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Cities in Colorado by housing units authorized by building permits

Denver, CO had the highest housing units authorized by building permits of 47 cities in 2018, at 7,878. Glenwood Springs, CO had the lowest, at 0. The median was 273 and the figure for Colorado was 42,627. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest7,878Denver, CO
Lowest0Glenwood Springs, CO
Median27347 cities
Colorado42,627History

All cities, 2018

Denver, CO: 7,878 countDenver, CO7,878Aurora, CO: 2,615 countAurora, CO2,615Castle Rock, CO: 1,499 countCastle Rock, CO1,499Fort Collins, CO: 1,071 countFort Collins, CO1,071Longmont, CO: 1,067 countLongmont, CO1,067Thornton, CO: 993 countThornton, CO993Lafayette, CO: 969 countLafayette, CO969Parker, CO: 863 countParker, CO863Lakewood, CO: 792 countLakewood, CO792Broomfield, CO: 785 countBroomfield, CO785Commerce City, CO: 759 countCommerce City, CO759Boulder, CO: 747 countBoulder, CO747Erie, CO: 655 countErie, CO655Windsor, CO: 597 countWindsor, CO597Loveland, CO: 592 countLoveland, CO592Greeley, CO: 538 countGreeley, CO538Severance, CO: 517 countSeverance, CO517Berthoud, CO: 516 countBerthoud, CO516Arvada, CO: 507 countArvada, CO507Firestone, CO: 444 countFirestone, CO444Timnath, CO: 415 countTimnath, CO415Johnstown, CO: 389 countJohnstown, CO389Brighton, CO: 297 countBrighton, CO297Centennial, CO: 273 countCentennial, CO273Montrose, CO: 218 countMontrose, CO218Englewood, CO: 204 countEnglewood, CO204Westminster, CO: 182 countWestminster, CO182Frederick, CO: 173 countFrederick, CO173Wellington, CO: 154 countWellington, CO154Littleton, CO: 135 countLittleton, CO135Castle Pines, CO: 106 countCastle Pines, CO106Durango, CO: 106 countDurango, CO106Evans, CO: 83 countEvans, CO83Lone Tree, CO: 79 countLone Tree, CO79Superior, CO: 66 countSuperior, CO66Cañon City, CO: 33 countCañon City, CO33Louisville, CO: 29 countLouisville, CO29Wheat Ridge, CO: 20 countWheat Ridge, CO20Golden, CO: 17 countGolden, CO17Fort Lupton, CO: 14 countFort Lupton, CO14Fort Morgan, CO: 13 countFort Morgan, CO13Greenwood Village, CO: 10 countGreenwood Village, CO10Northglenn, CO: 10 countNorthglenn, CO10Rifle, CO: 4 countRifle, CO4Sterling, CO: 2 countSterling, CO2Federal Heights, CO: 0 countFederal Heights, CO0Glenwood Springs, CO: 0 countGlenwood Springs, CO0Denver, CO: 7,878 countDenver, CO7,878Aurora, CO: 2,615 countAurora, CO2,615Castle Rock, CO: 1,499 countCastle Rock, CO1,499Fort Collins, CO: 1,071 countFort Collins, CO1,071Longmont, CO: 1,067 countLongmont, CO1,067Thornton, CO: 993 countThornton, CO993Lafayette, CO: 969 countLafayette, CO969Parker, CO: 863 countParker, CO863Lakewood, CO: 792 countLakewood, CO792Broomfield, CO: 785 countBroomfield, CO785Commerce City, CO: 759 countCommerce City, CO759Boulder, CO: 747 countBoulder, CO747Erie, CO: 655 countErie, CO655Windsor, CO: 597 countWindsor, CO597Loveland, CO: 592 countLoveland, CO592Greeley, CO: 538 countGreeley, CO538Severance, CO: 517 countSeverance, CO517Berthoud, CO: 516 countBerthoud, CO516Arvada, CO: 507 countArvada, CO507Firestone, CO: 444 countFirestone, CO444Timnath, CO: 415 countTimnath, CO415Johnstown, CO: 389 countJohnstown, CO389Brighton, CO: 297 countBrighton, CO297Centennial, CO: 273 countCentennial, CO273Montrose, CO: 218 countMontrose, CO218Englewood, CO: 204 countEnglewood, CO204Westminster, CO: 182 countWestminster, CO182Frederick, CO: 173 countFrederick, CO173Wellington, CO: 154 countWellington, CO154Littleton, CO: 135 countLittleton, CO135Castle Pines, CO: 106 countCastle Pines, CO106Durango, CO: 106 countDurango, CO106Evans, CO: 83 countEvans, CO83Lone Tree, CO: 79 countLone Tree, CO79Superior, CO: 66 countSuperior, CO66Cañon City, CO: 33 countCañon City, CO33Louisville, CO: 29 countLouisville, CO29Wheat Ridge, CO: 20 countWheat Ridge, CO20Golden, CO: 17 countGolden, CO17Fort Lupton, CO: 14 countFort Lupton, CO14Fort Morgan, CO: 13 countFort Morgan, CO13Greenwood Village, CO: 10 countGreenwood Village, CO10Northglenn, CO: 10 countNorthglenn, CO10Rifle, CO: 4 countRifle, CO4Sterling, CO: 2 countSterling, CO2Federal Heights, CO: 0 countFederal Heights, CO0Glenwood Springs, CO: 0 countGlenwood Springs, CO0
count. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2018
count		Change on 2017
1Denver, CO Estimated7,878-25.1%
2Aurora, CO Estimated2,615+35.6%
3Castle Rock, CO Estimated1,499+21%
4Fort Collins, CO Estimated1,071-22.2%
5Longmont, CO Estimated1,067+6.3%
6Thornton, CO Estimated993-4%
7Lafayette, CO Estimated969+257.6%
8Parker, CO Estimated863+11.8%
9Lakewood, CO Estimated792-5.6%
10Broomfield, CO Estimated785+88.7%
11Commerce City, CO Estimated759-3.3%
12Boulder, CO Estimated747+269.8%
13Erie, CO Estimated655+1.6%
14Windsor, CO Estimated597+1.2%
15Loveland, CO Estimated592+29.3%
16Greeley, CO Estimated538+54.2%
17Severance, CO Estimated517+100.4%
18Berthoud, CO Estimated516+18.9%
19Arvada, CO Estimated507-51.8%
20Firestone, CO Estimated444+48.5%
21Timnath, CO Estimated415+49.3%
22Johnstown, CO Estimated389+12.1%
23Brighton, CO Estimated297-18.9%
24Centennial, CO Estimated273+77.3%
25Montrose, CO Estimated218+113.7%
26Englewood, CO Estimated204+94.3%
27Westminster, CO Estimated182+46.8%
28Frederick, CO Estimated173-24.5%
29Wellington, CO Estimated154-18.1%
30Littleton, CO Estimated135+64.6%
31Castle Pines, CO Estimated106+125.5%
31Durango, CO Estimated106-68%
33Evans, CO Estimated83-37.6%
34Lone Tree, CO Estimated79+27.4%
35Superior, CO Estimated66-13.2%
36Cañon City, CO Estimated33-37.7%
37Louisville, CO Estimated29-32.6%
38Wheat Ridge, CO Estimated20-9.1%
39Golden, CO Estimated17-43.3%
40Fort Lupton, CO Estimated14-12.5%
41Fort Morgan, CO Estimated13n/a
42Greenwood Village, CO Estimated10-47.4%
42Northglenn, CO Estimated10+66.7%
44Rifle, CO Estimated4-42.9%
45Sterling, CO Estimated20%
46Federal Heights, CO Estimated0n/a
46Glenwood Springs, CO Estimated0n/a

Other periods

About this ranking

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. 1 cities with data in other periods have no value for 2018 and are left out rather than filled from another source. 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/we2018a.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2019). 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, 2018) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/West%20Region/we2018a.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, 2018. U.S. Census Bureau, 20 June 2019, https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/West%20Region/we2018a.txt. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/building-permit-housing-units/colorado-cities?period=2018. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2019. 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, 2018. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/West%20Region/we2018a.txt. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/building-permit-housing-units/colorado-cities?period=2018.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2019) 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, 2018 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/West%20Region/we2018a.txt, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/building-permit-housing-units/colorado-cities?period=2018 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Denver, CO, with 7,878 in 2018, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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

Glenwood Springs, CO, with 0 in 2018.

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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. 1 cities have no value for 2018 and are not ranked.

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