US Metro Housing Markets – February 2009 – Cities 1-100
March 31, 2009 - 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 301-361 please see Chart 4.
US Metro Housing Markets – February 2009 – 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 | 13.545 | 5.944 | 234,625 | 5,130 | 3,178 |
| Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC | 2 | 10.999 | 4.827 | 257,380 | 5,547 | 2,831 |
| Wilmington, NC | 3 | 10.786 | 4.733 | 347,012 | 5,670 | 3,743 |
| College Station-Bryan, TX | 4 | 9.975 | 4.377 | 207,425 | 1,906 | 2,069 |
| Raleigh-Cary, NC | 5 | 9.957 | 4.369 | 1,088,785 | 15,685 | 10,841 |
| Columbia, MO | 6 | 9.934 | 4.359 | 164,283 | 1,997 | 1,632 |
| Greenville, NC | 7 | 9.329 | 4.094 | 176,758 | 2,778 | 1,649 |
| Austin-Round Rock, TX | 8 | 8.059 | 3.537 | 1,652,502 | 19,879 | 13,318 |
| Harrisonburg, VA | 9 | 7.930 | 3.480 | 118,409 | 1,051 | 939 |
| Bismarck, ND | 10 | 7.471 | 3.278 | 104,944 | 920 | 784 |
| Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX | 11 | 7.290 | 3.199 | 5,728,143 | 61,528 | 41,756 |
| Sioux Falls, SD | 12 | 7.058 | 3.097 | 232,930 | 2,077 | 1,644 |
| Huntsville, AL | 13 | 6.968 | 3.058 | 395,945 | 4,392 | 2,759 |
| Jacksonville, NC | 14 | 6.798 | 2.983 | 165,938 | 2,642 | 1,128 |
| Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC | 15 | 6.710 | 2.944 | 1,701,799 | 20,583 | 11,419 |
| Charleston-North Charleston, SC | 16 | 6.701 | 2.941 | 644,506 | 6,457 | 4,319 |
| Las Vegas-Paradise, NV | 17 | 6.644 | 2.916 | 1,865,746 | 23,879 | 12,396 |
| Lawrence, KS | 18 | 6.580 | 2.887 | 114,748 | 448 | 755 |
| Fayetteville, NC | 19 | 6.512 | 2.858 | 356,105 | 2,440 | 2,319 |
| Auburn-Opelika, AL | 20 | 6.345 | 2.785 | 133,010 | 1,599 | 844 |
| Fargo, ND-MN | 21 | 6.153 | 2.700 | 195,685 | 1,588 | 1,204 |
| Lexington-Fayette, KY | 22 | 6.008 | 2.636 | 453,424 | 2,614 | 2,724 |
| Warner Robins, GA | 23 | 5.835 | 2.561 | 133,161 | 1,217 | 777 |
| Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR | 24 | 5.816 | 2.552 | 443,976 | 3,265 | 2,582 |
| Coeur d'Alene, ID | 25 | 5.630 | 2.471 | 137,475 | 1,469 | 774 |
| Dover, DE | 26 | 5.604 | 2.459 | 155,415 | 1,335 | 871 |
| Pascagoula, MS | 27 | 5.513 | 2.419 | 153,100 | 1,221 | 844 |
| Savannah, GA | 28 | 5.488 | 2.408 | 334,353 | 3,360 | 1,835 |
| Panama City-Lynn Haven, FL | 29 | 5.477 | 2.404 | 163,946 | 1,393 | 898 |
| Tuscaloosa, AL | 30 | 5.291 | 2.322 | 206,765 | 1,818 | 1,094 |
| Odessa, TX | 31 | 5.268 | 2.312 | 131,941 | 439 | 695 |
| Las Cruces, NM | 32 | 5.159 | 2.264 | 201,603 | 1,351 | 1,040 |
| Grand Junction, CO | 33 | 5.155 | 2.262 | 143,171 | 1,366 | 738 |
| Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX | 34 | 5.038 | 2.211 | 379,935 | 2,584 | 1,914 |
| Clarksville, TN-KY | 35 | 5.011 | 2.199 | 261,220 | 1,977 | 1,309 |
| Johnson City, TN | 36 | 5.004 | 2.196 | 195,849 | 942 | 980 |
| El Paso, TX | 37 | 4.955 | 2.174 | 742,062 | 4,788 | 3,677 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 38 | 4.933 | 2.165 | 6,300,006 | 40,975 | 31,080 |
| Mobile, AL | 39 | 4.925 | 2.161 | 406,309 | 2,190 | 2,001 |
| Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | 40 | 4.876 | 2.140 | 556,230 | 3,833 | 2,712 |
| Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA | 41 | 4.864 | 2.135 | 837,925 | 4,923 | 4,076 |
| Jacksonville, FL | 42 | 4.857 | 2.131 | 1,313,228 | 9,680 | 6,378 |
| Durham, NC | 43 | 4.824 | 2.117 | 488,762 | 3,217 | 2,358 |
| St. George, UT | 44 | 4.753 | 2.086 | 137,589 | 1,793 | 654 |
| Columbus, IN | 45 | 4.751 | 2.085 | 75,360 | 357 | 358 |
| Lakeland, FL | 46 | 4.747 | 2.083 | 580,594 | 4,244 | 2,756 |
| Valdosta, GA | 47 | 4.724 | 2.073 | 133,348 | 917 | 630 |
| Bend, OR | 48 | 4.720 | 2.071 | 158,458 | 1,888 | 748 |
| Columbia, SC | 49 | 4.707 | 2.066 | 728,063 | 5,794 | 3,427 |
| Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL | 50 | 4.678 | 2.053 | 132,315 | 1,519 | 619 |
| McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX | 51 | 4.660 | 2.045 | 726,604 | 6,216 | 3,386 |
| Iowa City, IA | 52 | 4.608 | 2.022 | 148,437 | 737 | 684 |
| San Antonio, TX | 53 | 4.604 | 2.020 | 2,031,445 | 13,513 | 9,353 |
| Hattiesburg, MS | 54 | 4.603 | 2.020 | 140,781 | 1,043 | 648 |
| Lubbock, TX | 55 | 4.567 | 2.004 | 270,610 | 1,250 | 1,236 |
| Boise City-Nampa, ID | 56 | 4.549 | 1.996 | 589,763 | 5,172 | 2,683 |
| Burlington, NC | 57 | 4.471 | 1.962 | 148,053 | 1,342 | 662 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 58 | 4.414 | 1.937 | 3,344,813 | 26,236 | 14,763 |
| Greensboro-High Point, NC | 59 | 4.397 | 1.930 | 705,684 | 5,013 | 3,103 |
| Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro, TN | 60 | 4.382 | 1.923 | 1,550,733 | 13,194 | 6,795 |
| Jonesboro, AR | 61 | 4.320 | 1.896 | 117,361 | 558 | 507 |
| Baton Rouge, LA | 62 | 4.281 | 1.879 | 774,327 | 5,417 | 3,315 |
| Fort Collins-Loveland, CO | 63 | 4.231 | 1.857 | 292,825 | 1,353 | 1,239 |
| Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR | 64 | 4.205 | 1.845 | 675,069 | 3,153 | 2,839 |
| Olympia, WA | 65 | 4.193 | 1.840 | 245,181 | 2,081 | 1,028 |
| Asheville, NC | 66 | 4.179 | 1.834 | 404,436 | 3,294 | 1,690 |
| Casper, WY | 67 | 4.089 | 1.794 | 73,129 | 309 | 299 |
| Laredo, TX | 68 | 4.081 | 1.791 | 236,941 | 1,641 | 967 |
| Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV | 69 | 4.072 | 1.787 | 263,753 | 1,783 | 1,074 |
| Salt Lake City, UT | 70 | 4.063 | 1.783 | 1,115,692 | 5,488 | 4,533 |
| Missoula, MT | 71 | 4.035 | 1.771 | 107,320 | 665 | 433 |
| Tallahassee, FL | 72 | 4.031 | 1.769 | 357,259 | 2,567 | 1,440 |
| Richmond, VA | 73 | 3.926 | 1.723 | 1,225,628 | 6,805 | 4,812 |
| Greeley, CO | 74 | 3.899 | 1.711 | 248,775 | 1,669 | 970 |
| Idaho Falls, ID | 75 | 3.894 | 1.709 | 122,995 | 1,425 | 479 |
| Tulsa, OK | 76 | 3.870 | 1.698 | 916,079 | 5,171 | 3,545 |
| Springfield, MO | 77 | 3.848 | 1.689 | 426,144 | 2,215 | 1,640 |
| Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin, FL | 78 | 3.784 | 1.661 | 179,693 | 882 | 680 |
| Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA | 79 | 3.778 | 1.658 | 201,148 | 721 | 760 |
| New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA | 80 | 3.774 | 1.656 | 1,134,029 | 6,865 | 4,280 |
| Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ | 81 | 3.756 | 1.648 | 4,281,899 | 35,583 | 16,083 |
| Indianapolis-Carmel, IN | 82 | 3.723 | 1.634 | 1,715,459 | 8,217 | 6,387 |
| Bowling Green, KY | 83 | 3.688 | 1.618 | 117,947 | 790 | 435 |
| Brunswick, GA | 84 | 3.656 | 1.604 | 102,850 | 687 | 376 |
| Midland, TX | 85 | 3.653 | 1.603 | 129,494 | 514 | 473 |
| Ames, IA | 86 | 3.642 | 1.598 | 86,754 | 337 | 316 |
| Sumter, SC | 87 | 3.601 | 1.580 | 104,148 | 502 | 375 |
| Gainesville, FL | 88 | 3.535 | 1.551 | 258,555 | 1,463 | 914 |
| Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, SC | 89 | 3.534 | 1.551 | 624,715 | 4,994 | 2,208 |
| Knoxville, TN | 90 | 3.515 | 1.543 | 591,152 | 3,845 | 2,078 |
| Logan, UT-ID | 91 | 3.510 | 1.540 | 125,070 | 759 | 439 |
| Champaign-Urbana, IL | 92 | 3.488 | 1.531 | 224,191 | 1,337 | 782 |
| Cedar Rapids, IA | 93 | 3.457 | 1.517 | 255,452 | 1,036 | 883 |
| Billings, MT | 94 | 3.441 | 1.510 | 152,005 | 556 | 523 |
| Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA | 95 | 3.421 | 1.501 | 2,207,462 | 12,888 | 7,552 |
| Wenatchee, WA | 96 | 3.401 | 1.493 | 108,193 | 738 | 368 |
| Winchester, VA-WV | 97 | 3.383 | 1.485 | 122,369 | 692 | 414 |
| Lafayette, LA | 98 | 3.379 | 1.483 | 258,073 | 1,465 | 872 |
| Madison, WI | 99 | 3.378 | 1.483 | 561,505 | 2,704 | 1,897 |
| Cleveland, TN | 100 | 3.344 | 1.467 | 112,143 | 536 | 375 |
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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