US Metro Housing Markets – May 2009 – Cities 1-100
June 08, 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 – May 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 | 10.042 | 5.111 | 234,625 | 3,196 | 2,356 |
| Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC | 2 | 9.251 | 4.708 | 257,380 | 2,986 | 2,381 |
| College Station-Bryan, TX | 3 | 8.929 | 4.544 | 207,425 | 2,136 | 1,852 |
| Wilmington, NC | 4 | 8.619 | 4.387 | 347,012 | 3,855 | 2,991 |
| Harrisonburg, VA | 5 | 8.580 | 4.367 | 118,409 | 946 | 1,016 |
| Jacksonville, NC | 6 | 7.961 | 4.052 | 165,938 | 1,180 | 1,321 |
| Lawrence, KS | 7 | 7.713 | 3.925 | 114,748 | 769 | 885 |
| Raleigh-Cary, NC | 8 | 7.351 | 3.741 | 1,088,785 | 11,538 | 8,004 |
| Austin-Round Rock, TX | 9 | 7.028 | 3.577 | 1,652,502 | 14,144 | 11,613 |
| Huntsville, AL | 10 | 7.019 | 3.572 | 395,945 | 2,792 | 2,779 |
| Palm Coast, FL | 11 | 6.860 | 3.492 | 91,247 | 733 | 626 |
| Columbia, MO | 12 | 6.635 | 3.377 | 164,283 | 1,484 | 1,090 |
| Sioux Falls, SD | 13 | 6.461 | 3.288 | 232,930 | 1,643 | 1,505 |
| Fayetteville, NC | 14 | 6.046 | 3.077 | 356,105 | 2,247 | 2,153 |
| Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX | 15 | 5.947 | 3.027 | 5,728,143 | 42,226 | 34,068 |
| Greenville, NC | 16 | 5.872 | 2.989 | 176,758 | 2,102 | 1,038 |
| Auburn-Opelika, AL | 17 | 5.834 | 2.969 | 133,010 | 876 | 776 |
| Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC | 18 | 5.814 | 2.959 | 1,701,799 | 12,140 | 9,895 |
| Las Vegas-Paradise, NV | 19 | 5.739 | 2.921 | 1,865,746 | 12,550 | 10,708 |
| Warner Robins, GA | 20 | 5.632 | 2.867 | 133,161 | 704 | 750 |
| Charleston-North Charleston, SC | 21 | 5.522 | 2.810 | 644,506 | 4,530 | 3,559 |
| Coeur d'Alene, ID | 22 | 5.288 | 2.691 | 137,475 | 800 | 727 |
| Lexington-Fayette, KY | 23 | 5.278 | 2.686 | 453,424 | 2,614 | 2,393 |
| Las Cruces, NM | 24 | 5.243 | 2.668 | 201,603 | 926 | 1,057 |
| Bismarck, ND | 25 | 5.222 | 2.658 | 104,944 | 791 | 548 |
| Fargo, ND-MN | 26 | 5.028 | 2.559 | 195,685 | 1,208 | 984 |
| Odessa, TX | 27 | 5.002 | 2.546 | 131,941 | 716 | 660 |
| Mobile, AL | 28 | 4.922 | 2.505 | 406,309 | 2,048 | 2,000 |
| Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA | 29 | 4.846 | 2.467 | 837,925 | 4,409 | 4,061 |
| Columbia, SC | 30 | 4.818 | 2.452 | 728,063 | 3,433 | 3,508 |
| Jacksonville, FL | 31 | 4.818 | 2.452 | 1,313,228 | 6,870 | 6,327 |
| Savannah, GA | 32 | 4.770 | 2.428 | 334,353 | 1,911 | 1,595 |
| Clarksville, TN-KY | 33 | 4.739 | 2.412 | 261,220 | 1,342 | 1,238 |
| Hattiesburg, MS | 34 | 4.702 | 2.393 | 140,781 | 657 | 662 |
| Durham, NC | 35 | 4.671 | 2.377 | 488,762 | 2,216 | 2,283 |
| El Paso, TX | 36 | 4.563 | 2.322 | 742,062 | 3,857 | 3,386 |
| Iowa City, IA | 37 | 4.554 | 2.318 | 148,437 | 704 | 676 |
| Dover, DE | 38 | 4.523 | 2.302 | 155,415 | 932 | 703 |
| Pascagoula, MS | 39 | 4.428 | 2.254 | 153,100 | 1,041 | 678 |
| Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX | 40 | 4.428 | 2.254 | 378,255 | 1,401 | 1,675 |
| Jonesboro, AR | 41 | 4.397 | 2.238 | 117,361 | 534 | 516 |
| McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX | 42 | 4.330 | 2.204 | 726,604 | 3,591 | 3,146 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 43 | 4.306 | 2.192 | 6,300,006 | 33,180 | 27,129 |
| Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | 44 | 4.266 | 2.171 | 556,230 | 492 | 2,373 |
| Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR | 45 | 4.229 | 2.152 | 675,069 | 2,028 | 2,855 |
| Valdosta, GA | 46 | 4.215 | 2.145 | 133,348 | 2,986 | 562 |
| St. George, UT | 47 | 4.172 | 2.123 | 137,589 | 2,628 | 574 |
| Salt Lake City, UT | 48 | 4.163 | 2.119 | 1,115,692 | 658 | 4,645 |
| Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR | 49 | 4.045 | 2.059 | 443,976 | 689 | 1,796 |
| Bend, OR | 50 | 4.026 | 2.049 | 158,458 | 4,259 | 638 |
