Cities in Utah by housing units authorized by building permits

Herriman, UT had the highest housing units authorized by building permits of 63 cities in 2015, at 1,261. Woods Cross, UT had the lowest, at 14. The median was 151 and the figure for Utah was 18,297. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest1,261Herriman, UT

Lowest14Woods Cross, UT

Median15163 cities

Utah18,297History

Top 40 cities, 2015

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

Full ranking

Rank	Cities	2015 count	Change on 2014
1	Herriman, UT Estimated	1,261	+106.4%
2	Salt Lake City, UT Estimated	1,206	+254.7%
3	Orem, UT Estimated	937	-8.9%
4	St. George, UT Estimated	768	-3%
5	South Jordan, UT Estimated	765	-32.3%
6	Lehi, UT Estimated	713	-0.8%
7	Sandy, UT Estimated	675	+34.2%
8	West Jordan, UT Estimated	640	+75.8%
9	Eagle Mountain, UT Estimated	471	+32.7%
10	Layton, UT Estimated	449	-0.7%
11	Ogden, UT Estimated	396	+23.4%
12	Saratoga Springs, UT Estimated	382	+19.4%
13	Washington, UT Estimated	377	-4.1%
14	Riverton, UT Estimated	296	+155.2%
15	Vineyard, UT Estimated	279	-70.6%
16	West Valley City, UT Estimated	269	-52.2%
17	Draper, UT Estimated	258	+17.8%
18	Syracuse, UT Estimated	252	+41.6%
19	Bluffdale, UT Estimated	248	-10.8%
19	Hurricane, UT Estimated	248	+18.7%
21	Midvale, UT Estimated	229	-40.5%
21	Spanish Fork, UT Estimated	229	+20.5%
23	Provo, UT Estimated	217	-25.4%
24	Springville, UT Estimated	204	-37.8%
25	Smithfield, UT Estimated	202	-3.3%
26	Pleasant Grove, UT Estimated	201	-44.9%
27	Kaysville, UT Estimated	198	+7.6%
28	Heber, UT Estimated	193	+36.9%
29	Cedar City, UT Estimated	181	+27.5%
30	North Salt Lake, UT Estimated	168	-23.3%
31	Farmington, UT Estimated	160	+39.1%
32	Highland, UT Estimated	151	+8.6%
33	Logan, UT Estimated	136	-47.7%
34	Pleasant View, UT Estimated	135	+17.4%
35	Tooele, UT Estimated	132	-15.9%
36	Santaquin, UT Estimated	130	+36.8%
37	American Fork, UT Estimated	126	+35.5%
38	Centerville, UT Estimated	121	+1,628.6%
38	Grantsville, UT Estimated	121	+142%
40	West Haven, UT Estimated	114	+17.5%
41	Salem, UT Estimated	101	+21.7%
42	North Logan, UT Estimated	98	+25.6%
43	Ivins, UT Estimated	90	-3.2%
44	Bountiful, UT Estimated	76	+16.9%
45	Mapleton, UT Estimated	74	+21.3%
45	North Ogden, UT Estimated	74	+23.3%
47	Payson, UT Estimated	71	+29.1%
48	Murray, UT Estimated	69	-61.5%
49	Clinton, UT Estimated	64	+64.1%
50	Clearfield, UT Estimated	61	+52.5%
51	West Point, UT Estimated	50	-10.7%
52	Taylorsville, UT Estimated	49	+44.1%
53	Tremonton, UT Estimated	48	+65.5%
54	South Salt Lake, UT Estimated	38	-11.6%
55	Brigham City, UT Estimated	33	+13.8%
55	Holladay, UT Estimated	33	+26.9%
57	Alpine, UT Estimated	31	-32.6%
57	Lindon, UT Estimated	31	-40.4%
59	South Ogden, UT Estimated	24	+60%
60	Cottonwood Heights, UT Estimated	23	+9.5%
61	Roy, UT Estimated	22	+100%
62	Vernal, UT Estimated	17	-84.3%
63	Woods Cross, UT Estimated	14	-68.2%

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 2015 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/we2015a.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, 2015) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/West%20Region/we2015a.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, 2015. U.S. Census Bureau, 30 Sept. 2016, https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/West%20Region/we2015a.txt. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/building-permit-housing-units/utah-cities?period=2015. 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, 2015. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/West%20Region/we2015a.txt. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/building-permit-housing-units/utah-cities?period=2015.

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, 2015 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/West%20Region/we2015a.txt, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/building-permit-housing-units/utah-cities?period=2015 (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, 2015}},
  year = {2016},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/West%20Region/we2015a.txt},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/building-permit-housing-units/utah-cities?period=2015. 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/we2015a.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

RIS

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

Herriman, UT, with 1,261 in 2015, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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

Woods Cross, UT, with 14 in 2015.

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 2015 and are not ranked.