Cities in Missouri by housing units authorized by building permits

Kansas City, MO had the highest housing units authorized by building permits of 77 cities in 2022, at 1,987. St. Ann, MO had the lowest, at 0. The median was 63 and the figure for Missouri was 20,901. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest1,987Kansas City, MO

Lowest0St. Ann, MO

Median6377 cities

Missouri20,901History

Top 40 cities, 2022

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

Full ranking

Rank	Cities	2022 count	Change on 2021
1	Kansas City, MO Estimated	1,987	-15%
2	St. Louis, MO Estimated	1,176	+23.1%
3	Lee's Summit, MO Estimated	612	-14%
4	St. Peters, MO Estimated	598	+47.7%
5	Raymore, MO Estimated	584	+113.1%
6	St. Charles, MO Estimated	557	+34.9%
7	Blue Springs, MO Estimated	536	+97.1%
8	Joplin, MO Estimated	509	+11.4%
9	O'Fallon, MO Estimated	452	+26.6%
10	Columbia, MO Estimated	438	-35.2%
11	Independence, MO Estimated	333	+132.9%
12	Nixa, MO Estimated	311	+11.1%
13	Springfield, MO Estimated	273	-68.9%
14	Washington, MO Estimated	260	+168%
15	Clayton, MO Estimated	242	+5,950%
16	Wentzville, MO Estimated	232	-70.1%
17	Gladstone, MO Estimated	222	+5,450%
18	Lake St. Louis, MO Estimated	220	-60.1%
19	Grain Valley, MO Estimated	210	+64.1%
20	Ozark, MO Estimated	194	-22.7%
21	Belton, MO Estimated	189	-76.3%
22	Republic, MO Estimated	186	-20.5%
23	Eureka, MO Estimated	180	-30.5%
24	Troy, MO Estimated	165	+46%
25	Union, MO Estimated	163	+18.1%
26	Webb City, MO Estimated	133	+3,225%
27	Dardenne Prairie, MO Estimated	126	-53.5%
28	Festus, MO Estimated	109	-26.8%
29	Rolla, MO Estimated	105	+101.9%
30	Branson, MO Estimated	99	-43.8%
31	Carthage, MO Estimated	98	+263%
32	Neosho, MO Estimated	96	-23.2%
33	Arnold, MO Estimated	92	+300%
34	Sedalia, MO Estimated	82	-13.7%
35	Monett, MO Estimated	76	+347.1%
36	Bolivar, MO Estimated	70	+141.4%
37	Kirksville, MO Estimated	67	+219%
38	Jennings, MO Estimated	63	+50%
38	Kearney, MO Estimated	63	-25%
40	Smithville, MO Estimated	58	+20.8%
41	Cape Girardeau, MO Estimated	57	-49.1%
42	Kirkwood, MO Estimated	56	-41.7%
43	Harrisonville, MO Estimated	50	+66.7%
44	Farmington, MO Estimated	46	-28.1%
45	Lebanon, MO Estimated	43	-28.3%
46	St. Joseph, MO Estimated	38	-19.1%
47	Jackson, MO Estimated	37	-43.1%
48	Sikeston, MO Estimated	33	+83.3%
49	Warrensburg, MO Estimated	31	-55.7%
49	West Plains, MO Estimated	31	-51.6%
51	Moberly, MO Estimated	29	-37%
52	Kennett, MO Estimated	25	+4.2%
53	Jefferson City, MO Estimated	24	-61.3%
54	Excelsior Springs, MO Estimated	23	+21.1%
54	Liberty, MO Estimated	23	-91.1%
54	Mexico, MO Estimated	23	+64.3%
57	Fulton, MO Estimated	17	-10.5%
57	Town and Country, MO Estimated	17	-19%
59	Maryville, MO Estimated	14	-36.4%
60	Creve Coeur, MO Estimated	11	-62.1%
61	Marshall, MO Estimated	9	+50%
61	Webster Groves, MO Estimated	9	-35.7%
63	Ellisville, MO Estimated	8	+14.3%
64	Grandview, MO Estimated	7	-36.4%
65	Ballwin, MO Estimated	5	-16.7%
66	Raytown, MO Estimated	4	-63.6%
66	University City, MO Estimated	4	-20%
68	Poplar Bluff, MO Estimated	3	-50%
69	Bridgeton, MO Estimated	2	-90.9%
70	Overland, MO Estimated	1	-50%
71	Bellefontaine Neighbors, MO Estimated	0	-100%
71	Ferguson, MO Estimated	0	n/a
71	Florissant, MO Estimated	0	-100%
71	Hannibal, MO Estimated	0	n/a
71	Hazelwood, MO Estimated	0	-100%
71	Maryland Heights, MO Estimated	0	-100%
71	St. Ann, MO 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/mw2022a.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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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 Missouri by housing units authorized by building permits, 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/Midwest%20Region/mw2022a.txt

MLA 9

Building Permits Survey: final annual estimates of new privately owned housing units authorized by permit-issuing place, including imputation, Cities in Missouri by housing units authorized by building permits, 2022. U.S. Census Bureau, 2 Apr. 2024, https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/Midwest%20Region/mw2022a.txt. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/building-permit-housing-units/missouri-cities?period=2022. 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 Missouri by housing units authorized by building permits, 2022. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/Midwest%20Region/mw2022a.txt. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/building-permit-housing-units/missouri-cities?period=2022.

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 Missouri by housing units authorized by building permits, 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/Midwest%20Region/mw2022a.txt, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/building-permit-housing-units/missouri-cities?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  title = {{Building Permits Survey: final annual estimates of new privately owned housing units authorized by permit-issuing place, including imputation: Cities in Missouri by housing units authorized by building permits, 2022}},
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  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/Midwest%20Region/mw2022a.txt},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/building-permit-housing-units/missouri-cities?period=2022. Publisher attribution: 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/mw2022a.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
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Which city has the highest housing units authorized by building permits?

Kansas City, MO, with 1,987 in 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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

St. Ann, MO, with 0 in 2022.

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.