| San Antonio, TX | 51 | 4.025 | 2.048 | 2,031,445 | 2,684 | 8,176 |
| Tuscaloosa, AL | 52 | 4.014 | 2.043 | 206,765 | 763 | 830 |
| Lakeland, FL | 53 | 3.992 | 2.032 | 580,594 | 9,994 | 2,318 |
| Panama City-Lynn Haven, FL | 54 | 3.971 | 2.021 | 163,946 | 1,180 | 651 |
| Grand Junction, CO | 55 | 3.939 | 2.005 | 143,171 | 3,190 | 564 |
| Olympia, WA | 56 | 3.907 | 1.989 | 245,181 | 1,018 | 958 |
| Asheville, NC | 57 | 3.872 | 1.971 | 404,436 | 792 | 1,566 |
| Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin, FL | 58 | 3.790 | 1.929 | 179,693 | 1,063 | 681 |
| San Angelo, TX | 59 | 3.788 | 1.928 | 109,563 | 1,779 | 415 |
| Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro, TN | 60 | 3.773 | 1.920 | 1,550,733 | 704 | 5,851 |
| Sumter, SC | 61 | 3.668 | 1.867 | 104,148 | 260 | 382 |
| Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA | 62 | 3.629 | 1.847 | 201,148 | 7,104 | 730 |
| Greensboro-High Point, NC | 63 | 3.602 | 1.833 | 705,684 | 382 | 2,542 |
| Tallahassee, FL | 64 | 3.521 | 1.792 | 357,259 | 785 | 1,258 |
| Indianapolis-Carmel, IN | 65 | 3.503 | 1.783 | 1,715,459 | 3,208 | 6,010 |
| Laredo, TX | 66 | 3.499 | 1.781 | 236,941 | 1,488 | 829 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 67 | 3.489 | 1.776 | 3,344,813 | 6,504 | 11,671 |
| Idaho Falls, ID | 68 | 3.480 | 1.771 | 122,995 | 996 | 428 |
| Casper, WY | 69 | 3.473 | 1.768 | 73,129 | 15,136 | 254 |
| Boise City-Nampa, ID | 70 | 3.464 | 1.763 | 589,763 | 500 | 2,043 |
| Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL | 71 | 3.461 | 1.762 | 132,315 | 310 | 458 |
| Ames, IA | 72 | 3.458 | 1.760 | 86,754 | 2,746 | 300 |
| New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA | 73 | 3.432 | 1.747 | 1,134,029 | 651 | 3,892 |
| Greeley, CO | 74 | 3.425 | 1.743 | 248,775 | 332 | 852 |
| Columbus, GA-AL | 75 | 3.411 | 1.736 | 267,653 | 4,734 | 913 |
| Burlington, NC | 76 | 3.411 | 1.736 | 148,053 | 996 | 505 |
| Bowling Green, KY | 77 | 3.408 | 1.735 | 117,947 | 1,521 | 402 |
| Logan, UT-ID | 78 | 3.374 | 1.717 | 125,070 | 715 | 422 |
| Lake Charles, LA | 79 | 3.344 | 1.702 | 192,856 | 452 | 645 |
| Cedar Rapids, IA | 80 | 3.335 | 1.697 | 255,452 | 437 | 852 |
| Baton Rouge, LA | 81 | 3.318 | 1.689 | 774,327 | 597 | 2,569 |
| Lubbock, TX | 82 | 3.285 | 1.672 | 270,610 | 872 | 889 |
| Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV | 83 | 3.261 | 1.660 | 263,753 | 3,474 | 860 |
| Wichita, KS | 84 | 3.242 | 1.650 | 603,716 | 1,420 | 1,957 |
| Tulsa, OK | 85 | 3.209 | 1.633 | 916,079 | 1,163 | 2,940 |
| Brunswick, GA | 86 | 3.199 | 1.628 | 102,850 | 2,020 | 329 |
| Yuma, AZ | 87 | 3.144 | 1.600 | 194,322 | 3,673 | 611 |
| Springfield, MO | 88 | 3.142 | 1.599 | 426,144 | 396 | 1,339 |
| Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | 89 | 3.128 | 1.592 | 2,733,761 | 628 | 8,552 |
| Wenatchee, WA | 90 | 3.124 | 1.590 | 108,193 | 1,784 | 338 |
| Missoula, MT | 91 | 3.075 | 1.565 | 107,320 | 9,092 | 330 |
| Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, SC | 92 | 3.067 | 1.561 | 624,715 | 383 | 1,916 |
| Kennewick-Richland-Pasco, WA | 93 | 3.040 | 1.547 | 235,841 | 438 | 717 |
| Richmond, VA | 94 | 3.035 | 1.545 | 1,225,628 | 2,335 | 3,720 |
| Punta Gorda, FL | 95 | 3.032 | 1.543 | 150,060 | 802 | 455 |
| Fort Collins-Loveland, CO | 96 | 3.019 | 1.536 | 292,825 | 5,030 | 884 |
| Cleveland, TN | 97 | 3.014 | 1.534 | 112,143 | 532 | 338 |
| Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ | 98 | 3.008 | 1.531 | 4,281,899 | 1,329 | 12,880 |
| Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA | 99 | 2.977 | 1.515 | 1,658,292 | 371 | 4,937 |
| Columbus, IN | 100 | 2.946 | 1.499 | 75,360 | 17,414 | 222 |
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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