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Cities in New York by housing units authorized by building permits

New York, NY had the highest housing units authorized by building permits of 88 cities in 2018, at 20,910. West Haverstraw, NY had the lowest, at 0. The median was 6 and the figure for New York was 37,778. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest20,910New York, NY
Lowest0West Haverstraw, NY
Median688 cities
New York37,778History

Top 40 cities, 2018

New York, NY: 20,910 countNew York, NY20,910Yonkers, NY: 609 countYonkers, NY609Harrison, NY: 455 countHarrison, NY455Rochester, NY: 437 countRochester, NY437Ithaca, NY: 340 countIthaca, NY340Kiryas Joel, NY: 317 countKiryas Joel, NY317Saratoga Springs, NY: 279 countSaratoga Springs, NY279Buffalo, NY: 256 countBuffalo, NY256Elmira, NY: 151 countElmira, NY151Syracuse, NY: 126 countSyracuse, NY126Beacon, NY: 109 countBeacon, NY109White Plains, NY: 107 countWhite Plains, NY107Albany, NY: 102 countAlbany, NY102Cohoes, NY: 98 countCohoes, NY98Peekskill, NY: 94 countPeekskill, NY94Rome, NY: 88 countRome, NY88Poughkeepsie, NY: 78 countPoughkeepsie, NY78Middletown, NY: 66 countMiddletown, NY66Cortland, NY: 62 countCortland, NY62Troy, NY: 61 countTroy, NY61Plattsburgh, NY: 50 countPlattsburgh, NY50Binghamton, NY: 48 countBinghamton, NY48Woodbury, NY: 46 countWoodbury, NY46New Rochelle, NY: 40 countNew Rochelle, NY40New Square, NY: 38 countNew Square, NY38Dunkirk, NY: 33 countDunkirk, NY33Dobbs Ferry, NY: 25 countDobbs Ferry, NY25Mamaroneck, NY: 22 countMamaroneck, NY22Spring Valley, NY: 22 countSpring Valley, NY22Long Beach, NY: 19 countLong Beach, NY19North Tonawanda, NY: 15 countNorth Tonawanda, NY15Westbury, NY: 14 countWestbury, NY14Lindenhurst, NY: 13 countLindenhurst, NY13Lake Grove, NY: 12 countLake Grove, NY12Haverstraw, NY: 11 countHaverstraw, NY11Newburgh, NY: 10 countNewburgh, NY10Sleepy Hollow, NY: 10 countSleepy Hollow, NY10Glens Falls, NY: 8 countGlens Falls, NY8Great Neck, NY: 8 countGreat Neck, NY8Tarrytown, NY: 8 countTarrytown, NY8New York, NY: 20,910 countNew York, NY20,910Yonkers, NY: 609 countYonkers, NY609Harrison, NY: 455 countHarrison, NY455Rochester, NY: 437 countRochester, NY437Ithaca, NY: 340 countIthaca, NY340Kiryas Joel, NY: 317 countKiryas Joel, NY317Saratoga Springs, NY: 279 countSaratoga Springs, NY279Buffalo, NY: 256 countBuffalo, NY256Elmira, NY: 151 countElmira, NY151Syracuse, NY: 126 countSyracuse, NY126Beacon, NY: 109 countBeacon, NY109White Plains, NY: 107 countWhite Plains, NY107Albany, NY: 102 countAlbany, NY102Cohoes, NY: 98 countCohoes, NY98Peekskill, NY: 94 countPeekskill, NY94Rome, NY: 88 countRome, NY88Poughkeepsie, NY: 78 countPoughkeepsie, NY78Middletown, NY: 66 countMiddletown, NY66Cortland, NY: 62 countCortland, NY62Troy, NY: 61 countTroy, NY61Plattsburgh, NY: 50 countPlattsburgh, NY50Binghamton, NY: 48 countBinghamton, NY48Woodbury, NY: 46 countWoodbury, NY46New Rochelle, NY: 40 countNew Rochelle, NY40New Square, NY: 38 countNew Square, NY38Dunkirk, NY: 33 countDunkirk, NY33Dobbs Ferry, NY: 25 countDobbs Ferry, NY25Mamaroneck, NY: 22 countMamaroneck, NY22Spring Valley, NY: 22 countSpring Valley, NY22Long Beach, NY: 19 countLong Beach, NY19North Tonawanda, NY: 15 countNorth Tonawanda, NY15Westbury, NY: 14 countWestbury, NY14Lindenhurst, NY: 13 countLindenhurst, NY13Lake Grove, NY: 12 countLake Grove, NY12Haverstraw, NY: 11 countHaverstraw, NY11Newburgh, NY: 10 countNewburgh, NY10Sleepy Hollow, NY: 10 countSleepy Hollow, NY10Glens Falls, NY: 8 countGlens Falls, NY8Great Neck, NY: 8 countGreat Neck, NY8Tarrytown, NY: 8 countTarrytown, NY8
count. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2018
count		Change on 2017
1New York, NY Estimated20,910-5.4%
2Yonkers, NY Estimated609+68.7%
3Harrison, NY Estimated455+1,278.8%
4Rochester, NY Estimated437+83.6%
5Ithaca, NY Estimated340+28.8%
6Kiryas Joel, NY Estimated317+26.8%
7Saratoga Springs, NY Estimated279+128.7%
8Buffalo, NY Estimated256-4.1%
9Elmira, NY Estimated151+122.1%
10Syracuse, NY Estimated126-76%
11Beacon, NY Estimated109-29.2%
12White Plains, NY Estimated107+791.7%
13Albany, NY Estimated102-13.6%
14Cohoes, NY Estimated98+1,860%
15Peekskill, NY Estimated94-26.6%
16Rome, NY Estimated88+125.6%
17Poughkeepsie, NY Estimated78+11.4%
18Middletown, NY Estimated66+1.5%
19Cortland, NY Estimated62n/a
20Troy, NY Estimated61+6,000%
21Plattsburgh, NY Estimated50+28.2%
22Binghamton, NY Estimated48-65.7%
23Woodbury, NY Estimated46+43.8%
24New Rochelle, NY Estimated40+21.2%
25New Square, NY Estimated38-24%
26Dunkirk, NY Estimated33+3.1%
27Dobbs Ferry, NY Estimated25+1,150%
