US Metro Housing Markets — March 2009 — Cities 1-100
April 30, 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 – March 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 |
2008 Total |
Latest 12 Months |
|
| Gulfport-Biloxi, MS | 1 | 10.391 | 4.995 | 234,625 | 3,196 | 2,438 |
| Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC | 2 | 9.702 | 4.663 | 257,380 | 2,986 | 2,497 |
| College Station-Bryan, TX | 3 | 9.685 | 4.655 | 207,425 | 2,136 | 2,009 |
| Wilmington, NC | 4 | 8.749 | 4.205 | 347,012 | 3,855 | 3,036 |
| Harrisonburg, VA | 5 | 8.707 | 4.185 | 118,409 | 946 | 1,031 |
| Raleigh-Cary, NC | 6 | 8.486 | 4.079 | 1,088,785 | 11,538 | 9,239 |
| Lawrence, KS | 7 | 7.765 | 3.732 | 114,748 | 769 | 891 |
| Jacksonville, NC | 8 | 7.641 | 3.673 | 165,938 | 1,180 | 1,268 |
| Austin-Round Rock, TX | 9 | 7.136 | 3.430 | 1,652,502 | 14,144 | 11,792 |
| Huntsville, AL | 10 | 7.006 | 3.367 | 395,945 | 2,792 | 2,774 |
| Sioux Falls, SD | 11 | 6.925 | 3.328 | 232,930 | 1,643 | 1,613 |
| Columbia, MO | 12 | 6.659 | 3.201 | 164,283 | 1,484 | 1,094 |
| Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX | 13 | 6.500 | 3.124 | 5,728,143 | 42,226 | 37,235 |
| Greenville, NC | 14 | 6.410 | 3.081 | 176,758 | 2,102 | 1,133 |
| Bismarck, ND | 15 | 6.213 | 2.986 | 104,944 | 791 | 652 |
| Auburn-Opelika, AL | 16 | 6.105 | 2.934 | 133,010 | 876 | 812 |
| Las Vegas-Paradise, NV | 17 | 5.964 | 2.867 | 1,865,746 | 12,550 | 11,128 |
| Fargo, ND-MN | 18 | 5.943 | 2.857 | 195,685 | 1,208 | 1,163 |
| Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC | 19 | 5.941 | 2.855 | 1,701,799 | 12,140 | 10,110 |
| Lexington-Fayette, KY | 20 | 5.849 | 2.811 | 453,424 | 2,614 | 2,652 |
| Charleston-North Charleston, SC | 21 | 5.815 | 2.795 | 644,506 | 4,530 | 3,748 |
| Warner Robins, GA | 22 | 5.670 | 2.725 | 133,161 | 704 | 755 |
| Fayetteville, NC | 23 | 5.428 | 2.609 | 356,105 | 2,247 | 1,933 |
| Coeur d'Alene, ID | 24 | 5.426 | 2.608 | 137,475 | 800 | 746 |
| Las Cruces, NM | 25 | 5.288 | 2.542 | 201,603 | 926 | 1,066 |
| Columbia, SC | 26 | 5.097 | 2.450 | 728,063 | 3,433 | 3,711 |
| Jacksonville, FL | 27 | 5.083 | 2.443 | 1,313,228 | 6,870 | 6,675 |
| Odessa, TX | 28 | 5.063 | 2.434 | 131,941 | 716 | 668 |
| Savannah, GA | 29 | 4.860 | 2.336 | 334,353 | 1,911 | 1,625 |
| Iowa City, IA | 30 | 4.770 | 2.293 | 148,437 | 704 | 708 |
| Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA | 31 | 4.765 | 2.290 | 837,925 | 4,409 | 3,993 |
| Clarksville, TN-KY | 32 | 4.755 | 2.285 | 261,220 | 1,342 | 1,242 |
| Dover, DE | 33 | 4.613 | 2.217 | 155,415 | 932 | 717 |
| El Paso, TX | 34 | 4.601 | 2.211 | 742,062 | 3,857 | 3,414 |
| Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | 35 | 4.584 | 2.204 | 556,230 | 2,986 | 2,550 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 36 | 4.570 | 2.197 | 6,300,006 | 33,180 | 28,790 |
| Hattiesburg, MS | 37 | 4.532 | 2.178 | 140,781 | 657 | 638 |
| Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX | 38 | 4.509 | 2.167 | 379,935 | 2,028 | 1,713 |
| McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX | 39 | 4.462 | 2.145 | 726,604 | 3,591 | 3,242 |
| Ocean City, NJ | 40 | 4.445 | 2.137 | 95,838 | 492 | 426 |
| Durham, NC | 41 | 4.413 | 2.121 | 488,762 | 2,216 | 2,157 |
| Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR | 42 | 4.363 | 2.097 | 675,069 | 2,628 | 2,945 |
| Valdosta, GA | 43 | 4.357 | 2.094 | 133,348 | 658 | 581 |
| Salt Lake City, UT | 44 | 4.290 | 2.062 | 1,115,692 | 689 | 4,786 |
| Jonesboro, AR | 45 | 4.286 | 2.060 | 117,361 | 3,190 | 503 |
| Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR | 46 | 4.271 | 2.053 | 443,976 | 4,259 | 1,896 |
| Grand Junction, CO | 47 | 4.261 | 2.048 | 143,171 | 534 | 610 |
| Pascagoula, MS | 48 | 4.252 | 2.044 | 153,100 | 2,684 | 651 |
| Tuscaloosa, AL | 49 | 4.246 | 2.041 | 206,765 | 792 | 878 |
