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Cities in Colorado by housing units authorized by building permits, 2025

Denver, CO had the highest housing units authorized by building permits of 48 cities in 2025, at 4,727. Sterling, CO had the lowest, at 0. The median was 172 and the figure for Colorado was 33,754. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest4,727Denver, CO
Lowest0Sterling, CO
Median17248 cities
Colorado33,754History

All cities, 2025

Denver, CO: 4,727 countDenver, CO4,727Aurora, CO: 1,561 countAurora, CO1,561Fort Collins, CO: 1,313 countFort Collins, CO1,313Longmont, CO: 1,200 countLongmont, CO1,200Parker, CO: 1,109 countParker, CO1,109Littleton, CO: 1,086 countLittleton, CO1,086Broomfield, CO: 970 countBroomfield, CO970Commerce City, CO: 931 countCommerce City, CO931Windsor, CO: 810 countWindsor, CO810Greeley, CO: 683 countGreeley, CO683Johnstown, CO: 543 countJohnstown, CO543Timnath, CO: 514 countTimnath, CO514Brighton, CO: 483 countBrighton, CO483Thornton, CO: 395 countThornton, CO395Loveland, CO: 366 countLoveland, CO366Superior, CO: 337 countSuperior, CO337Boulder, CO: 336 countBoulder, CO336Castle Rock, CO: 261 countCastle Rock, CO261Lone Tree, CO: 233 countLone Tree, CO233Durango, CO: 210 countDurango, CO210Fort Lupton, CO: 210 countFort Lupton, CO210Centennial, CO: 194 countCentennial, CO194Arvada, CO: 187 countArvada, CO187Erie, CO: 172 countErie, CO172Westminster, CO: 171 countWestminster, CO171Montrose, CO: 165 countMontrose, CO165Wheat Ridge, CO: 158 countWheat Ridge, CO158Berthoud, CO: 143 countBerthoud, CO143Fruita, CO: 141 countFruita, CO141Firestone, CO: 119 countFirestone, CO119Castle Pines, CO: 117 countCastle Pines, CO117Englewood, CO: 84 countEnglewood, CO84Severance, CO: 82 countSeverance, CO82Frederick, CO: 56 countFrederick, CO56Rifle, CO: 56 countRifle, CO56Lakewood, CO: 54 countLakewood, CO54Louisville, CO: 43 countLouisville, CO43Golden, CO: 36 countGolden, CO36Wellington, CO: 28 countWellington, CO28Glenwood Springs, CO: 24 countGlenwood Springs, CO24Cañon City, CO: 21 countCañon City, CO21Fort Morgan, CO: 17 countFort Morgan, CO17Lafayette, CO: 15 countLafayette, CO15Greenwood Village, CO: 5 countGreenwood Village, CO5Evans, CO: 0 countEvans, CO0Federal Heights, CO: 0 countFederal Heights, CO0Northglenn, CO: 0 countNorthglenn, CO0Sterling, CO: 0 countSterling, CO0Denver, CO: 4,727 countDenver, CO4,727Aurora, CO: 1,561 countAurora, CO1,561Fort Collins, CO: 1,313 countFort Collins, CO1,313Longmont, CO: 1,200 countLongmont, CO1,200Parker, CO: 1,109 countParker, CO1,109Littleton, CO: 1,086 countLittleton, CO1,086Broomfield, CO: 970 countBroomfield, CO970Commerce City, CO: 931 countCommerce City, CO931Windsor, CO: 810 countWindsor, CO810Greeley, CO: 683 countGreeley, CO683Johnstown, CO: 543 countJohnstown, CO543Timnath, CO: 514 countTimnath, CO514Brighton, CO: 483 countBrighton, CO483Thornton, CO: 395 countThornton, CO395Loveland, CO: 366 countLoveland, CO366Superior, CO: 337 countSuperior, CO337Boulder, CO: 336 countBoulder, CO336Castle Rock, CO: 261 countCastle Rock, CO261Lone Tree, CO: 233 countLone Tree, CO233Durango, CO: 210 countDurango, CO210Fort Lupton, CO: 210 countFort Lupton, CO210Centennial, CO: 194 countCentennial, CO194Arvada, CO: 187 countArvada, CO187Erie, CO: 172 countErie, CO172Westminster, CO: 171 countWestminster, CO171Montrose, CO: 165 countMontrose, CO165Wheat Ridge, CO: 158 countWheat Ridge, CO158Berthoud, CO: 143 countBerthoud, CO143Fruita, CO: 141 countFruita, CO141Firestone, CO: 119 countFirestone, CO119Castle Pines, CO: 117 countCastle Pines, CO117Englewood, CO: 84 countEnglewood, CO84Severance, CO: 82 countSeverance, CO82Frederick, CO: 56 countFrederick, CO56Rifle, CO: 56 countRifle, CO56Lakewood, CO: 54 countLakewood, CO54Louisville, CO: 43 countLouisville, CO43Golden, CO: 36 countGolden, CO36Wellington, CO: 28 countWellington, CO28Glenwood Springs, CO: 24 countGlenwood Springs, CO24Cañon City, CO: 21 countCañon City, CO21Fort Morgan, CO: 17 countFort Morgan, CO17Lafayette, CO: 15 countLafayette, CO15Greenwood Village, CO: 5 countGreenwood Village, CO5Evans, CO: 0 countEvans, CO0Federal Heights, CO: 0 countFederal Heights, CO0Northglenn, CO: 0 countNorthglenn, CO0Sterling, CO: 0 countSterling, CO0
count. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2025
count		Change on 2024
1Denver, CO Estimated4,727+18.4%
2Aurora, CO Estimated1,561-34.2%
3Fort Collins, CO Estimated1,313+91.7%
4Longmont, CO Estimated1,200+26.6%
5Parker, CO Estimated1,109+165.3%
6Littleton, CO Estimated1,086+69.2%
7Broomfield, CO Estimated970+139.5%
8Commerce City, CO Estimated931+48.7%
9Windsor, CO Estimated810+29.4%
10Greeley, CO Estimated683+199.6%
11Johnstown, CO Estimated543-28.1%
12Timnath, CO Estimated514+74.2%
13Brighton, CO Estimated483-33.6%
14Thornton, CO Estimated395+59.9%
15Loveland, CO Estimated366-5.2%
16Superior, CO Estimated337+114.6%
17Boulder, CO Estimated336-17.2%
18Castle Rock, CO Estimated261-38.3%
19Lone Tree, CO Estimated233-61.5%
20Durango, CO Estimated210+328.6%
20Fort Lupton, CO Estimated210+28%
22Centennial, CO Estimated194+646.2%
23Arvada, CO Estimated187-48.6%
24Erie, CO Estimated172-80.7%
25Westminster, CO Estimated171+22.1%
26Montrose, CO Estimated165+6.5%
27Wheat Ridge, CO Estimated158-3.1%
28Berthoud, CO Estimated143-36.7%
29Fruita, CO Estimated141-6.6%
30Firestone, CO Estimated119-53.7%
31Castle Pines, CO Estimated117-41.5%
32Englewood, CO Estimated84+740%
33Severance, CO Estimated82+1.2%
34Frederick, CO Estimated56-45.1%
34Rifle, CO Estimated56+211.1%
36Lakewood, CO Estimated54-70.8%
37Louisville, CO Estimated43-51.7%
38Golden, CO Estimated36+227.3%
39Wellington, CO Estimated28-33.3%
40Glenwood Springs, CO Estimated24-58.6%
41Cañon City, CO Estimated21-16%
42Fort Morgan, CO Estimated17-89.8%
43Lafayette, CO Estimated15+66.7%
44Greenwood Village, CO Estimated5-50%
45Evans, CO Estimated0-100%
45Federal Heights, CO Estimated0n/a
45Northglenn, CO Estimated0-100%
45Sterling, CO Estimated0-100%

