# Cities in New York by housing units authorized by building permits, 2025

All 89 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- 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/Northeast%20Region/ne2025a.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/Northeast%20Region/ne2025a.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/building-permit-housing-units/new-york-cities

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | New York, NY | 19,763 |
| 2 | Syracuse, NY | 1,160 |
| 3 | Albany, NY | 354 |
| 4 | Kiryas Joel, NY | 308 |
| 5 | Patchogue, NY | 270 |
| 6 | White Plains, NY | 220 |
| 7 | Ithaca, NY | 207 |
| 8 | Buffalo, NY | 200 |
| 9 | Yonkers, NY | 172 |
| 10 | Troy, NY | 157 |
| 11 | New Rochelle, NY | 140 |
| 12 | Saratoga Springs, NY | 131 |
| 13 | Port Chester, NY | 108 |
| 14 | Rochester, NY | 104 |
| 15 | Haverstraw, NY | 83 |
| 16 | Johnson City, NY | 73 |
| 17 | Valley Stream, NY | 70 |
| 18 | Beacon, NY | 69 |
| 19 | Plattsburgh, NY | 68 |
| 20 | Poughkeepsie, NY | 66 |
| 20 | Rome, NY | 66 |
| 20 | Watertown, NY | 66 |
| 23 | Binghamton, NY | 65 |
| 23 | Elmira, NY | 65 |
| 23 | Tonawanda, NY | 65 |
| 26 | Harrison, NY | 31 |
| 26 | Spring Valley, NY | 31 |
| 28 | Glens Falls, NY | 29 |
| 29 | Kingston, NY | 27 |
| 29 | Woodbury, NY | 27 |
| 31 | Newburgh, NY | 26 |
| 32 | Rye, NY | 24 |
| 33 | Sleepy Hollow, NY | 23 |
| 34 | North Tonawanda, NY | 19 |
| 35 | Dobbs Ferry, NY | 17 |
| 36 | Long Beach, NY | 15 |
| 37 | Hempstead, NY | 12 |
| 37 | Lake Grove, NY | 12 |
| 39 | Mamaroneck, NY | 11 |
| 40 | Chestnut Ridge, NY | 9 |
| 40 | Freeport, NY | 9 |
| 42 | Airmont, NY | 8 |
| 42 | Oswego, NY | 8 |
| 44 | Massapequa Park, NY | 7 |
| 44 | New Hyde Park, NY | 7 |
| 46 | Babylon, NY | 6 |
| 47 | Canandaigua, NY | 5 |
| 47 | Lackawanna, NY | 5 |
| 49 | Lindenhurst, NY | 4 |
| 50 | Glen Cove, NY | 3 |
| 50 | Great Neck, NY | 3 |
| 50 | Lockport, NY | 3 |
| 50 | Middletown, NY | 3 |
| 50 | Ossining, NY | 3 |
| 55 | Cortland, NY | 2 |
| 55 | East Rockaway, NY | 2 |
| 55 | Geneva, NY | 2 |
| 55 | Niagara Falls, NY | 2 |
| 55 | Olean, NY | 2 |
| 55 | Oneida, NY | 2 |
| 61 | Auburn, NY | 1 |
| 61 | Batavia, NY | 1 |
| 61 | Cohoes, NY | 1 |
| 61 | Floral Park, NY | 1 |
| 61 | Jamestown, NY | 1 |
| 61 | Lynbrook, NY | 1 |
| 61 | Mount Kisco, NY | 1 |
| 61 | Oneonta, NY | 1 |
| 61 | Rockville Centre, NY | 1 |
| 61 | Tarrytown, NY | 1 |
| 71 | Amsterdam, NY | 0 |
| 71 | Corning, NY | 0 |
| 71 | Depew, NY | 0 |
| 71 | Dunkirk, NY | 0 |
| 71 | Endicott, NY | 0 |
| 71 | Fulton, NY | 0 |
| 71 | Garden City, NY | 0 |
| 71 | Gloversville, NY | 0 |
| 71 | Kenmore, NY | 0 |
| 71 | Mineola, NY | 0 |
| 71 | Mount Vernon, NY | 0 |
| 71 | New Square, NY | 0 |
| 71 | Peekskill, NY | 0 |
| 71 | Schenectady, NY | 0 |
| 71 | Suffern, NY | 0 |
| 71 | Utica, NY | 0 |
| 71 | Watervliet, NY | 0 |
| 71 | West Haverstraw, NY | 0 |
| 71 | Westbury, NY | 0 |