Cities in Utah by housing units authorized by building permits

Herriman, UT had the highest housing units authorized by building permits of 64 cities in 2018, at 2,053. South Ogden, UT had the lowest, at 6. The median was 212 and the figure for Utah was 25,574. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest2,053Herriman, UT

Lowest6South Ogden, UT

Median21264 cities

Utah25,574History

Top 40 cities, 2018

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

Full ranking

Rank	Cities	2018 count	Change on 2017
1	Herriman, UT Estimated	2,053	+25.1%
2	Lehi, UT Estimated	1,341	+43.6%
3	St. George, UT Estimated	1,309	-17.9%
4	South Jordan, UT Estimated	1,092	+3.5%
5	Salt Lake City, UT Estimated	902	+43.2%
6	Eagle Mountain, UT Estimated	895	-14.9%
7	Vineyard, UT Estimated	718	-48.8%
8	West Jordan, UT Estimated	658	-17.6%
9	Saratoga Springs, UT Estimated	653	+5.3%
9	Washington, UT Estimated	653	+5.5%
11	Orem, UT Estimated	545	+31.6%
12	Bluffdale, UT Estimated	531	+14.7%
13	Midvale, UT Estimated	488	+787.3%
14	Layton, UT Estimated	468	+55%
15	Provo, UT Estimated	457	+90.4%
16	Spanish Fork, UT Estimated	427	+25.2%
17	Hurricane, UT Estimated	410	-19.4%
18	Draper, UT Estimated	377	+79.5%
19	Syracuse, UT Estimated	365	+35.2%
20	Farmington, UT Estimated	343	+150.4%
21	American Fork, UT Estimated	339	-67.3%
22	Millcreek, UT Estimated	326	+186%
23	Smithfield, UT Estimated	322	+6.3%
24	Cedar City, UT Estimated	290	+7.8%
25	Heber, UT Estimated	289	+49.7%
26	West Haven, UT Estimated	282	-48.4%
27	South Salt Lake, UT Estimated	276	+29%
28	Payson, UT Estimated	238	+205.1%
29	Sandy, UT Estimated	235	-39%
30	Tooele, UT Estimated	234	+160%
31	Springville, UT Estimated	219	+93.8%
32	Santaquin, UT Estimated	214	-6.1%
33	West Valley City, UT Estimated	209	-6.7%
34	Logan, UT Estimated	203	-38.1%
35	Riverton, UT Estimated	189	-46.8%
36	Mapleton, UT Estimated	188	+22.9%
37	North Ogden, UT Estimated	178	+4.1%
38	Kaysville, UT Estimated	170	+38.2%
39	Taylorsville, UT Estimated	158	+2.6%
40	Grantsville, UT Estimated	147	0%
41	Ivins, UT Estimated	145	+25%
42	Clearfield, UT Estimated	136	-44.5%
43	Murray, UT Estimated	132	+50%
44	Clinton, UT Estimated	118	-7.8%
45	Pleasant Grove, UT Estimated	112	+57.7%
46	Bountiful, UT Estimated	103	+102%
47	North Salt Lake, UT Estimated	102	-27.7%
47	Tremonton, UT Estimated	102	+17.2%
49	Cottonwood Heights, UT Estimated	92	-10.7%
50	West Point, UT Estimated	89	+64.8%
51	Salem, UT Estimated	82	-29.9%
52	Lindon, UT Estimated	77	+57.1%
53	North Logan, UT Estimated	70	-64.6%
54	Highland, UT Estimated	65	-51.1%
55	Ogden, UT Estimated	63	-34.4%
56	Woods Cross, UT Estimated	62	+6,100%
57	Roy, UT Estimated	56	+75%
58	Alpine, UT Estimated	39	+21.9%
59	Pleasant View, UT Estimated	37	-83.2%
60	Brigham City, UT Estimated	35	-57.8%
61	Holladay, UT Estimated	28	-37.8%
62	Centerville, UT Estimated	14	-58.8%
63	Vernal, UT Estimated	9	+12.5%
64	South Ogden, UT Estimated	6	-45.5%

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/West%20Region/we2018a.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

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 Utah by housing units authorized by building permits, 2018) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/West%20Region/we2018a.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, 2018. U.S. Census Bureau, 20 June 2019, https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/West%20Region/we2018a.txt. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/building-permit-housing-units/utah-cities?period=2018. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

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 Utah by housing units authorized by building permits, 2018. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/West%20Region/we2018a.txt. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/building-permit-housing-units/utah-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 Utah by housing units authorized by building permits, 2018 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/West%20Region/we2018a.txt, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/building-permit-housing-units/utah-cities?period=2018 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{census_cities_in_utah_by_2018,
  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, 2018}},
  year = {2019},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www2.census.gov/econ/bps/Place/West%20Region/we2018a.txt},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/building-permit-housing-units/utah-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/West\%20Region/we2018a.txt. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

RIS

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

Herriman, UT, with 2,053 in 2018, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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

South Ogden, UT, with 6 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.