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Number of new privately owned housing units authorized by building permits in the year or month, from the US Census Bureau Building Permits Survey. Annual totals for the nation, states and counties; monthly counts for the nation and states.

Counts housing units, not buildings, starts, completions or sales. Monthly counts are not seasonally adjusted and do not add up exactly to the annual total, which includes later corrections; the national seasonally adjusted annual rate in the monthly New Residential Construction release is a different measure.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Census Bureau. Building Permits Survey: final annual estimates of new privately owned housing units authorized by permit-issuing place, including imputation. https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/West%20Region/we2025a.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). Building Permits Survey: final annual estimates of new privately owned housing units authorized by permit-issuing place, including imputation (Cities in Colorado by housing units authorized by building permits, 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/West%20Region/we2025a.txt

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Building Permits Survey: final annual estimates of new privately owned housing units authorized by permit-issuing place, including imputation, Cities in Colorado by housing units authorized by building permits, 2025. U.S. Census Bureau, 14 May 2026, https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/West%20Region/we2025a.txt. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/building-permit-housing-units/colorado-cities. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. Building Permits Survey: final annual estimates of new privately owned housing units authorized by permit-issuing place, including imputation. Cities in Colorado by housing units authorized by building permits, 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/West%20Region/we2025a.txt. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/building-permit-housing-units/colorado-cities.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2026) Building Permits Survey: final annual estimates of new privately owned housing units authorized by permit-issuing place, including imputation, Cities in Colorado by housing units authorized by building permits, 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/West%20Region/we2025a.txt, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/building-permit-housing-units/colorado-cities (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest housing units authorized by building permits?

Denver, CO, with 4,727 in 2025, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which city has the lowest housing units authorized by building permits?

Sterling, CO, with 0 in 2025.

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Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey: final annual estimates of new privately owned housing units authorized by permit-issuing place, including imputation. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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