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

West Lafayette, IN had the highest housing units authorized by building permits of 78 cities in 2025, at 2,307. Speedway, IN had the lowest, at 0. The median was 85 and the figure for Indiana was 29,076. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest2,307West Lafayette, IN
Lowest0Speedway, IN
Median8578 cities
Indiana29,076History

Top 40 cities, 2025

West Lafayette, IN: 2,307 countWest Lafayette, IN2,307Westfield, IN: 1,681 countWestfield, IN1,681Noblesville, IN: 1,252 countNoblesville, IN1,252Whitestown, IN: 884 countWhitestown, IN884Lafayette, IN: 727 countLafayette, IN727Fishers, IN: 556 countFishers, IN556Carmel, IN: 514 countCarmel, IN514McCordsville, IN: 501 countMcCordsville, IN501Brownsburg, IN: 488 countBrownsburg, IN488Avon, IN: 379 countAvon, IN379Elkhart, IN: 348 countElkhart, IN348Plainfield, IN: 344 countPlainfield, IN344Greenwood, IN: 324 countGreenwood, IN324Greenfield, IN: 295 countGreenfield, IN295Danville, IN: 269 countDanville, IN269St. John, IN: 268 countSt. John, IN268Jeffersonville, IN: 237 countJeffersonville, IN237Terre Haute, IN: 234 countTerre Haute, IN234Zionsville, IN: 234 countZionsville, IN234Richmond, IN: 230 countRichmond, IN230Evansville, IN: 211 countEvansville, IN211Crown Point, IN: 200 countCrown Point, IN200Lowell, IN: 194 countLowell, IN194Goshen, IN: 181 countGoshen, IN181Shelbyville, IN: 170 countShelbyville, IN170Franklin, IN: 166 countFranklin, IN166Portage, IN: 160 countPortage, IN160Bargersville, IN: 151 countBargersville, IN151Valparaiso, IN: 151 countValparaiso, IN151Jasper, IN: 146 countJasper, IN146Yorktown, IN: 144 countYorktown, IN144Warsaw, IN: 126 countWarsaw, IN126Hobart, IN: 118 countHobart, IN118Martinsville, IN: 104 countMartinsville, IN104Bedford, IN: 99 countBedford, IN99La Porte, IN: 97 countLa Porte, IN97Cedar Lake, IN: 91 countCedar Lake, IN91Kokomo, IN: 88 countKokomo, IN88Merrillville, IN: 88 countMerrillville, IN88Lawrence, IN: 82 countLawrence, IN82West Lafayette, IN: 2,307 countWest Lafayette, IN2,307Westfield, IN: 1,681 countWestfield, IN1,681Noblesville, IN: 1,252 countNoblesville, IN1,252Whitestown, IN: 884 countWhitestown, IN884Lafayette, IN: 727 countLafayette, IN727Fishers, IN: 556 countFishers, IN556Carmel, IN: 514 countCarmel, IN514McCordsville, IN: 501 countMcCordsville, IN501Brownsburg, IN: 488 countBrownsburg, IN488Avon, IN: 379 countAvon, IN379Elkhart, IN: 348 countElkhart, IN348Plainfield, IN: 344 countPlainfield, IN344Greenwood, IN: 324 countGreenwood, IN324Greenfield, IN: 295 countGreenfield, IN295Danville, IN: 269 countDanville, IN269St. John, IN: 268 countSt. John, IN268Jeffersonville, IN: 237 countJeffersonville, IN237Terre Haute, IN: 234 countTerre Haute, IN234Zionsville, IN: 234 countZionsville, IN234Richmond, IN: 230 countRichmond, IN230Evansville, IN: 211 countEvansville, IN211Crown Point, IN: 200 countCrown Point, IN200Lowell, IN: 194 countLowell, IN194Goshen, IN: 181 countGoshen, IN181Shelbyville, IN: 170 countShelbyville, IN170Franklin, IN: 166 countFranklin, IN166Portage, IN: 160 countPortage, IN160Bargersville, IN: 151 countBargersville, IN151Valparaiso, IN: 151 countValparaiso, IN151Jasper, IN: 146 countJasper, IN146Yorktown, IN: 144 countYorktown, IN144Warsaw, IN: 126 countWarsaw, IN126Hobart, IN: 118 countHobart, IN118Martinsville, IN: 104 countMartinsville, IN104Bedford, IN: 99 countBedford, IN99La Porte, IN: 97 countLa Porte, IN97Cedar Lake, IN: 91 countCedar Lake, IN91Kokomo, IN: 88 countKokomo, IN88Merrillville, IN: 88 countMerrillville, IN88Lawrence, IN: 82 countLawrence, IN82
count. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2025
count		Change on 2024
1West Lafayette, IN Estimated2,307+1,661.1%
2Westfield, IN Estimated1,681+0.4%
3Noblesville, IN Estimated1,252+83%
4Whitestown, IN Estimated884+88.1%
5Lafayette, IN Estimated727+10%
6Fishers, IN Estimated556-23.9%
7Carmel, IN Estimated514-60.2%
8McCordsville, IN Estimated501-5.1%
