Cities in Idaho by housing units authorized by building permits

Meridian, ID had the highest housing units authorized by building permits of 27 cities in 2019, at 3,024. Blackfoot, ID had the lowest, at 23. The median was 175 and the figure for Idaho was 17,716. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest3,024Meridian, ID

Lowest23Blackfoot, ID

Median17527 cities

Idaho17,716History

All cities, 2019

count. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Cities	2019 count	Change on 2018
1	Meridian, ID Estimated	3,024	-3.7%
2	Nampa, ID Estimated	1,755	+61.2%
3	Boise City, ID Estimated	1,581	+38.7%
4	Post Falls, ID Estimated	1,161	+66.6%
5	Caldwell, ID Estimated	931	+36.9%
6	Eagle, ID Estimated	870	+25.9%
7	Kuna, ID Estimated	665	+20.5%
8	Twin Falls, ID Estimated	585	+96.3%
9	Coeur d'Alene, ID Estimated	574	-10.9%
10	Idaho Falls, ID Estimated	314	+12.5%
11	Star, ID Estimated	313	+15.5%
12	Rexburg, ID Estimated	242	-66.5%
13	Middleton, ID Estimated	187	+23%
14	Ammon, ID Estimated	175	-23.2%
15	Hayden, ID Estimated	150	+6.4%
16	Rathdrum, ID Estimated	119	-35.3%
17	Pocatello, ID Estimated	117	-52.6%
18	Chubbuck, ID Estimated	116	+1.8%
19	Lewiston, ID Estimated	67	+15.5%
19	Sandpoint, ID Estimated	67	+71.8%
21	Moscow, ID Estimated	64	-52.9%
22	Mountain Home, ID Estimated	56	+330.8%
23	Jerome, ID Estimated	49	+22.5%
24	Hailey, ID Estimated	48	+6.7%
25	Burley, ID Estimated	44	+7.3%
26	Garden City, ID Estimated	38	-60.4%
27	Blackfoot, ID Estimated	23	+43.8%

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. 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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APA 7

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 Idaho 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

MLA 9

Building Permits Survey: final annual estimates of new privately owned housing units authorized by permit-issuing place, including imputation, Cities in Idaho 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/idaho-cities?period=2019. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

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 Idaho 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/idaho-cities?period=2019.

Harvard

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 Idaho 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/idaho-cities?period=2019 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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

Meridian, ID, with 3,024 in 2019, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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

Blackfoot, ID, with 23 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.