# Cities in Michigan by housing units authorized by building permits, 2025

All 85 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2025, so the places are comparable. 2 cities have no value for that period and are not ranked.

- Indicator id: `building_permit_units`
- Unit: count
- Definition: 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.
- Source: 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
- Citation: 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/building-permit-housing-units/michigan-cities

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Detroit, MI | 2,620 |
| 2 | Grand Rapids, MI | 801 |
| 3 | Sterling Heights, MI | 672 |
| 4 | Ann Arbor, MI | 557 |
| 5 | Wyoming, MI | 425 |
| 6 | Lansing, MI | 245 |
| 7 | Portage, MI | 141 |
| 8 | Royal Oak, MI | 140 |
| 9 | Jackson, MI | 130 |
| 10 | Troy, MI | 116 |
| 11 | Kentwood, MI | 91 |
| 12 | Livonia, MI | 85 |
| 13 | Ferndale, MI | 83 |
| 14 | Novi, MI | 78 |
| 15 | Muskegon, MI | 66 |
| 15 | Pontiac, MI | 66 |
| 17 | Cadillac, MI | 64 |
| 18 | Midland, MI | 57 |
| 19 | Birmingham, MI | 55 |
| 20 | Walker, MI | 53 |
| 21 | Clawson, MI | 44 |
| 22 | Alpena, MI | 41 |
| 23 | Warren, MI | 40 |
| 24 | Farmington, MI | 38 |
| 25 | Holland, MI | 33 |
| 25 | New Baltimore, MI | 33 |
| 27 | Allen Park, MI | 32 |
| 28 | Harper Woods, MI | 31 |
| 28 | Romulus, MI | 31 |
| 28 | Southfield, MI | 31 |
| 31 | Rochester Hills, MI | 30 |
| 31 | Woodhaven, MI | 30 |
| 33 | Adrian, MI | 29 |
| 34 | Westland, MI | 27 |
| 35 | South Lyon, MI | 26 |
| 36 | Burton, MI | 25 |
| 36 | Grand Haven, MI | 25 |
| 38 | Norton Shores, MI | 23 |
| 39 | Dearborn, MI | 22 |
| 39 | Farmington Hills, MI | 22 |
| 41 | Auburn Hills, MI | 21 |
| 42 | Rochester, MI | 20 |
| 42 | Sault Ste. Marie, MI | 20 |
| 42 | Taylor, MI | 20 |
| 45 | Owosso, MI | 18 |
| 45 | Southgate, MI | 18 |
| 47 | Fenton, MI | 17 |
| 47 | Ypsilanti, MI | 17 |
| 49 | Berkley, MI | 13 |
| 49 | Dearborn Heights, MI | 13 |
| 49 | Monroe, MI | 13 |
| 52 | Roseville, MI | 11 |
| 52 | Sturgis, MI | 11 |
| 54 | Battle Creek, MI | 9 |
| 54 | Garden City, MI | 9 |
| 54 | Grandville, MI | 9 |
| 54 | Hazel Park, MI | 9 |
| 54 | Wyandotte, MI | 9 |
| 59 | Coldwater, MI | 8 |
| 59 | Eastpointe, MI | 8 |
| 61 | Beverly Hills, MI | 7 |
| 62 | Flat Rock, MI | 6 |
| 62 | Madison Heights, MI | 6 |
| 64 | East Lansing, MI | 5 |
| 64 | Mount Pleasant, MI | 5 |
| 64 | Port Huron, MI | 5 |
| 67 | Flint, MI | 4 |
| 67 | Hamtramck, MI | 4 |
| 67 | St. Clair Shores, MI | 4 |
| 67 | Wixom, MI | 4 |
| 71 | Grosse Pointe Woods, MI | 3 |
| 71 | Kalamazoo, MI | 3 |
| 71 | Niles, MI | 3 |
| 74 | Inkster, MI | 2 |
| 75 | Fraser, MI | 1 |
| 75 | Oak Park, MI | 1 |
| 77 | Bay City, MI | 0 |
| 77 | Grosse Pointe Park, MI | 0 |
| 77 | Lincoln Park, MI | 0 |
| 77 | Melvindale, MI | 0 |
| 77 | Mount Clemens, MI | 0 |
| 77 | Riverview, MI | 0 |
| 77 | Saginaw, MI | 0 |
| 77 | Trenton, MI | 0 |
| 77 | Wayne, MI | 0 |