US Metro Housing Markets – June 2009 – Cities 1-100
July 15, 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 – June 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 | 10.029 | 5.417 | 234,625 | 3,196 | 2,353 |
| College Station-Bryan, TX | 2 | 8.769 | 4.737 | 207,425 | 2,136 | 1,819 |
| Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC | 3 | 8.680 | 4.689 | 257,380 | 2,986 | 2,234 |
| Wilmington, NC | 4 | 8.167 | 4.412 | 347,012 | 3,855 | 2,834 |
| Jacksonville, NC | 5 | 7.931 | 4.284 | 165,938 | 1,180 | 1,316 |
| Lawrence, KS | 6 | 7.756 | 4.190 | 114,748 | 769 | 890 |
| Raleigh-Cary, NC | 7 | 7.422 | 4.009 | 1,088,785 | 11,538 | 8,081 |
| Huntsville, AL | 8 | 6.918 | 3.737 | 395,945 | 2,792 | 2,739 |
| Harrisonburg, VA | 9 | 6.849 | 3.700 | 118,409 | 946 | 811 |
| Fayetteville, NC | 10 | 6.731 | 3.636 | 356,105 | 2,247 | 2,397 |
| Sioux Falls, SD | 11 | 6.680 | 3.609 | 232,930 | 1,643 | 1,556 |
| Palm Coast, FL | 12 | 6.663 | 3.599 | 91,247 | 733 | 608 |
| Auburn-Opelika, AL | 13 | 6.601 | 3.566 | 133,010 | 876 | 878 |
| Austin-Round Rock, TX | 14 | 6.409 | 3.462 | 1,652,502 | 14,144 | 10,591 |
| Columbia, MO | 15 | 6.379 | 3.446 | 164,283 | 1,484 | 1,048 |
| Greenville, NC | 16 | 5.822 | 3.145 | 176,758 | 2,102 | 1,029 |
| Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX | 17 | 5.637 | 3.045 | 5,728,143 | 42,226 | 32,287 |
| Coeur d'Alene, ID | 18 | 5.448 | 2.943 | 137,475 | 800 | 749 |
| Charleston-North Charleston, SC | 19 | 5.404 | 2.919 | 644,506 | 4,530 | 3,483 |
| Fargo, ND-MN | 20 | 5.402 | 2.918 | 195,685 | 1,208 | 1,057 |
| Las Vegas-Paradise, NV | 21 | 5.374 | 2.903 | 1,865,746 | 12,550 | 10,027 |
| Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC | 22 | 5.198 | 2.808 | 1,701,799 | 12,140 | 8,846 |
| Lexington-Fayette, KY | 23 | 5.185 | 2.801 | 453,424 | 2,614 | 2,351 |
| Las Cruces, NM | 24 | 5.054 | 2.730 | 201,603 | 926 | 1,019 |
| Bismarck, ND | 25 | 5.022 | 2.713 | 104,944 | 791 | 527 |
| Clarksville, TN-KY | 26 | 5.000 | 2.701 | 261,220 | 1,342 | 1,306 |
| Odessa, TX | 27 | 4.926 | 2.661 | 131,941 | 716 | 650 |
| Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA | 28 | 4.887 | 2.640 | 837,925 | 4,409 | 4,095 |
| Mobile, AL | 29 | 4.757 | 2.570 | 406,309 | 2,048 | 1,933 |
| Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX | 30 | 4.629 | 2.501 | 378,255 | 1,401 | 1,751 |
| Hattiesburg, MS | 31 | 4.582 | 2.475 | 140,781 | 657 | 645 |
| Dover, DE | 32 | 4.575 | 2.471 | 155,415 | 932 | 711 |
| Jacksonville, FL | 33 | 4.573 | 2.470 | 1,313,228 | 6,870 | 6,005 |
| Columbia, SC | 34 | 4.560 | 2.463 | 728,063 | 3,433 | 3,320 |
| Durham, NC | 35 | 4.528 | 2.446 | 488,762 | 2,216 | 2,213 |
| El Paso, TX | 36 | 4.524 | 2.444 | 742,062 | 3,857 | 3,357 |
| McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX | 37 | 4.410 | 2.382 | 726,604 | 3,591 | 3,204 |
| Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX | 38 | 4.395 | 2.374 | 379,935 | 2,028 | 1,670 |
| Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR | 39 | 4.365 | 2.358 | 443,976 | 2,684 | 1,938 |
| Pascagoula, MS | 40 | 4.357 | 2.353 | 153,100 | 1,041 | 667 |
| Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR | 41 | 4.339 | 2.344 | 675,069 | 2,628 | 2,929 |
| Warner Robins, GA | 42 | 4.318 | 2.333 | 133,161 | 704 | 575 |
| Iowa City, IA | 43 | 4.312 | 2.329 | 148,437 | 704 | 640 |
| Ocean City, NJ | 44 | 4.132 | 2.232 | 95,838 | 4,259 | 396 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 45 | 4.031 | 2.178 | 6,300,006 | 2,986 | 25,396 |
| Panama City-Lynn Haven, FL | 46 | 3.892 | 2.102 | 163,946 | 492 | 638 |
| St. George, UT | 47 | 3.874 | 2.093 | 137,589 | 33,180 | 533 |
| Olympia, WA | 48 | 3.854 | 2.082 | 245,181 | 1,018 | 945 |
| Savannah, GA | 49 | 3.804 | 2.055 | 334,353 | 689 | 1,272 |
| Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin, FL | 50 | 3.706 | 2.002 | 179,693 | 1,063 | 666 |
| Valdosta, GA | 51 | 3.697 | 1.997 | 133,348 | 1,911 | 493 |
| Lakeland, FL | 52 | 3.694 | 1.996 | 580,594 | 704 | 2,145 |
| Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro, TN | 53 | 3.690 | 1.993 | 1,550,733 | 658 | 5,722 |
| San Angelo, TX | 54 | 3.669 | 1.982 | 109,563 | 3,190 | 402 |
| Jonesboro, AR | 55 | 3.664 | 1.979 | 117,361 | 7,104 | 430 |
| Grand Junction, CO | 56 | 3.646 | 1.970 | 143,171 | 260 | 522 |
| Tuscaloosa, AL | 57 | 3.637 | 1.965 | 206,765 | 534 | 752 |
| Asheville, NC | 58 | 3.612 | 1.951 | 404,436 | 792 | 1,461 |
| Greensboro-High Point, NC | 59 | 3.580 | 1.934 | 705,684 | 1,180 | 2,526 |
| Tulsa, OK | 60 | 3.556 | 1.921 | 916,079 | 1,779 | 3,258 |
| Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA | 61 | 3.535 | 1.909 | 201,148 | 3,208 | 711 |
| Bend, OR | 62 | 3.496 | 1.889 | 158,458 | 3,673 | 554 |
| Bowling Green, KY | 63 | 3.451 | 1.864 | 117,947 | 785 | 407 |
| Sumter, SC | 64 | 3.447 | 1.862 | 104,148 | 763 | 359 |
| San Antonio, TX | 65 | 3.404 | 1.839 | 2,031,445 | 452 | 6,916 |
| Ames, IA | 66 | 3.377 | 1.824 | 86,754 | 382 | 293 |
| Tallahassee, FL | 67 | 3.342 | 1.805 | 357,259 | 9,994 | 1,194 |
| Columbus, GA-AL | 68 | 3.340 | 1.804 | 267,653 | 332 | 894 |
| Laredo, TX | 69 | 3.338 | 1.803 | 236,941 | 1,488 | 791 |
| Cedar Rapids, IA | 70 | 3.331 | 1.800 | 255,452 | 1,521 | 851 |
| Idaho Falls, ID | 71 | 3.309 | 1.788 | 122,995 | 996 | 407 |
| Indianapolis-Carmel, IN | 72 | 3.302 | 1.784 | 1,715,459 | 872 | 5,664 |
| Burlington, NC | 73 | 3.289 | 1.777 | 148,053 | 500 | 487 |
| Greeley, CO | 74 | 3.272 | 1.768 | 248,775 | 6,504 | 814 |
| Lubbock, TX | 75 | 3.263 | 1.763 | 270,610 | 715 | 883 |
| Logan, UT-ID | 76 | 3.238 | 1.749 | 125,070 | 996 | 405 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 77 | 3.237 | 1.749 | 3,344,813 | 1,420 | 10,828 |
| Lake Charles, LA | 78 | 3.236 | 1.748 | 192,856 | 437 | 624 |
| Wichita, KS | 79 | 3.220 | 1.739 | 603,716 | 15,136 | 1,944 |
| Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL | 80 | 3.220 | 1.739 | 132,315 | 597 | 426 |
| New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA | 81 | 3.200 | 1.729 | 1,134,029 | 2,020 | 3,629 |
| Casper, WY | 82 | 3.200 | 1.729 | 73,129 | 651 | 234 |
| Boise City-Nampa, ID | 83 | 3.171 | 1.713 | 589,763 | 4,734 | 1,870 |
| Baton Rouge, LA | 84 | 3.158 | 1.706 | 774,327 | 310 | 2,445 |
| Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV | 85 | 3.139 | 1.696 | 263,753 | 2,746 | 828 |
| Brunswick, GA | 86 | 3.053 | 1.649 | 102,850 | 3,474 | 314 |
| Yuma, AZ | 87 | 3.052 | 1.648 | 194,322 | 1,163 | 593 |
| Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA | 88 | 2.994 | 1.617 | 1,658,292 | 396 | 4,965 |
| Kennewick-Richland-Pasco, WA | 89 | 2.951 | 1.594 | 235,841 | 628 | 696 |
| Winchester, VA-WV | 90 | 2.950 | 1.594 | 122,369 | 5,045 | 361 |
| Springfield, MO | 91 | 2.943 | 1.590 | 426,144 | 802 | 1,254 |
| Richmond, VA | 92 | 2.934 | 1.585 | 1,225,628 | 426 | 3,596 |
| Elizabethtown, KY | 93 | 2.930 | 1.583 | 112,268 | 1,784 | 329 |
| Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | 94 | 2.898 | 1.565 | 2,733,761 | 5,030 | 7,922 |
| Gainesville, FL | 95 | 2.870 | 1.550 | 258,555 | 384 | 742 |
| Wenatchee, WA | 96 | 2.865 | 1.548 | 108,193 | 9,092 | 310 |
| Punta Gorda, FL | 97 | 2.846 | 1.537 | 150,060 | 1,012 | 427 |
| Billings, MT | 98 | 2.842 | 1.535 | 152,005 | 383 | 432 |
| Champaign-Urbana, IL | 99 | 2.841 | 1.535 | 224,191 | 532 | 637 |
| Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, SC | 100 | 2.838 | 1.533 | 624,715 | 519 | 1,773 |
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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