Cities in Kansas by housing units authorized by building permits

Wichita, KS had the highest housing units authorized by building permits of 38 cities in 2023, at 1,778. Great Bend, KS had the lowest, at 0. The median was 56 and the figure for Kansas was 9,504. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest1,778Wichita, KS

Lowest0Great Bend, KS

Median5638 cities

Kansas9,504History

All cities, 2023

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

Full ranking

Rank	Cities	2023 count	Change on 2022
1	Wichita, KS Estimated	1,778	+67.3%
2	Overland Park, KS Estimated	826	+74.6%
3	Olathe, KS Estimated	749	-36.1%
4	Andover, KS Estimated	539	+704.5%
5	Lenexa, KS Estimated	486	+157.1%
6	Merriam, KS Estimated	361	+36,000%
7	Kansas City, KS Estimated	300	-23.9%
8	Bel Aire, KS Estimated	210	-33.8%
9	Shawnee, KS Estimated	207	-37.5%
10	Gardner, KS Estimated	184	-63.7%
11	Spring Hill, KS Estimated	152	-22.1%
12	Dodge City, KS Estimated	150	+105.5%
13	Lawrence, KS Estimated	149	-51.1%
14	Derby, KS Estimated	132	-30.9%
15	Salina, KS Estimated	108	+50%
16	Topeka, KS Estimated	105	+31.3%
17	Manhattan, KS Estimated	87	-20.9%
18	Hays, KS Estimated	71	+65.1%
19	McPherson, KS Estimated	56	+100%
20	Leawood, KS Estimated	55	-75.7%
21	Garden City, KS Estimated	52	-62%
22	Prairie Village, KS Estimated	50	-36.7%
23	Ottawa, KS Estimated	45	+9.8%
24	Emporia, KS Estimated	44	+340%
25	Haysville, KS Estimated	43	+126.3%
26	Newton, KS Estimated	36	-35.7%
27	El Dorado, KS Estimated	33	+22.2%
28	Winfield, KS Estimated	32	-57.9%
29	Leavenworth, KS Estimated	27	+35%
30	Arkansas City, KS Estimated	20	+11.1%
31	Mission, KS Estimated	19	-88.8%
32	Liberal, KS Estimated	12	-33.3%
33	Atchison, KS Estimated	10	-23.1%
33	Hutchinson, KS Estimated	10	-33.3%
33	Junction City, KS Estimated	10	n/a
36	Pittsburg, KS Estimated	7	-87.3%
37	Lansing, KS Estimated	2	-88.9%
38	Great Bend, KS Estimated	0	n/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. 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/mw2023a.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2024). Building Permits Survey: final annual estimates of new privately owned housing units authorized by permit-issuing place, including imputation (Cities in Kansas by housing units authorized by building permits, 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/Midwest%20Region/mw2023a.txt

MLA 9

Building Permits Survey: final annual estimates of new privately owned housing units authorized by permit-issuing place, including imputation, Cities in Kansas by housing units authorized by building permits, 2023. U.S. Census Bureau, 24 Apr. 2024, https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/Midwest%20Region/mw2023a.txt. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/building-permit-housing-units/kansas-cities?period=2023. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2024. Building Permits Survey: final annual estimates of new privately owned housing units authorized by permit-issuing place, including imputation. Cities in Kansas by housing units authorized by building permits, 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/Midwest%20Region/mw2023a.txt. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/building-permit-housing-units/kansas-cities?period=2023.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2024) Building Permits Survey: final annual estimates of new privately owned housing units authorized by permit-issuing place, including imputation, Cities in Kansas by housing units authorized by building permits, 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/Midwest%20Region/mw2023a.txt, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/building-permit-housing-units/kansas-cities?period=2023 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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

Wichita, KS, with 1,778 in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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

Great Bend, KS, with 0 in 2023.

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.