| Bend, OR | 50 | 4.197 | 2.017 | 158,458 | 1,041 | 665 |
| San Antonio, TX | 51 | 4.151 | 1.995 | 2,031,445 | 1,180 | 8,433 |
| Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro, TN | 52 | 4.059 | 1.951 | 1,550,733 | 763 | 6,295 |
| Asheville, NC | 53 | 4.053 | 1.948 | 404,436 | 9,994 | 1,639 |
| Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL | 54 | 4.021 | 1.933 | 132,315 | 7,104 | 532 |
| Panama City-Lynn Haven, FL | 55 | 4.020 | 1.932 | 163,946 | 1,779 | 659 |
| Olympia, WA | 56 | 4.005 | 1.925 | 245,181 | 651 | 982 |
| Mobile, AL | 57 | 3.999 | 1.922 | 406,309 | 1,018 | 1,625 |
| Baton Rouge, LA | 58 | 3.926 | 1.887 | 774,327 | 1,063 | 3,040 |
| Casper, WY | 59 | 3.911 | 1.880 | 73,129 | 2,048 | 286 |
| San Angelo, TX | 60 | 3.879 | 1.864 | 109,563 | 3,474 | 425 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 61 | 3.843 | 1.847 | 3,344,813 | 310 | 12,853 |
| Boise City-Nampa, ID | 62 | 3.793 | 1.823 | 589,763 | 260 | 2,237 |
| Tallahassee, FL | 63 | 3.787 | 1.820 | 357,259 | 15,136 | 1,353 |
| Greensboro-High Point, NC | 64 | 3.781 | 1.817 | 705,684 | 2,746 | 2,668 |
| Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, SC | 65 | 3.741 | 1.798 | 624,715 | 1,488 | 2,337 |
| Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin, FL | 66 | 3.734 | 1.795 | 179,693 | 3,208 | 671 |
| Burlington, NC | 67 | 3.715 | 1.786 | 148,053 | 2,335 | 550 |
| Laredo, TX | 68 | 3.680 | 1.769 | 236,941 | 704 | 872 |
| Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA | 69 | 3.669 | 1.764 | 201,148 | 715 | 738 |
| Idaho Falls, ID | 70 | 3.626 | 1.743 | 122,995 | 996 | 446 |
| Fort Collins-Loveland, CO | 71 | 3.606 | 1.733 | 292,825 | 785 | 1,056 |
| Greeley, CO | 72 | 3.586 | 1.723 | 248,775 | 500 | 892 |
| Sumter, SC | 73 | 3.572 | 1.717 | 104,148 | 1,329 | 372 |
| Indianapolis-Carmel, IN | 74 | 3.570 | 1.716 | 1,715,459 | 996 | 6,124 |
| Columbus, GA-AL | 75 | 3.549 | 1.706 | 267,653 | 382 | 950 |
| Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV | 76 | 3.534 | 1.698 | 263,753 | 6,504 | 932 |
| Ames, IA | 77 | 3.527 | 1.695 | 86,754 | 1,521 | 306 |
| Springfield, MO | 78 | 3.513 | 1.689 | 426,144 | 1,163 | 1,497 |
| New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA | 79 | 3.509 | 1.686 | 1,134,029 | 332 | 3,979 |
| Bowling Green, KY | 80 | 3.485 | 1.675 | 117,947 | 1,784 | 411 |
| Logan, UT-ID | 81 | 3.422 | 1.645 | 125,070 | 4,734 | 428 |
| Brunswick, GA | 82 | 3.364 | 1.617 | 102,850 | 452 | 346 |
| Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ | 83 | 3.345 | 1.608 | 4,281,899 | 437 | 14,321 |
| Lubbock, TX | 84 | 3.337 | 1.604 | 270,610 | 396 | 903 |
| Tulsa, OK | 85 | 3.300 | 1.586 | 916,079 | 17,414 | 3,023 |
| Lake Charles, LA | 86 | 3.287 | 1.580 | 192,856 | 1,420 | 634 |
| Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX | 87 | 3.281 | 1.577 | 378,255 | 3,673 | 1,241 |
| Missoula, MT | 88 | 3.271 | 1.572 | 107,320 | 597 | 351 |
| Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | 89 | 3.262 | 1.568 | 2,733,761 | 1,401 | 8,918 |
| Wenatchee, WA | 90 | 3.235 | 1.555 | 108,193 | 438 | 350 |
| Midland, TX | 91 | 3.205 | 1.540 | 129,494 | 9,092 | 415 |
| Richmond, VA | 92 | 3.179 | 1.528 | 1,225,628 | 383 | 3,896 |
| Elizabethtown, KY | 93 | 3.171 | 1.524 | 112,268 | 483 | 356 |
| Wichita, KS | 94 | 3.169 | 1.523 | 603,716 | 5,030 | 1,913 |
| Kennewick-Richland-Pasco, WA | 95 | 3.155 | 1.516 | 235,841 | 384 | 744 |
| Cedar Rapids, IA | 96 | 3.147 | 1.513 | 255,452 | 2,020 | 804 |
| Cleveland, TN | 97 | 3.121 | 1.500 | 112,143 | 802 | 350 |
| Yuma, AZ | 98 | 3.083 | 1.482 | 194,322 | 872 | 599 |
| Madison, WI | 99 | 3.072 | 1.477 | 561,505 | 371 | 1,725 |
| Lafayette, LA | 100 | 3.046 | 1.464 | 258,073 | 628 | 786 |
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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