9Brownsburg, IN Estimated488+48.3%
10Avon, IN Estimated379+71.5%
11Elkhart, IN Estimated348+91.2%
12Plainfield, IN Estimated344+89%
13Greenwood, IN Estimated324-9.5%
14Greenfield, IN Estimated295+45.3%
15Danville, IN Estimated269-27.1%
16St. John, IN Estimated268-4.3%
17Jeffersonville, IN Estimated237-41.3%
18Terre Haute, IN Estimated234+138.8%
18Zionsville, IN Estimated234-5.6%
20Richmond, IN Estimated230+5,650%
21Evansville, IN Estimated211+10.5%
22Crown Point, IN Estimated200-29.8%
23Lowell, IN Estimated194+2.1%
24Goshen, IN Estimated181+687%
25Shelbyville, IN Estimated170-33.1%
26Franklin, IN Estimated166-15.7%
27Portage, IN Estimated160+36.8%
28Bargersville, IN Estimated151-24.5%
28Valparaiso, IN Estimated151-17%
30Jasper, IN Estimated146-7.6%
31Yorktown, IN Estimated144+242.9%
32Warsaw, IN Estimated126+223.1%
33Hobart, IN Estimated118+555.6%
34Martinsville, IN Estimated104+73.3%
35Bedford, IN Estimated99n/a
36La Porte, IN Estimated97+10.2%
37Cedar Lake, IN Estimated91-51.6%
38Kokomo, IN Estimated88-49.1%
38Merrillville, IN Estimated88-64.1%
40Lawrence, IN Estimated82-1.2%
41Washington, IN Estimated74+4.2%
42Schererville, IN Estimated59-28.9%
43Chesterton, IN Estimated58+28.9%
44Anderson, IN Estimated560%
44Seymour, IN Estimated56+9.8%
46Auburn, IN Estimated54-10%
47Crawfordsville, IN Estimated53+488.9%
48Mooresville, IN Estimated51-12.1%
49Lebanon, IN Estimated49-68.4%
50Mishawaka, IN Estimated47-85%
50Peru, IN Estimated47n/a
52New Albany, IN Estimated46+7%
53Muncie, IN Estimated37-64.1%
54Clarksville, IN Estimated34+9.7%
55Frankfort, IN Estimated32+39.1%
56Greensburg, IN Estimated31+244.4%
56Kendallville, IN Estimated31+3.3%
58Michigan City, IN Estimated29+7.4%
59Sellersburg, IN Estimated26-58.7%
60Decatur, IN Estimated22+4.8%
61Columbia City, IN Estimated21-57.1%
62Hammond, IN Estimated20+11.1%
63Madison, IN Estimated19-5%
64Munster, IN Estimated18+80%
65Huntington, IN Estimated15-54.5%
65Plymouth, IN Estimated15-67.4%
67Dyer, IN Estimated10-23.1%
67Vincennes, IN Estimated10-41.2%
67Wabash, IN Estimated10+100%
70Gary, IN Estimated9+12.5%
71New Castle, IN Estimated8-42.9%
72Highland, IN Estimated7-22.2%
73Marion, IN Estimated6-70%
74Griffith, IN Estimated10%
75Beech Grove, IN Estimated0n/a
75East Chicago, IN Estimated0-100%
75Lake Station, IN Estimated0n/a
75Speedway, IN Estimated0n/a

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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 2025 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/Midwest%20Region/mw2025a.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 Indiana by housing units authorized by building permits, 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/Midwest%20Region/mw2025a.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 Indiana by housing units authorized by building permits, 2025. U.S. Census Bureau, 14 May 2026, https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/Midwest%20Region/mw2025a.txt. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/building-permit-housing-units/indiana-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 Indiana by housing units authorized by building permits, 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/Midwest%20Region/mw2025a.txt. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/building-permit-housing-units/indiana-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 Indiana by housing units authorized by building permits, 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/Midwest%20Region/mw2025a.txt, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/building-permit-housing-units/indiana-cities (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

West Lafayette, IN, with 2,307 in 2025, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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

Speedway, IN, with 0 in 2025.

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 2025 and are not ranked.

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