82 5.526 1.640 243,750 1,669 1,347
Iowa City, IA 83 5.522 1.639 147,038 737 812
Casper, WY 84 5.436 1.613 71,750 309 390
Elizabethtown, KY 85 5.421 1.609 111,610 640 605
Springfield, MO 86 5.371 1.594 420,020 2,215 2,256
Brunswick, GA 87 5.325 1.580 101,792 687 542
Logan, UT-ID 88 5.302 1.573 121,090 759 642
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA 89 5.210 1.546 201,137 721 1,048
Bowling Green, KY 90 5.198 1.543 116,001 790 603
Richmond, VA 91 5.156 1.530 1,212,977 6,805 6,254
Wenatchee, WA 92 5.132 1.523 107,170 738 550
Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA 93 5.117 1.519 2,175,113 12,888 11,131
Tucson, AZ 94 5.074 1.506 967,089 5,660 4,907
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR 95 5.071 1.505 666,401 3,153 3,379
Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 96 5.031 1.493 1,695,037 8,217 8,527
Madison, WI 97 5.025 1.491 555,626 2,704 2,792
Lafayette, LA 98 5.006 1.485 256,494 1,465 1,284
Oklahoma City, OK 99 4.957 1.471 1,192,989 6,316 5,914
Sumter, SC 100 4.935 1.465 103,943 502 513

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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