US Metro Housing Markets – October 2008 – Cities 1-100
December 19, 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 – October 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 | 17.806 | 5.556 | 172,473 | 2,778 | 3,071 |
| Gulfport-Biloxi, MS | 2 | 16.767 | 5.232 | 231,523 | 5,130 | 3,882 |
| Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC | 3 | 16.637 | 5.191 | 249,925 | 5,547 | 4,158 |
| Jacksonville, NC | 4 | 16.351 | 5.102 | 162,745 | 2,642 | 2,661 |
| Columbia, MO | 5 | 15.544 | 4.850 | 162,314 | 1,997 | 2,523 |
| Raleigh-Cary, NC | 6 | 14.748 | 4.602 | 1,047,629 | 15,685 | 15,450 |
| Wilmington, NC | 7 | 14.347 | 4.477 | 339,511 | 5,670 | 4,871 |
| College Station-Bryan, TX | 8 | 12.622 | 3.938 | 203,371 | 1,906 | 2,567 |
| Las Vegas-Paradise, NV | 9 | 11.824 | 3.689 | 1,836,333 | 23,879 | 21,712 |
| Bismarck, ND | 10 | 10.974 | 3.424 | 103,242 | 920 | 1,133 |
| Austin-Round Rock, TX | 11 | 10.771 | 3.361 | 1,598,161 | 19,879 | 17,214 |
| Pascagoula, MS | 12 | 10.695 | 3.337 | 152,035 | 1,221 | 1,626 |
| Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC | 13 | 9.875 | 3.081 | 1,651,568 | 20,583 | 16,309 |
| Harrisonburg, VA | 14 | 9.833 | 3.068 | 117,563 | 1,051 | 1,156 |
| Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX | 15 | 9.800 | 3.058 | 5,628,101 | 61,528 | 55,155 |
| Auburn-Opelika, AL | 16 | 9.792 | 3.055 | 130,516 | 1,599 | 1,278 |
| Charleston-North Charleston, SC | 17 | 9.533 | 2.975 | 630,100 | 6,457 | 6,007 |
| Huntsville, AL | 18 | 9.482 | 2.959 | 386,632 | 4,392 | 3,666 |
| Columbus, GA-AL | 19 | 9.093 | 2.837 | 282,756 | 2,341 | 2,571 |
| Sioux Falls, SD | 20 | 8.879 | 2.770 | 227,171 | 2,077 | 2,017 |
| Lawrence, KS | 21 | 8.618 | 2.689 | 113,488 | 448 | 978 |
| Fargo, ND-MN | 22 | 8.606 | 2.685 | 192,417 | 1,588 | 1,656 |
| Coeur d'Alene, ID | 23 | 7.899 | 2.465 | 134,442 | 1,469 | 1,062 |
| Panama City-Lynn Haven, FL | 24 | 7.854 | 2.451 | 163,984 | 1,393 | 1,288 |
| Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR | 25 | 7.794 | 2.432 | 435,714 | 3,265 | 3,396 |
| Tuscaloosa, AL | 26 | 7.753 | 2.419 | 205,218 | 1,818 | 1,591 |
| Grand Junction, CO | 27 | 7.722 | 2.409 | 139,082 | 1,366 | 1,074 |
| Odessa, TX | 28 | 7.664 | 2.391 | 129,570 | 439 | 993 |
| Dover, DE | 29 | 7.645 | 2.385 | 152,255 | 1,335 | 1,164 |
| Columbus, IN | 30 | 7.545 | 2.354 | 74,750 | 357 | 564 |
| Savannah, GA | 31 | 7.406 | 2.311 | 329,329 | 3,360 | 2,439 |
| Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL | 32 | 7.365 | 2.298 | 131,837 | 1,519 | 971 |
| Bend, OR | 33 | 7.336 | 2.289 | 154,028 | 1,888 | 1,130 |
| Fayetteville, NC | 34 | 7.242 | 2.260 | 348,940 | 2,440 | 2,527 |
| Orlando-Kissimmee, FL | 35 | 7.157 | 2.233 | 2,032,496 | 18,697 | 14,546 |
| Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX | 36 | 7.148 | 2.231 | 370,008 | 2,584 | 2,645 |
| McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX | 37 | 7.077 | 2.208 | 710,514 | 6,216 | 5,028 |
| St. George, UT | 38 | 7.063 | 2.204 | 133,791 | 1,793 | 945 |
| Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA | 39 | 7.059 | 2.203 | 829,890 | 4,923 | 5,858 |
| Hattiesburg, MS | 40 | 6.949 | 2.168 | 138,144 | 1,043 | 960 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 41 | 6.904 | 2.154 | 6,145,037 | 40,975 | 42,428 |
| Lakeland, FL | 42 | 6.866 | 2.142 | 574,746 | 4,244 | 3,946 |
| Valdosta, GA | 43 | 6.845 | 2.136 | 130,170 | 917 | 891 |
| Burlington, NC | 44 | 6.666 | 2.080 | 145,360 | 1,342 | 969 |
| Ocean City, NJ | 45 | 6.575 | 2.052 | 96,422 | 942 | 634 |
| Lexington-Fayette, KY | 46 | 6.546 | 2.042 | 447,173 | 2,614 | 2,927 |
| Warner Robins, GA | 47 | 6.442 | 2.010 | 131,016 | 1,217 | 844 |
| Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV | 48 | 6.424 | 2.005 | 261,198 | 1,783 | 1,678 |
| Lubbock, TX | 49 | 6.418 | 2.003 | 267,211 | 1,250 | 1,715 |
