Cities in Utah by housing units authorized by building permits

South Jordan, UT had the highest housing units authorized by building permits of 63 cities in 2014, at 1,130. Centerville, UT had the lowest, at 7. The median was 141 and the figure for Utah was 17,510. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest1,130South Jordan, UT

Lowest7Centerville, UT

Median14163 cities

Utah17,510History

Top 40 cities, 2014

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

Full ranking

Rank	Cities	2014 count	Change on 2013
1	South Jordan, UT Estimated	1,130	+5.8%
2	Orem, UT Estimated	1,028	+843.1%
3	Vineyard, UT Estimated	948	+1,131.2%
4	St. George, UT Estimated	792	-4.7%
5	Lehi, UT Estimated	719	+26.4%
6	Herriman, UT Estimated	611	-4.4%
7	West Valley City, UT Estimated	563	+42.9%
8	Sandy, UT Estimated	503	+24.5%
9	Layton, UT Estimated	452	+12.7%
10	Washington, UT Estimated	393	-34.7%
11	Midvale, UT Estimated	385	-11.1%
12	Pleasant Grove, UT Estimated	365	-42%
13	West Jordan, UT Estimated	364	+0.6%
14	Eagle Mountain, UT Estimated	355	-4.3%
15	Salt Lake City, UT Estimated	340	+31.8%
16	Springville, UT Estimated	328	+231.3%
17	Ogden, UT Estimated	321	+205.7%
18	Saratoga Springs, UT Estimated	320	-26.9%
19	Provo, UT Estimated	291	+55.6%
20	Bluffdale, UT Estimated	278	-32.2%
21	Logan, UT Estimated	260	+132.1%
22	Draper, UT Estimated	219	-35.4%
22	North Salt Lake, UT Estimated	219	-47.5%
24	Hurricane, UT Estimated	209	+6.1%
24	Smithfield, UT Estimated	209	+9.4%
26	Spanish Fork, UT Estimated	190	+3.3%
27	Kaysville, UT Estimated	184	+20.3%
28	Murray, UT Estimated	179	+4.7%
29	Syracuse, UT Estimated	178	-20.2%
30	Tooele, UT Estimated	157	+68.8%
31	Cedar City, UT Estimated	142	-8.4%
32	Heber, UT Estimated	141	-9.6%
33	Highland, UT Estimated	139	+20.9%
34	Riverton, UT Estimated	116	-34.8%
35	Farmington, UT Estimated	115	-25.3%
35	Pleasant View, UT Estimated	115	+10.6%
37	Vernal, UT Estimated	108	-23.9%
38	West Haven, UT Estimated	97	-7.6%
39	Santaquin, UT Estimated	95	+25%
40	American Fork, UT Estimated	93	-19.8%
40	Ivins, UT Estimated	93	-25.6%
42	Salem, UT Estimated	83	-8.8%
43	North Logan, UT Estimated	78	-8.2%
44	Bountiful, UT Estimated	65	-29.3%
45	Mapleton, UT Estimated	61	-24.7%
46	North Ogden, UT Estimated	60	+9.1%
47	West Point, UT Estimated	56	-21.1%
48	Payson, UT Estimated	55	-14.1%
49	Lindon, UT Estimated	52	+44.4%
50	Grantsville, UT Estimated	50	-35.1%
51	Alpine, UT Estimated	46	+27.8%
52	Woods Cross, UT Estimated	44	-55.1%
53	South Salt Lake, UT Estimated	43	-20.4%
54	Clearfield, UT Estimated	40	-7%
55	Clinton, UT Estimated	39	+2.6%
56	Taylorsville, UT Estimated	34	-15%
57	Brigham City, UT Estimated	29	-31%
57	Tremonton, UT Estimated	29	-38.3%
59	Holladay, UT Estimated	26	-21.2%
60	Cottonwood Heights, UT Estimated	21	+10.5%
61	South Ogden, UT Estimated	15	-40%
62	Roy, UT Estimated	11	-72.5%
63	Centerville, UT Estimated	7	-86%

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. 1 cities with data in other periods have no value for 2014 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/West%20Region/we2014a.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2016). Building Permits Survey: final annual estimates of new privately owned housing units authorized by permit-issuing place, including imputation (Cities in Utah by housing units authorized by building permits, 2014) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/West%20Region/we2014a.txt

MLA 9

Building Permits Survey: final annual estimates of new privately owned housing units authorized by permit-issuing place, including imputation, Cities in Utah by housing units authorized by building permits, 2014. U.S. Census Bureau, 30 Sept. 2016, https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/West%20Region/we2014a.txt. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/building-permit-housing-units/utah-cities?period=2014. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2016. Building Permits Survey: final annual estimates of new privately owned housing units authorized by permit-issuing place, including imputation. Cities in Utah by housing units authorized by building permits, 2014. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/West%20Region/we2014a.txt. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/building-permit-housing-units/utah-cities?period=2014.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2016) Building Permits Survey: final annual estimates of new privately owned housing units authorized by permit-issuing place, including imputation, Cities in Utah by housing units authorized by building permits, 2014 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/West%20Region/we2014a.txt, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/building-permit-housing-units/utah-cities?period=2014 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
  title = {{Building Permits Survey: final annual estimates of new privately owned housing units authorized by permit-issuing place, including imputation: Cities in Utah by housing units authorized by building permits, 2014}},
  year = {2016},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/West%20Region/we2014a.txt},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/building-permit-housing-units/utah-cities?period=2014. 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/West\%20Region/we2014a.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

RIS

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

South Jordan, UT, with 1,130 in 2014, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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

Centerville, UT, with 7 in 2014.

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 2014 and are not ranked.