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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 2019, at 7,330. Federal Heights, CO had the lowest, at 0. The median was 254 and the figure for Colorado was 38,633. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest7,330Denver, CO
Lowest0Federal Heights, CO
Median25447 cities
Colorado38,633History

All cities, 2019

Denver, CO: 7,330 countDenver, CO7,330Aurora, CO: 2,328 countAurora, CO2,328Castle Rock, CO: 1,013 countCastle Rock, CO1,013Longmont, CO: 966 countLongmont, CO966Fort Collins, CO: 948 countFort Collins, CO948Lakewood, CO: 915 countLakewood, CO915Windsor, CO: 898 countWindsor, CO898Thornton, CO: 880 countThornton, CO880Greeley, CO: 867 countGreeley, CO867Commerce City, CO: 629 countCommerce City, CO629Erie, CO: 572 countErie, CO572Berthoud, CO: 497 countBerthoud, CO497Parker, CO: 475 countParker, CO475Brighton, CO: 437 countBrighton, CO437Firestone, CO: 420 countFirestone, CO420Severance, CO: 413 countSeverance, CO413Timnath, CO: 384 countTimnath, CO384Westminster, CO: 350 countWestminster, CO350Broomfield, CO: 343 countBroomfield, CO343Boulder, CO: 327 countBoulder, CO327Loveland, CO: 297 countLoveland, CO297Arvada, CO: 294 countArvada, CO294Frederick, CO: 285 countFrederick, CO285Castle Pines, CO: 254 countCastle Pines, CO254Lafayette, CO: 178 countLafayette, CO178Evans, CO: 175 countEvans, CO175Wellington, CO: 175 countWellington, CO175Englewood, CO: 156 countEnglewood, CO156Montrose, CO: 141 countMontrose, CO141Durango, CO: 129 countDurango, CO129Glenwood Springs, CO: 111 countGlenwood Springs, CO111Centennial, CO: 110 countCentennial, CO110Littleton, CO: 96 countLittleton, CO96Johnstown, CO: 86 countJohnstown, CO86Superior, CO: 74 countSuperior, CO74Fort Lupton, CO: 50 countFort Lupton, CO50Wheat Ridge, CO: 50 countWheat Ridge, CO50Lone Tree, CO: 47 countLone Tree, CO47Cañon City, CO: 43 countCañon City, CO43Louisville, CO: 32 countLouisville, CO32Greenwood Village, CO: 14 countGreenwood Village, CO14Rifle, CO: 13 countRifle, CO13Northglenn, CO: 10 countNorthglenn, CO10Golden, CO: 7 countGolden, CO7Fort Morgan, CO: 2 countFort Morgan, CO2Sterling, CO: 1 countSterling, CO1Federal Heights, CO: 0 countFederal Heights, CO0Denver, CO: 7,330 countDenver, CO7,330Aurora, CO: 2,328 countAurora, CO2,328Castle Rock, CO: 1,013 countCastle Rock, CO1,013Longmont, CO: 966 countLongmont, CO966Fort Collins, CO: 948 countFort Collins, CO948Lakewood, CO: 915 countLakewood, CO915Windsor, CO: 898 countWindsor, CO898Thornton, CO: 880 countThornton, CO880Greeley, CO: 867 countGreeley, CO867Commerce City, CO: 629 countCommerce City, CO629Erie, CO: 572 countErie, CO572Berthoud, CO: 497 countBerthoud, CO497Parker, CO: 475 countParker, CO475Brighton, CO: 437 countBrighton, CO437Firestone, CO: 420 countFirestone, CO420Severance, CO: 413 countSeverance, CO413Timnath, CO: 384 countTimnath, CO384Westminster, CO: 350 countWestminster, CO350Broomfield, CO: 343 countBroomfield, CO343Boulder, CO: 327 countBoulder, CO327Loveland, CO: 297 countLoveland, CO297Arvada, CO: 294 countArvada, CO294Frederick, CO: 285 countFrederick, CO285Castle Pines, CO: 254 countCastle Pines, CO254Lafayette, CO: 178 countLafayette, CO178Evans, CO: 175 countEvans, CO175Wellington, CO: 175 countWellington, CO175Englewood, CO: 156 countEnglewood, CO156Montrose, CO: 141 countMontrose, CO141Durango, CO: 129 countDurango, CO129Glenwood Springs, CO: 111 countGlenwood Springs, CO111Centennial, CO: 110 countCentennial, CO110Littleton, CO: 96 countLittleton, CO96Johnstown, CO: 86 countJohnstown, CO86Superior, CO: 74 countSuperior, CO74Fort Lupton, CO: 50 countFort Lupton, CO50Wheat Ridge, CO: 50 countWheat Ridge, CO50Lone Tree, CO: 47 countLone Tree, CO47Cañon City, CO: 43 countCañon City, CO43Louisville, CO: 32 countLouisville, CO32Greenwood Village, CO: 14 countGreenwood Village, CO14Rifle, CO: 13 countRifle, CO13Northglenn, CO: 10 countNorthglenn, CO10Golden, CO: 7 countGolden, CO7Fort Morgan, CO: 2 countFort Morgan, CO2Sterling, CO: 1 countSterling, CO1Federal Heights, CO: 0 countFederal Heights, CO0
count. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2019
count		Change on 2018
1Denver, CO Estimated7,330-7%
2Aurora, CO Estimated2,328-11%
3Castle Rock, CO Estimated1,013-32.4%
4Longmont, CO Estimated966-9.5%
5Fort Collins, CO Estimated948-11.5%
6Lakewood, CO Estimated915+15.5%
7Windsor, CO Estimated898+50.4%
8Thornton, CO Estimated880-11.4%
9Greeley, CO Estimated867+61.2%
10Commerce City, CO Estimated629-17.1%
11Erie, CO Estimated572-12.7%
12Berthoud, CO Estimated497-3.7%
13Parker, CO Estimated475-45%
14Brighton, CO Estimated437+47.1%
15Firestone, CO Estimated420-5.4%
16Severance, CO Estimated413-20.1%
17Timnath, CO Estimated384-7.5%
18Westminster, CO Estimated350+92.3%
19Broomfield, CO Estimated343-56.3%
20Boulder, CO Estimated327-56.2%
21Loveland, CO Estimated297-49.8%
22Arvada, CO Estimated294-42%
23Frederick, CO Estimated285+64.7%
24Castle Pines, CO Estimated254+139.6%
25Lafayette, CO Estimated178-81.6%
26Evans, CO Estimated175+110.8%
26Wellington, CO Estimated175+13.6%
28Englewood, CO Estimated156-23.5%
29Montrose, CO Estimated141-35.3%
30Durango, CO Estimated129+21.7%
31Glenwood Springs, CO Estimated111n/a
32Centennial, CO Estimated110-59.7%
33Littleton, CO Estimated96-28.9%
34Johnstown, CO Estimated86-77.9%
35Superior, CO Estimated74+12.1%
36Fort Lupton, CO Estimated50+257.1%
36Wheat Ridge, CO Estimated50+150%
38Lone Tree, CO Estimated47-40.5%
39Cañon City, CO Estimated43+30.3%
40Louisville, CO Estimated32+10.3%
41Greenwood Village, CO Estimated14+40%
42Rifle, CO Estimated13+225%
43Northglenn, CO Estimated100%
44Golden, CO Estimated7-58.8%
45Fort Morgan, CO Estimated2-84.6%
46Sterling, CO Estimated1-50%
47Federal Heights, 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 2019 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/we2019a.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2020). 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, 2019) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/West%20Region/we2019a.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, 2019. U.S. Census Bureau, 1 May 2020, https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/West%20Region/we2019a.txt. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/building-permit-housing-units/colorado-cities?period=2019. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2020. 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, 2019. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/West%20Region/we2019a.txt. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/building-permit-housing-units/colorado-cities?period=2019.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2020) 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, 2019 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/West%20Region/we2019a.txt, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/building-permit-housing-units/colorado-cities?period=2019 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Denver, CO, with 7,330 in 2019, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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

Federal Heights, CO, with 0 in 2019.

Where does this ranking come from?

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 2019 and are not ranked.

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