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Cities in Indiana by housing units authorized by building permits

Westfield, IN had the highest housing units authorized by building permits of 78 cities in 2024, at 1,674. Speedway, IN had the lowest, at 0. The median was 62 and the figure for Indiana was 26,633. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest1,674Westfield, IN
Lowest0Speedway, IN
Median6278 cities
Indiana26,633History

Top 40 cities, 2024

Westfield, IN: 1,674 countWestfield, IN1,674Carmel, IN: 1,291 countCarmel, IN1,291Fishers, IN: 731 countFishers, IN731Noblesville, IN: 684 countNoblesville, IN684Lafayette, IN: 661 countLafayette, IN661McCordsville, IN: 528 countMcCordsville, IN528Whitestown, IN: 470 countWhitestown, IN470Jeffersonville, IN: 404 countJeffersonville, IN404Danville, IN: 369 countDanville, IN369Greenwood, IN: 358 countGreenwood, IN358Brownsburg, IN: 329 countBrownsburg, IN329Mishawaka, IN: 314 countMishawaka, IN314Crown Point, IN: 285 countCrown Point, IN285St. John, IN: 280 countSt. John, IN280Shelbyville, IN: 254 countShelbyville, IN254Zionsville, IN: 248 countZionsville, IN248Merrillville, IN: 245 countMerrillville, IN245Avon, IN: 221 countAvon, IN221Greenfield, IN: 203 countGreenfield, IN203Bargersville, IN: 200 countBargersville, IN200Franklin, IN: 197 countFranklin, IN197Evansville, IN: 191 countEvansville, IN191Lowell, IN: 190 countLowell, IN190Cedar Lake, IN: 188 countCedar Lake, IN188Elkhart, IN: 182 countElkhart, IN182Plainfield, IN: 182 countPlainfield, IN182Valparaiso, IN: 182 countValparaiso, IN182Kokomo, IN: 173 countKokomo, IN173Jasper, IN: 158 countJasper, IN158Lebanon, IN: 155 countLebanon, IN155West Lafayette, IN: 131 countWest Lafayette, IN131Portage, IN: 117 countPortage, IN117Muncie, IN: 103 countMuncie, IN103Terre Haute, IN: 98 countTerre Haute, IN98La Porte, IN: 88 countLa Porte, IN88Lawrence, IN: 83 countLawrence, IN83Schererville, IN: 83 countSchererville, IN83Washington, IN: 71 countWashington, IN71Sellersburg, IN: 63 countSellersburg, IN63Auburn, IN: 60 countAuburn, IN60Westfield, IN: 1,674 countWestfield, IN1,674Carmel, IN: 1,291 countCarmel, IN1,291Fishers, IN: 731 countFishers, IN731Noblesville, IN: 684 countNoblesville, IN684Lafayette, IN: 661 countLafayette, IN661McCordsville, IN: 528 countMcCordsville, IN528Whitestown, IN: 470 countWhitestown, IN470Jeffersonville, IN: 404 countJeffersonville, IN404Danville, IN: 369 countDanville, IN369Greenwood, IN: 358 countGreenwood, IN358Brownsburg, IN: 329 countBrownsburg, IN329Mishawaka, IN: 314 countMishawaka, IN314Crown Point, IN: 285 countCrown Point, IN285St. John, IN: 280 countSt. John, IN280Shelbyville, IN: 254 countShelbyville, IN254Zionsville, IN: 248 countZionsville, IN248Merrillville, IN: 245 countMerrillville, IN245Avon, IN: 221 countAvon, IN221Greenfield, IN: 203 countGreenfield, IN203Bargersville, IN: 200 countBargersville, IN200Franklin, IN: 197 countFranklin, IN197Evansville, IN: 191 countEvansville, IN191Lowell, IN: 190 countLowell, IN190Cedar Lake, IN: 188 countCedar Lake, IN188Elkhart, IN: 182 countElkhart, IN182Plainfield, IN: 182 countPlainfield, IN182Valparaiso, IN: 182 countValparaiso, IN182Kokomo, IN: 173 countKokomo, IN173Jasper, IN: 158 countJasper, IN158Lebanon, IN: 155 countLebanon, IN155West Lafayette, IN: 131 countWest Lafayette, IN131Portage, IN: 117 countPortage, IN117Muncie, IN: 103 countMuncie, IN103Terre Haute, IN: 98 countTerre Haute, IN98La Porte, IN: 88 countLa Porte, IN88Lawrence, IN: 83 countLawrence, IN83Schererville, IN: 83 countSchererville, IN83Washington, IN: 71 countWashington, IN71Sellersburg, IN: 63 countSellersburg, IN63Auburn, IN: 60 countAuburn, IN60
count. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2024
count		Change on 2023
1Westfield, IN Estimated1,674-32.4%
2Carmel, IN Estimated1,291+29.9%
3Fishers, IN Estimated731+103.6%
4Noblesville, IN Estimated684-24.1%
5Lafayette, IN Estimated661+27.9%
6McCordsville, IN Estimated528+245.1%