28Mamaroneck, NY Estimated22+83.3%
28Spring Valley, NY Estimated22+4.8%
30Long Beach, NY Estimated19+11.8%
31North Tonawanda, NY Estimated15-68.1%
32Westbury, NY Estimated14+7.7%
33Lindenhurst, NY Estimated13+116.7%
34Lake Grove, NY Estimated12+9.1%
35Haverstraw, NY Estimated11n/a
36Newburgh, NY Estimated100%
36Sleepy Hollow, NY Estimated10+400%
38Glens Falls, NY Estimated8-33.3%
38Great Neck, NY Estimated8-11.1%
38Tarrytown, NY Estimated8+33.3%
41Airmont, NY Estimated70%
41Mineola, NY Estimated7-72%
43Canandaigua, NY Estimated6-40%
43Mount Vernon, NY Estimated6+100%
45Babylon, NY Estimated5-37.5%
46East Rockaway, NY Estimated4-86.7%
46Floral Park, NY Estimated4-33.3%
46Glen Cove, NY Estimated4-42.9%
46Lackawanna, NY Estimated4-42.9%
46Patchogue, NY Estimated4+300%
46Rockville Centre, NY Estimated4-71.4%
46Watervliet, NY Estimated4n/a
53Freeport, NY Estimated30%
53Garden City, NY Estimated3+50%
53Geneva, NY Estimated30%
53Kingston, NY Estimated30%
57Depew, NY Estimated2n/a
57Kenmore, NY Estimated2n/a
57Mount Kisco, NY Estimated2n/a
57Oneida, NY Estimated2-93.9%
57Ossining, NY Estimated2+100%
57Schenectady, NY Estimated2-98.3%
57Valley Stream, NY Estimated2-33.3%
64Amsterdam, NY Estimated10%
64Chestnut Ridge, NY Estimated1n/a
64Corning, NY Estimated1-50%
64Massapequa Park, NY Estimated1-80%
64Olean, NY Estimated1n/a
64Tonawanda, NY Estimated1-93.8%
70Auburn, NY Estimated0-100%
70Batavia, NY Estimated0-100%
70Endicott, NY Estimated0n/a
70Fulton, NY Estimated0n/a
70Gloversville, NY Estimated0n/a
70Hempstead, NY Estimated0-100%
70Jamestown, NY Estimated0n/a
70Lockport, NY Estimated0n/a
70Lynbrook, NY Estimated0n/a
70New Hyde Park, NY Estimated0-100%
70Niagara Falls, NY Estimated0-100%
70Oneonta, NY Estimated0-100%
70Oswego, NY Estimated0n/a
70Port Chester, NY Estimated0-100%
70Rye, NY Estimated0n/a
70Suffern, NY Estimated0-100%
70Utica, NY Estimated0n/a
70Watertown, NY Estimated0n/a
70West Haverstraw, NY 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 2018 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/Northeast%20Region/ne2018a.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2019). Building Permits Survey: final annual estimates of new privately owned housing units authorized by permit-issuing place, including imputation (Cities in New York by housing units authorized by building permits, 2018) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/Northeast%20Region/ne2018a.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 New York by housing units authorized by building permits, 2018. U.S. Census Bureau, 20 June 2019, https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/Northeast%20Region/ne2018a.txt. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/building-permit-housing-units/new-york-cities?period=2018. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2019. Building Permits Survey: final annual estimates of new privately owned housing units authorized by permit-issuing place, including imputation. Cities in New York by housing units authorized by building permits, 2018. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/Northeast%20Region/ne2018a.txt. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/building-permit-housing-units/new-york-cities?period=2018.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2019) Building Permits Survey: final annual estimates of new privately owned housing units authorized by permit-issuing place, including imputation, Cities in New York by housing units authorized by building permits, 2018 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/Northeast%20Region/ne2018a.txt, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/building-permit-housing-units/new-york-cities?period=2018 (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 New York by housing units authorized by building permits, 2018}},
  year = {2019},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/Northeast%20Region/ne2018a.txt},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/building-permit-housing-units/new-york-cities?period=2018. 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/Northeast\%20Region/ne2018a.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
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Which city has the highest housing units authorized by building permits?

New York, NY, with 20,910 in 2018, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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

West Haverstraw, NY, with 0 in 2018.

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 2018 and are not ranked.

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