| San Antonio, TX | 50 | 6.413 | 2.001 | 1,990,675 | 13,513 | 12,766 |
| Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro, TN | 51 | 6.383 | 1.992 | 1,521,437 | 13,194 | 9,712 |
| Johnson City, TN | 52 | 6.324 | 1.973 | 193,554 | 942 | 1,224 |
| Baton Rouge, LA | 53 | 6.295 | 1.964 | 770,037 | 5,417 | 4,847 |
| Olympia, WA | 54 | 6.279 | 1.959 | 238,555 | 2,081 | 1,498 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 55 | 6.277 | 1.959 | 3,309,347 | 26,236 | 20,772 |
| Boise City-Nampa, ID | 56 | 6.267 | 1.955 | 587,689 | 5,172 | 3,683 |
| Clarksville, TN-KY | 57 | 6.245 | 1.949 | 261,816 | 1,977 | 1,635 |
| Jonesboro, AR | 58 | 6.237 | 1.946 | 116,402 | 558 | 726 |
| New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA | 59 | 6.204 | 1.936 | 1,030,363 | 6,865 | 6,392 |
| Greensboro-High Point, NC | 60 | 6.145 | 1.917 | 698,497 | 5,013 | 4,292 |
| Asheville, NC | 61 | 5.993 | 1.870 | 404,320 | 3,294 | 2,423 |
| Jacksonville, FL | 62 | 5.932 | 1.851 | 1,300,823 | 9,680 | 7,716 |
| Missoula, MT | 63 | 5.802 | 1.810 | 105,650 | 665 | 613 |
| Durham, NC | 64 | 5.786 | 1.805 | 479,624 | 3,217 | 2,775 |
| Fort Collins-Loveland, CO | 65 | 5.772 | 1.801 | 287,574 | 1,353 | 1,660 |
| El Paso, TX | 66 | 5.747 | 1.793 | 734,669 | 4,788 | 4,222 |
| Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ | 67 | 5.745 | 1.793 | 4,179,427 | 35,583 | 24,012 |
| Tallahassee, FL | 68 | 5.708 | 1.781 | 352,319 | 2,567 | 2,011 |
| Mobile, AL | 69 | 5.702 | 1.779 | 404,406 | 2,190 | 2,306 |
| Winston-Salem, NC | 70 | 5.670 | 1.769 | 463,159 | 3,069 | 2,626 |
| Laredo, TX | 71 | 5.614 | 1.752 | 233,152 | 1,641 | 1,309 |
| Rapid City, SD | 72 | 5.496 | 1.715 | 120,279 | 921 | 661 |
| Iowa City, IA | 73 | 5.468 | 1.706 | 147,038 | 737 | 804 |
| Greeley, CO | 74 | 5.465 | 1.705 | 243,750 | 1,669 | 1,332 |
| Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, SC | 75 | 5.449 | 1.700 | 613,828 | 4,994 | 3,345 |
| Springfield, MO | 76 | 5.426 | 1.693 | 420,020 | 2,215 | 2,279 |
| Columbia, SC | 77 | 5.385 | 1.680 | 716,030 | 5,794 | 3,856 |
| Tulsa, OK | 78 | 5.345 | 1.668 | 905,755 | 5,171 | 4,841 |
| Casper, WY | 79 | 5.310 | 1.657 | 71,750 | 309 | 381 |
| Las Cruces, NM | 80 | 5.302 | 1.654 | 198,791 | 1,351 | 1,054 |
| Punta Gorda, FL | 81 | 5.235 | 1.634 | 152,814 | 1,370 | 800 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA | 82 | 5.154 | 1.608 | 5,278,904 | 43,814 | 27,205 |
| Elizabethtown, KY | 83 | 5.134 | 1.602 | 111,610 | 640 | 573 |
| Ocala, FL | 84 | 5.113 | 1.595 | 324,857 | 3,041 | 1,661 |
| Gainesville, FL | 85 | 5.084 | 1.586 | 257,099 | 1,463 | 1,307 |
| Brunswick, GA | 86 | 5.010 | 1.563 | 101,792 | 687 | 510 |
| Richmond, VA | 87 | 4.951 | 1.545 | 1,212,977 | 6,805 | 6,005 |
| Denver-Aurora, CO | 88 | 4.895 | 1.527 | 2,464,866 | 14,324 | 12,066 |
| Bowling Green, KY | 89 | 4.879 | 1.522 | 116,001 | 790 | 566 |
| Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA | 90 | 4.862 | 1.517 | 201,137 | 721 | 978 |
| Indianapolis-Carmel, IN | 91 | 4.759 | 1.485 | 1,695,037 | 8,217 | 8,066 |
| Madison, WI | 92 | 4.753 | 1.483 | 555,626 | 2,704 | 2,641 |
| Oklahoma City, OK | 93 | 4.750 | 1.482 | 1,192,989 | 6,316 | 5,667 |
| Lafayette, LA | 94 | 4.741 | 1.479 | 256,494 | 1,465 | 1,216 |
| Tucson, AZ | 95 | 4.733 | 1.477 | 967,089 | 5,660 | 4,577 |
| Logan, UT-ID | 96 | 4.732 | 1.477 | 121,090 | 759 | 573 |
| Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR | 97 | 4.731 | 1.476 | 666,401 | 3,153 | 3,153 |
| Midland, TX | 98 | 4.723 | 1.474 | 126,408 | 514 | 597 |
| Visalia-Porterville, CA | 99 | 4.716 | 1.471 | 421,553 | 2,562 | 1,988 |
| Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA | 100 | 4.701 | 1.467 | 2,175,113 | 12,888 | 10,225 |
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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