7Whitestown, IN Estimated470-16.5%
8Jeffersonville, IN Estimated404-60%
9Danville, IN Estimated3690%
10Greenwood, IN Estimated358-57.2%
11Brownsburg, IN Estimated329-20.9%
12Mishawaka, IN Estimated314+492.5%
13Crown Point, IN Estimated285+159.1%
14St. John, IN Estimated280+16.7%
15Shelbyville, IN Estimated254+290.8%
16Zionsville, IN Estimated248+57%
17Merrillville, IN Estimated245-19.7%
18Avon, IN Estimated221+37.3%
19Greenfield, IN Estimated203+76.5%
20Bargersville, IN Estimated200+132.6%
21Franklin, IN Estimated197+71.3%
22Evansville, IN Estimated191-21.4%
23Lowell, IN Estimated190+100%
24Cedar Lake, IN Estimated188+23.7%
25Elkhart, IN Estimated182+366.7%
25Plainfield, IN Estimated182-29.5%
25Valparaiso, IN Estimated182-39.1%
28Kokomo, IN Estimated173+44.2%
29Jasper, IN Estimated158+24.4%
30Lebanon, IN Estimated155+34.8%
31West Lafayette, IN Estimated131-85.8%
32Portage, IN Estimated117+10.4%
33Muncie, IN Estimated103+635.7%
34Terre Haute, IN Estimated98+127.9%
35La Porte, IN Estimated88+4.8%
36Lawrence, IN Estimated83+40.7%
36Schererville, IN Estimated83+15.3%
38Washington, IN Estimated71-50.7%
39Sellersburg, IN Estimated63+43.2%
40Auburn, IN Estimated60-21.1%
40Martinsville, IN Estimated60+200%
42Mooresville, IN Estimated58-33.3%
43Anderson, IN Estimated56+12%
44Seymour, IN Estimated51+64.5%
45Columbia City, IN Estimated49+58.1%
46Plymouth, IN Estimated46+7%
47Chesterton, IN Estimated45+32.4%
48New Albany, IN Estimated43+4.9%
49Yorktown, IN Estimated420%
50Warsaw, IN Estimated39+18.2%
51Huntington, IN Estimated33+94.1%
52Clarksville, IN Estimated31+933.3%
53Kendallville, IN Estimated30+15.4%
54Michigan City, IN Estimated27+8%
55Frankfort, IN Estimated23+109.1%
55Goshen, IN Estimated23+15%
57Decatur, IN Estimated21-4.5%
58Madison, IN Estimated20+11.1%
58Marion, IN Estimated20-58.3%
60Hammond, IN Estimated18+260%
60Hobart, IN Estimated18-37.9%
62Vincennes, IN Estimated17-19%
63New Castle, IN Estimated140%
64Dyer, IN Estimated13+18.2%
65Munster, IN Estimated10-56.5%
66Crawfordsville, IN Estimated9-18.2%
66Greensburg, IN Estimated9+50%
66Highland, IN Estimated9+125%
69Gary, IN Estimated8+14.3%
70Wabash, IN Estimated50%
71Richmond, IN Estimated4+100%
72East Chicago, IN Estimated3n/a
73Griffith, IN Estimated1n/a
74Bedford, IN Estimated0n/a
74Beech Grove, IN Estimated0n/a
74Lake Station, IN Estimated0n/a
74Peru, IN Estimated0n/a
74Speedway, 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 2024 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/mw2024a.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2025). 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, 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/Midwest%20Region/mw2024a.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, 2024. U.S. Census Bureau, 1 May 2025, https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/Midwest%20Region/mw2024a.txt. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/building-permit-housing-units/indiana-cities?period=2024. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2025. 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, 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/Midwest%20Region/mw2024a.txt. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/building-permit-housing-units/indiana-cities?period=2024.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2025) 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, 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/Midwest%20Region/mw2024a.txt, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/building-permit-housing-units/indiana-cities?period=2024 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Westfield, IN, with 1,674 in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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

Speedway, IN, with 0 in 2024.

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 2024 and are not ranked.

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